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Border and Species Trade Manager

3 months ago

Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand Department of Conservation Full time
Job details

Job reference:

  • DOC/ WLG
    Location:
  • Wellington
    Date posted:
  • 31May2023
    Application close date:
  • 14Jun2023 Leadership role to help us deliver on our vision
  • Play a key part in protecting the world's threatened species
  • Permanent, fulltime role based in Wellington or Auckland with flexible ways of working

Toitū te marae a Tāne-Mahuta, toitū te marae a Tangaroa, toitū te tangata

If the land is well and the sea is well, the people will thrive
Te Papa Atawhai, Department of Conservation (DOC) serves to protect and sustain nature across Aotearoa.

We put nature and people at the heart of our mahi, guided by te reo Māori, te ao Māori and Te Tiriti o Waitangi.


We do this by:

  • Protecting land, species, ecosystems, and cultural heritage for conservation purposes
  • Managing threats and adverse impacts
  • Being a voice for conservation
  • Connecting people to nature

He angitūtanga | About the role


In this role you will lead the Department's border and species trade, wildlife crime compliance, and enforcement functions within the Office of Regulatory Services.

This role oversees a dynamic and diverse regulatory team responsible for border seizures and surrenders, surveillance, investigations, reporting, permitting, monitoring, intelligence, compliance, and enforcement.


The key outcomes for this role include to:

  • Lead the New Zealand Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Management Authority, oversee statutory decisions under the Trade in Endangered Species Act, and liaise with and train other border agencies in its administration
  • Lead operational delivery of border, species trade, and wildlife crime work, ensuring it is effectively targeted to ensure the protection of threatened, endangered, protected, and CITES species impacted by illegal trade
  • Lead effective oversight of critical risks and issues across border and species trade, ensuring proactive management and risk mitigation
  • Ensure effective oversight of the CITES and wildlife crime enforcement processes via planning, monitoring, and reporting on system performance
  • Assist the Monitoring and Assurance Manager with the delivery of wildlife permit monitoring in relation to threatened and endangered New Zealand species
  • Collaborate with the National Compliance Manager to leverage intelligence and plan complex operations involving other agencies, where applicable
  • Collaborate with the International Policy Manager and represent the Department internationally at CITES meetings and at INTERPOL
  • Collaborate with leaders and teams across the regulatory function to drive system improvements, ensuring effective planning and the efficient allocation of resources to deliver on outcomes
  • Lead the Border and Species Trade team and ensure the team are supported, engaged, and motivated
  • Cultivate outreach programmes that enable and encourage compliance with New Zealand's conservation legislation and international permitting requirements

He kōrero mōu | What we are looking for
We want to hear from you if you are a strategic leader, and have the following experiences, skills, and qualifications:

  • A passion for and experience linking strategic direction with business planning, improvement, and management processes
  • Relevant experience with organisational systems and processes
  • Highly developed stakeholder engagement and communication skills, both verbal and written
  • Excellent influencing and problemsolving skills, enjoying being the connector and enabler
  • Proven track record of project coordination and/or management, delivering on time and within budget
  • An ability to see the big picture, have good judgement, attention to detail, and organisational skills is also key
  • A background working in the border environment, or on border issues
  • Experience in risk and issues management
  • A broad understanding of CITESlisted and New Zealand endangered, threatened, and protected species

Ngā āhuatanga kei a mātou | What's in it for you?
A fantastic supportive and collaborative working environment. Being the multiple award winner of the most attractive employer in the public sector (and second overall) with an average turnover beyond 10 years, we know people generally really enjoy working with us

We offer a range of flexible working options depending on the needs of the role and its work context.

We highly value the new expertise and fresh perspectives brought into the organisation. This is your chance to contribute to our culture of continuous improvement.

  • Eligibility to work in New Zealand is mandatory this includes holding a valid work visa that covers the whole period of employment._

Rā katinga | Applications close at 5 pm on Wednesday, 14 June 2023

Taupānga | Job reference:
DOC/1717281