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Working at the Bank

Work/life balance

The Reserve Bank values its people. We try to approach work/life balance in ways that support the needs of both the Bank and the individual. We have a number of arrangements that include the ability to use a car park from time to time, flexible leave arrangements, working from home arrangements, and are always open to considering ways to help a staff member manage the various demands that can occur in juggling careers with other commitments.

Learning & development

Developing our people is important to us both to assist in career development and to build and grow the Bank's human resource capability.

We aim to provide an average of 20 hours training for employees each year.

We offer courses and coaching to support development of interpersonal, professional and managerial skills and we try to assist our staff to build and develop their skills in their area of expertise.

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand focuses on identifying needs of each individual and targeting training and development to that person so that the individual builds their skills and enhances their career opportunities both inside and outside of the Bank.

Secondments

As part of our desire to help our staff develop we sometimes offer secondment opportunities to other central banks, offshore organisations, New Zealand government departments or private sector organisations. These secondments normally last between 1 and 2 years.

Sometimes we are also able to offer shorter opportunities working in developing countries for the IMF or the World Bank for periods of around 6 weeks.

These opportunities give our people the opportunity to gain experience in their specialist field and to experience working in other cultures as well as building an international network of colleagues.

We are also interested in hearing from people who would like to be seconded to us. We value the diversity of thought that this brings to our organisation.

Social scene

The Bank has a friendly and open environment. We encourage people to work together and we like to have fun and celebrate our achievements.

The Bank has a social club that organises activities throughout the year. Over the last few years these activities have included Balls, Bank Millennium Party, a Luau and departmental functions. We also hold a Christmas party for children of Bank staff.

There are some sports teams organised by people in the Bank. These include indoor netball and touch rugby. We also have a run (or you can walk) each year for Bank staff called the Karori Kanter.

Dress policy

The Bank operates on a tidy casual dress code confining business attire to being only compulsory where visitors or meeting attendees would expect it or where the occasion warrants it.

Benefits

The Bank offers a number of benefits.

Your remuneration package may include:

Some of the other benefits of working at the Bank include:

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