SFO Senior Policy Adviser - Wellington at Serious Fraud Office, Wellington - Wairarapa

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SFO - Senior Policy Adviser – Wellington

The Serious Fraud Office is a highly specialised government department responsible for the investigation and prosecution of serious or complex financial crime, including bribery and corruption. We take pride in the work we do to keep New Zealand safe from financial crime.

The SFO seeks a government sector policy professional to join our Wellington CBD team as a Senior Policy Adviser. This is a full-time permanent employment status role.  

As part of the SFO's highly collaborative Counter Fraud Centre team, and reporting to our Principal Policy Adviser, you will provide analysis and advice on counter fraud and anti-corruption policy matters at a national level. You will develop and deliver projects and work programmes which includes implementation of initiatives deriving from the National Counter Fraud and Corruption Strategy, work on the SFO's Statement of Intent, and report against OECD and United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC) reviews. You will engage with stakeholders and represent the SFO on external working groups, within the Justice sector and more widely, to ensure that counter fraud and anti-corruption policy matters are advanced. You may also lead or contribute to the drafting of reports, including Ministerial Briefings.

To be successful in this role you will have a comprehensive understanding of, and will have worked within, the New Zealand public sector in a policy related role.  You can evidence and articulate your knowledge of policy processes and their delivery. Highly collaborative, you have an ability to quickly understand facts and complexities.  An effective influencer and communicator, and comfortable in the company of government officials and strategic leaders, you are inquisitive and proactively utilise your considerable analytical and consulting skills to provide insights and add value to conversations to assist robust decision making. 

At the SFO we value a ‘growth mindset' and explore this attribute during our recruitment process and in our development discussions.  We believe possessing a growth mindset is a key contributor to success in the SFO environment.  We are a close knit, motivated team with a strong workplace culture. We recognise that diversity and inclusion is important to our work. We value the unique abilities and perspectives of our employees which allows us to continue to create a supportive environment that meets the needs of our people, our business, and the communities where we work.  We are a flexible by default organisation. When our work allows, we have opportunity to work remotely a couple of days each week, and we have flexible start and finish times. We offer an additional week of annual leave that covers the three usual workdays between Christmas and New Year plus two days to use at our discretion.

The position description for this role can be downloaded from our website… https://sfo.govt.nz/about-us/work-with-us/recruitment/senior-policy-adviser-wellington/

If you wish to apply for this role, please send a PDF version of your CV and cover letter (attachments titled ‘First Name Last Name – CV or Cover Letter') to recruitment@sfo.govt.nz  quoting reference HRC0005323 and ‘Senior Policy Adviser' in the subject line.  If you would like further information, you are welcome to call Emma Reid – Recruiter with the SFO on 021 199 0985.

To be considered for this role you must currently hold the legal entitlement to work in New Zealand and be able to obtain and maintain the required level of NZ Government security clearance for this position.  Applicants who do not meet these requirements cannot be considered.

Applications close 10am Thursday 18 August 2022

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In providing your personal information to the SFO, you authorise the SFO to disseminate information about you to persons and third parties involved in the SFO's recruitment process.  These persons and third parties may include SFO employees, SFO contractors, and agencies and individuals providing assessments, probity, background and identity check services.  We do not use, share, or disclose personal information collected or received through the recruitment process except as set out in this  statement, with your consent, or in accordance with the disclosure exceptions set out in the Privacy Act 2020

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