Political Context and Priorities
Level:
Practising
Practising
Understands the Government’s priorities and the relevant political context that shapes decision making.
- Understands Government priorities, the current political context for and the historical context of their policy area.
- Can clearly articulate how their work area contributes to the agency's policy work programme and government priorities.
- Understands the obligations of the Crown under the Treaty of Waitangi in their work domain.
70% on-the-job learning
- Review relevant government and cross-party coalition and confidence and supply agreements and party manifestos.
- Contribute to work planning for your team and discussions about agency and government priorities.
- Represent your agency on cross-agency and cross-sectoral policy projects, where you need to articulate how your agency’s work contributes to government priorities.
- Contribute to complex projects on cross-sectoral government priorities.
- Lead medium to complex projects that require an understanding of the implications of the Treaty of Waitangi and Māori Crown relationships, and require engagement with Māori/iwi.
- Develop knowledge of Māori groups with an interest in your subject area.
- Share your knowledge of the historical reforms that impacted your agency or sector (e.g. structural, funding, service delivery).
- Seek to be involved in developing Treaty settlement redress in your policy area.
20% learning from others
- Test your understanding of the political context and government priorities with more senior colleagues.
- Attend a Waitangi Tribunal hearing.
10% formal learning
- Take a course on the Treaty of Waitangi and cultural perspectives in policy making.
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