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New Zealand Police is working with the community to make New Zealanders be safe and feel safe. With over 13,000 staff, we provide policing services 24 hours a day, every day. We operate by land, sea and air, manage over 860,000 emergency calls a year and are always actively preventing crime and crashes.

We’re working towards specific goals and targets that highlight our intent to work collaboratively with iwi and communities, other government sectors and business partners to deliver ‘Our Business’ and achieve long-term change.

Investigator (Authorised Officer) NOCG, It starts with you!

• National Organised Crime Group
• Based in Auckland
• Permanent, Full-Time Position
• Authorised Officer
• Nationally Advertised Vacancy
• JR: 4587859

Mō te tūnga | About the role

New Zealand Police is the lead agency responsible for preventing crime and enhancing community safety. It works in partnership with individuals, communities, businesses, and other public sector agencies towards the vision of making New Zealand the safest country. Police is the government’s largest front-line response agency with around 15,000 staff in large and small communities all over New Zealand and in liaison and policing development roles overseas.

The National Organised Crime Group (NOCG) have teams based in Auckland, Wellington, Tauranga and Christchurch.

NOCG is mandated by central government to detect, investigate, confront, prosecute and disrupt the activities of serious and organised criminals, including those immersed in financial crime. This is achieved through collaboration and co-operation with law enforcement and other agencies situated both nationally and internationally.

NOCG investigations are often challenging and complex, involving a full range of best practice overt and covert investigation techniques, including electronic and physical surveillance, and the recruitment and management of CHIS. This commonly involves targeting organised criminal enterprises, senior gang members, international syndicates or professional facilitators involved in the importation and supply of illicit drugs and associated money laundering. Our current vacancies provide the opportunity to directly contribute toward the investigation of serious and organised crime, impacting the criminal environment.

NOCG are looking for an investigator (authorised officer) with technical acumen to work within NOCG and alongside specialist staff in High Tech Crime Group. This hybrid role will identify technical lines of enquiry, and facilitate NOCG’s access to a range of tools, capabilities and subject matter experts to enhance investigative outcomes. 

Utilising your current IT knowledge, along with training and valuable on the job experience you will become skilled in digital aspects of investigations including components of computer forensics, network forensics, forensic data review, and mobile device forensics.

Internal and external partnerships are a key focus and the successful applicant(s) can expect to be heavily involved in investigations associated with multiple departments within Police and our external partners.

Key Accountabilities:

• Be self-motivated and ready to learn, have excellent organisational, research, and communication skills
• Pay attention to detail and have the flexibility to cope with change
• Have the ability to rapidly absorb, understand and apply new concepts and technologies
• Sound decision making, ability to work under pressure and to prioritise tasks
• Ability to interpret data sets,  to provide accurate and relevant information and recommendations to decision makers
• Work well and communicate positively in a team environment

He aha taau e kawe mai | What you’ll bring

Being part of the Police whānau is about being our best to ensure our communities are safe and feel safe. Our Core Competencies provide a shared understanding of the behaviours, leadership and technical competence required for success at each level of Police. Whilst we are looking for skills, knowledge and experience relevant to the role, we also place high importance on your state of mind, the alignment of your values with ours, your ability to contribute to and build high performing teams, and the way that you lead yourself or others.

• Be a self-starter who has the ability prioritise work flows
• Excellent time management skills and the ability to work largely unsupervised.
• Ability to build relationships and partnerships (internal and external) where trust and confidence is built, and develop others

Whakaritenga motuhake | Special requirements

• Hold NZ full driver’s licence
• Able to obtain and maintain an appropriate national security clearance (www.protectivesecurity.govt.nz/eligibility-tool)

This role is set at Individual Contributor level, this means your key purpose is “to deliver or enable others to deliver Our Business”.

We will ask you questions based on “How we will deliver Our Business – Core Competencies” and the appropriate role level, i.e. Individual Contributor. For more information on Our Core Competencies, please copy and paste this URL:  https://www.police.govt.nz/sites/default/files/publications/core-competencies-how-we-will-deliver-our-business.pdf

These questions will be unique and specific to the role, focusing on the aspects the hiring manager believes are most important for that position at the time. For more information on Our Values, please copy and paste this URL:  https://www.police.govt.nz/sites/default/files/publications/nzp-our-values.pdf

To view the position description for this role please copy and paste this link into a new browser:
https://www.police.govt.nz/sites/default/files/pd/09-2023/investigator_6.pdf

Mo tatou | About us

Our mission is to prevent crime and harm through exceptional policing.  Our vision is to be the safest country.  Our purpose is to ensure everybody can be safe and feel safe.

Wā Mahi Ngāwari | Working Flexibly

Your wellbeing inside and outside of work is important to us. We’re open to discussing flexible working options that work for both you and the business.

For more information on the above, please copy and paste this URL: https://www.police.govt.nz/careers

Tono ināianei | Apply now 

If this position sounds like you, click apply now. You will be required to submit an application form and a CV. Before confirmation of hire, pre-employment checks will be undertaken.

For further information on the application process, please copy and paste this URL: https://www.police.govt.nz/careers

Utu ā-tau | Salary

This position is covered by a collective agreement and salary will commence between $79,948 and $92,919 dependant on skills and experience relevant to the role. – External only delete for internal adverts

If you have any questions about this vacancy, please contact wolf.ahsue@police.govt.nz

Please note: Applications close at 5.00pm on Thursday 28th September 2023