Senior Advisor Response Capability at Ministry for Primary Industries, Wellington City

Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role

 

Job Title: Senior Adviser Response Capability

Role type: Permanent

Location: Wellington

Salary range: $92073 to $108321 depending on skills and experience

 

Kōrero mō te Tūranga - About the Role

We are looking for out of the box thinkers, with an ability to see the bigger picture and think of creative and innovative ways for MPI to improve its response readiness.

No one day will be the same, whether leading the design and delivery of a new response leadership course with our Learning and Development Team, building and facilitating a training exercise for our industry partners, conducting a debrief and lessons collation for a recent response or actively being involved in a response.

This role will constantly challenge you and keep your interest peaked.

You will work closely with our Response Group, Human Resources Team and Learning and Development Team to ensure that all projects, activities and processes are developed in consultation with the business and are fit for purpose – actively leading and delivering the allocated work programme.

Really, it's about ensuring the best potential solutions are analysed and developed to meet our future response capability needs.

 

Mōu - About You

You will be passionate about implementing and embedding effective frameworks relating to the development of response capability.

• An excellent communicator who is highly driven, productive and has the ability to meet deadlines.
• A strategic thinker with the ability to look at complex problems from a broad perspective.
• Project management skills, including experience in leading work and achieving outcomes in situations where there are diverse interests.
• 5-10 years' experience in a relevant profession.
• A proven ability to deliver quality advice, guidance and material on time.
• Experience in workshop facilitation.
• Experience in a response environment and/or the Coordinated Incident Management System (CIMS) framework is desirable, however not essential.

 

 

 

Mō tō mātou Rōpū - About the Team

The Readiness & Response Services Directorate brings together critical capability to effectively prepare for and manage responses, and to co-ordinate recovery and long-term management activities across MPI. Within this, the Response Capability Team is accountable for the delivery of a comprehensive programme of work that includes response people capability, MPI's exercise programme, response continuous improvement, and partnering with internal and external stakeholders to support their on-going holistic readiness work.

This team's mandate spans the entirety of MPI's Biosecurity directorate – they are our customers – ensuring biosecurity systems are supported to build and maintain their response capability and are prepared for whatever the threat or response may require.

 

Salary range for this role is $92,000 to $108,000 depending on skills and experience.

 

Mō te Manatū Ahu Matua - About MPI

 

• We're passionate about growing prosperity in the sector while ensuring respect for Kaitiaki – guardianship of our natural resources.
• Our role includes seizing export opportunities for our food and fibre sector, improving sector productivity, ensuring the food we produce is safe, increasing sustainable resource use, and protecting New Zealand from biological risk.

 

 

Ngā hua o te mahi i te Manatū Ahu Matua - Benefits of working at MPI

 

• Additional MPI leave days
• Annual Wellness payment
• Career development and internal opportunities across the branch and organisation
• Mentoring and coaching programmes

Wā Mahi Ngāwari - Flexible Working

We support flexible working arrangements and are happy to discuss these options with you.

 

 

Kua rite koe mō tēnei mahi whaitake? - Are you ready to make a difference?

We are committed to being a good partner under Te Tiriti o Waitangi which includes working closely with iwi, hapū, whanau and hāpori.

 

We aspire to reflect the diverse communities we serve, so we welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, and identities. As an organisation, we are committed to making Manatū Ahu Matua a great place to work for all.

In your cover letter we'd like to know about you, your values, your whakapapa; your interest and motivations for this role; the abilities, strengths, personal attributes and diverse perspectives you will bring to the role and this organisation, which may have also been gained outside of the workforce.

To view the position description and/or apply online, please click “APPLY FOR THIS JOB” or visit the MPI Careers Site. To apply, you must hold the right to work in New Zealand or be eligible to obtain it – click here to find out more about work visa eligibility and options.

Applications close at midnight on Tuesday 21st March 2023.

If you have any questions about the role, please email lynmaree.watson@mpi.govt.nz 

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The Ministry for Primary Industries is committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values inclusion and diversity. Your unique talents and experience will help us deliver exceptional services to our communities in Aotearoa. In return you'll enjoy an inclusive and flexible working environment in a diverse team of people while you're growing your career here in NZ and internationally. We actively encourage applications from all backgrounds. If you have any support or access requirements, we encourage you to tell us when you apply so that we can assist you through the recruitment process.