Reference: 20230313
24 July 2023
Adam Irish
[FYI request #22901 email]
Dear Adam
Thank you for your Official Information Act request, received on 23 June 2023. You
requested:
Follow up OIA. Can you please provide the job add listing for the NZ recruitment
round/s for the below (mentioned) positions, and advise the date and number of
NZ applications for each role. Additionally how many hiring rounds were
undertaken and what hiring criteria did NZ Treasury have that all the NZ
candidates fail to meet.
Role 85% of Band 100% of Band
Senior Analyst $121,359 $142,775
Principal Advisor $163,245 $192,053
Additionally can you please provide documents and rationale for advertising only
in the UK. Lastly, did this occur after the failure of successive rounds of trying to
hire New Zealanders?
Additionally, was there any gallivanting/deployment of Treasury staff to the UK, in
any trade/HR fairs etc to promote this. And how much did this cost?
Response
1.
Can you please provide the job add listing for the NZ recruitment round/s
for the below (mentioned) positions, and advise the date and number of NZ
applications for each role.
Senior Analyst $121,359 $142,775
Principal Advisor $163,245 $192,053
The dates below apply to externally advertised Senior Analyst and Principal Advisor
roles for the period between 1 January 2023 and 30 June 2023. Additionally, please
refer to the attached advertisements for the roles for this period.
1 The Terrace
PO Box 3724
Wellington 6140
New Zealand
tel. +64-4-472-2733
https://treasury.govt.nz
Role
Advertising Number of
closed date NZ citizens
who applied
2 x Senior Analysts – Te Ao Māori Strategy &
19/01/2023
11
Policy Team
Senior Analyst – Resource Management Act
20/02/2023
4
Reform
3 x Senior Analysts – Spending Review
5/03/2023
18
Senior Analyst – Kiwi Group Capital
15/03/2023
2
Senior Analyst – National Infrastructure Unit
26/03/2023
6
Senior Analyst – Agile team
28/03/2023
8
Senior Analyst – Green Bonds
11/04/2023
2
Senior Analyst (Fixed Term) – Green Bonds
4/05/2023
3
Senior Analyst – Commercial & Institutional
11/06/2023
8
Performance
Principal Advisor – Economic Strategy
16/01/2023
12
Principal Advisor – Welfare & Oranga Tamariki
22/04/2023
24
Principal Advisor – Tax Strategy
14/06/2023
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2.
Additionally how many hiring rounds were undertaken and what hiring
criteria did NZ Treasury have that all the NZ candidates fail to meet.
The amount of hiring rounds undertaken is outlined in the table above. Additionally, the
hiring criteria for each role is outlined in the attached advertisements. Please note we
have redacted staff contact details in these adverts under section9(2)(g)(ii) of the
Official Information Act - to maintain the effective conduct of public affairs through
protecting ministers, members of government organisations, officers and employees
from improper pressure or harassment.
3.
Additionally can you please provide documents and rationale for advertising
only in the UK.
Given we ran a successful process in the UK in 2019, and were able to attract the right
calibre of candidates, this informed our decision as to what other international markets
maybe suitable to run further campaigns in. We concluded that this was the UK. We do
not have any specific documents which outlines this.
Due to ongoing challenges recruiting Senior Analyst/Principal Advisor roles post Covid
we continue to explore a variety of options again to attract and grow talent, including
developing local talent and new to career people in New Zealand. We explored the UK
for experienced policy analysts as we had interest from candidates experiencing post
Brexit job changes. Since 2022 the market has changed further, and we are primarily
focusing on the New Zealand market once again. We do not have any documents
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outlining this decision. We had a successful UK recruitment campaign in 2019 and this
informed our rationale to advertise there again.
4.
Lastly, did this occur after the failure of successive rounds of trying to hire
New Zealanders?
As mentioned in the previous response to OIA 20230264, our UK recruitment
campaign is conducted following domestic recruitment processes, where we were
unable to source suitable candidates in accordance with the Immigration Act.
5.
Additionally, was there any gallivanting/deployment of Treasury staff to the
UK, in any trade/HR fairs etc to promote this. And how much did this cost?\
No Treasury staff member has travelled to the UK to promote our 2024 UK Recruitment
Campaign.
Please note that this letter (with your personal details removed) and enclosed
documents may be published on the Treasury website.
This reply addresses the information you requested. You have the right to ask the
Ombudsman to investigate and review my decision.
Yours sincerely
Emma MacRae
Head of People Operations
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