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🥝 Policy Advisor

New Zealand Ministry Of Economic Development | auckland, New-Zealand | Posted June 30, 2026

Job Description

Apply, develop, and grow your policy expertise working on a significant reform programme across the science and innovation system

$75,114 – $93,724 + KiwiSaver + Wellness Benefits - Wellington CBD, perm full time roles

Discover a career with purpose at MBIE!

We are looking for two Policy Advisors to join the Science System Policy team in our Science Branch, contributing to significant reforms of New Zealand’s Science, Innovation, and Technology system. Our current work programme is centred on establishing a strategy-led science system which supports economic growth, reforming the science funding model, and changing how we deliver public good science.

You can read more about the reforms on the MBIE Science website , especially the Science Investment Plan.

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The Science System Policy team provides advice on how New Zealand’s science and research system is designed and stewarded to deliver long‑term nationa...

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