Senior Biosecurity Advisor

2 weeks ago

Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand DairyNZ Full time

Senior Biosecurity Advisor


Here's your chance to make a real difference for New Zealand, working in a highly supportive team, with a role instrumental in influencing and driving change for the greater good.

An exciting opportunity has come up for a talented Senior Biosecurity Advisor to join our team and play a key part in evidence-based strategic policy and technical solutions that enables dairy farming to work for all New Zealanders, as well as building excellent partnerships.


The Role/Location


This role will also work with key New Zealand government and partner organisations on biosecurity policy issues impacting on dairy farming.

A key focus of this role will be to contribute technical expertise to strategy and policy developments in biosecurity and disease management, animal traceability, and on-farm biosecurity practices.


Key Responsibilities

  • Provide scientifically robust, expert, technical and policy advice to DairyNZ and dairy industry across a range of priority biosecurity issues identified, in line with the DairyNZ Biosecurity strategy.
  • Be a trusted and respected contributor to, and influencer of, national and regional debates around biosecurity risk assessment and risk management.
  • Demonstrate a high level of understanding of farm systems, farmer needs and policy systems relative to biosecurity risk assessment/management frameworks and in developing solutions to biosecurity issues.
  • Identify key industry stakeholders/influencers and proactively develop and manage strong enduring relationships to drive and influence decision making around biosecurity, traceability, risk assessment, risk management and enable delivery of consistent messages.

About You:


To be successful in this role you will need to demonstrate applied technical, policy and analytical skills while building enduring relationships to support positive change for our dairy farmers.

A strong working knowledge of the New Zealand dairy farming industry as well as experience within a policy/regulatory environment are considered important skills.


A tactful communicator, you'll be confident in working with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders, have strong presentation and written skills and be quick to grasp new challenges.

Gaining the trust and credibility of those you work closely with, you'll be articulate in saying what needs to be said at the right time in the right manner and be a strong team player.


Benefits:

  • Work with a passionate and highly supportive team, industry leaders and our farmers to make a difference.
  • Work for an employer who is proactive about our people's health and wellbeing, including flexible work arrangements.

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