Salary: $110,098 - $138,028, Wellington CBD, permanent full time, +KiwiSaver and Wellness Benefits.

Job Overview

We are looking for a high‑performing Senior Advisor for the Science Sector Policy team in our Science branch to help deliver once‑in‑a‑generation reforms to New Zealand’s Science, Innovation and Technology system. The role focuses on modernising organisational and legislative settings, implementing a national priority‑setting mechanism and changing the science funding model, and on providing policy advice on the science sector components.

Responsibilities

• Deliver reforms to New Zealand’s Science, Innovation and Technology system.
• Modernise organisational and legislative settings.
• Implement a national priority‑setting mechanism.
• Change the science funding model.
• Provide policy advice on science sector components.
• Draft new legislation and operational policy decisions.