Veterinarian (Reliever)

**Job title**: Veterinarian Reliever (Veterinary Technical Supervsor Reliever)

**Role type**: Permanent, full-time

**Location**: Palmerston North, Manawatū | Wellington Region

**Salary range**: VTS Salary Range 6: $113,838 to $142,297 per annum
- Starting salary will be dependent on skills and experience of the successful applicant._
- In addition to salary, we offer overtime, penal time, and shift allowances._

***

**Kōrero mō te Tūranga - About the Role**

The role sits within the Establishment group of the Verification Services directorate. MPI Verification Services (MPI VS) provides a range of food safety and biosecurity verification and certification services to support market access strategies and setting standards.

The purpose of this position is to travel around the Manawatū - Wellington region to provide verification services that confirms food safety objectives, market access, and Biosecurity requirements have been met at the exporting meat works establishment thereby permitting the issue of official assurances. You may also be required to travel to other regions on occasion for this position. An MPI fleet vehicle will be provided for work related travel.

As a VTS Reliever, would also be expected to lead and where necessary coordinate verification activities over a varied range of animal products as well as manage the key primary relationship with operator and act as a conduit between operators and MPI.
- Ensure that official assurances issued for export products are valid and withstand third party reviews through audit and verification of the operators and their processes.
- Ensure that operators put into place timely and effective corrective and preventative actions.
- Work successfully with & support the regional MPI team, as well as the wider MPI team such as the technical team and other external stakeholders such as farmers.
- Work with operator personnel of different levels from plant manager to frontline staff and will be able to tailor your communication with them effectively.
- Attend and facilitate internal, external and market access reviews. Demonstrate the process to these reviewers and facilitate, in conjunction with the operator and MPI, resolution of any review findings.
- Ensure efficient use of time and resources.

**Mō te peka - About the Branch**

With an MPI office based in Palmerston North, this role will report to the Team Manager Establishment and would primarily involve relieving at premises in the team, from Bulls and Marton in the north, Dannevirke in the east and Levin and Wellington in the south as well as occasional postings in neighbouring locations such as the Whanganui/Taranaki team and the Hawkes Bay team. As a Veterinarian Reliever, you will work closely with industry professionals as well as other departments within MPI to support the delivery of national and regional verification. As we are primarily based at meat exporting establishments there is a variety of shift patterns within the region, and there are extra benefits for late nights or early starts when the reliever works these shifts.

Manawatu is famous for its effortless blend of city and rural living; here you can choose your ideal lifestyle, from peaceful rural villages, to bustling townships, or city life. The region includes the charming towns of Feilding, Kimbolton, Apiti, Himatangi Beach, Linton and Ashhurst to name a few, and at the centre of it all is the city of Palmerston North. It is less than two hours from New Zealand's capital city Wellington and one hour from Whanganui. It is also an easy drive to North Island ski fields, Hawke's Bay wineries and Mount Taranaki.
- Watch some of our team describe why they love the role that they are in and their journey into a career with Verification Services - Click Here

**Mōu - About You**
- Be a New Zealand registered Veterinarian (or be able to obtain registration with VCNZ);
- Hold a full and clean New Zealand driver's licence (or be able to obtain a licence by converting a current overseas driver's licence)
- Have verbal and written skills, and analytical reasoning skills;
- Demonstrate integrity and trust, ethics and values, resilience, adaptability, and openness;
- Have experience persuading and influencing, teamwork, planning and organising;

**Mō te Manatū Ahu Matua - About MPI**

The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) partners with New Zealand's food and fibre sector to be the world's most sustainable provider of high-value food and primary products.

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

**Ngā hua o te mahi i te Manatū Ahu Matua - Benefits of working at MPI**
- Professional membership and annual practicing certificate reimbursement
- Wellness benefit for employees
- Reduced premiums for Group Healthcare Schemes

See the benefits of working at MPI
- _

**Whakamātau Whakapōauau me te Waipiro** - Drug and Alcohol Screening**

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