Support Officer

3 days ago


Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) Full time

Job Description

Support Officer

Role type: Fixed term until end July 2025

Location: Wellington

Salary band & range: General Salary Range H: $59,559 to $69,022 depending on skills and experience

About the Role - Kōrero mō te Tūranga

This role sits within the Verification Services directorate of New Zealand Food Safety and reports to the Manager Business Operations and Performance.

Working as a Business Support Officer within Verification Services (VS), your key role will be providing a range of administrative and logistical support to our teams and the first point of contact for our frontline teams in booking travel nationally.

You will need to be flexible, and able to quickly shift your focus to deliver as priorities change through the course of a week and juggle the expectations of managers from different areas of the business. You will facilitate the smooth running of various support functions including organising meetings, arranging travel, raising purchase orders and document preparation and circulation.

You'll be joining a dedicated team, supporting a large scale frontline national team. This is a great opportunity to gain valuable experience within New Zealand Food Safety, Verification Service and to make a real impact to help our people and operations.

About You - Mōu

To be successful in this role you will:

  1. Have experience in an administrative and/or support role
  2. Be confident working across a number of systems and processes.
  3. Excellent word and excel skills with a high level of attention to detail.
  4. Experience in meeting preparation and minute taking and data entry
  5. Relationship building skills and a commitment to service delivery
  6. Strong time management, prioritisation, and adaptability.
  7. Strong problem solving skills and the ability to work under pressure, adhering to time constraints, in a dynamic environment.

About MPI - Mō Te Manatū Ahu Matua

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.

To find out more about the Ministry and what we do please click here.

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

We are committed to being a good partner under Te Tiriti o Waitangi which includes working closely with iwi, hapū, whānau 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 Ministry for Primary Industries a great place to work for all.

In your cover letter we'd like to know about you, your values; 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" 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 11:59pm on Monday, 31 March

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

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