The Ministry of Social Development's story
The Ministry of Social Development (MSD) wants to achieve a better future for New Zealanders. This involves working with and through others to take a holistic approach to meet people’s needs and intervening early to get the best solutions.
We provide a wide range of support and services to New Zealanders:
- Income support and superannuation services: The support they provide includes benefits and pensions, retirement income such as New Zealand Super, accommodation-related support, student financial support (via StudyLink) and child-related benefits.
- Employment support and services: They connect clients to employers and job opportunities, upskill clients through industry-based recruitment partnerships, and respond to local labour market conditions.
- Youth, seniors and disabled people: They provide advice on the issues affecting, youth, seniors and disabled people.
- Housing support: They assess people’s eligibility for an emergency, transitional and public housing, and provide support to help with housing costs.
- Support for young people: They support young people to gain the skills they need to work and have an independent future.
- Community services: They design and deliver community services with our partners. Further information about these services is available below.
Culture & vibe
At MSD, they are growing an inclusive culture where everyone is valued. Diversity is about empowering people by respecting and appreciating what makes them different. Inclusion is about the behaviours and social norms that ensure people feel welcome and have what they need to participate equally and thrive. They aspire to be a trusted and proactive organisation that demonstrates manaaki for clients and employees to reflect, understand, value and enable people, their whānau and communities.
Benefits
Here are some of the benefits you get when you work with MSD:
- Employee-led networks: Employee-led networks build a sense of community for our people so they can contribute, belong and thrive
- Learning and development: They encourage the staff to grow and develop in their jobs.
- Flexible working: Flexible working is about people having options regarding how they work and can include adjustments to when and where they work. Because the people and the work they do is so diverse, flexibility will be different for people, depending on the work they do, the team's situation and their individual needs.