Dog Care Specialist

3 weeks ago


Auckland City, New Zealand New Zealand Government Full time

**Job Title**: Dog Care Specialist

**Role type**: Permanent

**Location**: Auckland

**Salary range**: $53,559 to $72,464 depending on skills and experience

Kōrero mō te Tūranga - About the Role
Ministry for Primary Industries is looking for a Kennel Assistant to join our Detector Dog Programme (DDP), part of the Border Clearance Services Team. The Kennel Assistant is primarily responsible for the healthcare and wellbeing of our detector dogs. You will love keeping our dogs in peak physical condition and taking care of their mental wellbeing and ensuring their environment and transportation is clean. You will also assist with canine development.
We are looking for people who enjoy running around, not being tied to a desk and will love and care for the puppies who will be around you all the time

Mōu - About You
- Experience in canine handling (including healthcare & behaviour management)
- Proven work experience with dogs in a kennelling environment
- Good oral and written communication skills
- Physically fit & able to be on your feet for most of the 8-hour day
- A strong Team Player ethos
- A full clean manual driver's licence

Mō tō mātou Rōpū - About the Team
The Border Clearance Directorate of the Ministry for Primary Industries is responsible for providing frontline clearance services at the border for imported goods, arriving international vessels and aircraft, international mail, international passengers and crew, and detection technology including X-Ray and detector dogs.

Mō te Manatū Ahu Matua - About MPI
We're passionate about growing prosperity in the sector while ensuring respect for Kaitiaki - guardianship of our natural resources.

Ngā hua o te mahi i te Manatū Ahu Matua - Benefits of working at MPI
- Additional MPI leave days
- Ability to purchase extra annual leave
- Career development and internal opportunities across the branch and organisation

Wā Mahi Ngāwari - Flexible Working
We support flexible working arrangements and are happy to discuss these options with you.

Kua rite koe mō tēnei mahi whaitake? - Are you ready to make a difference?
We are committed to being a good partner under Te Tiriti o Waitangi which includes working closely with iwi, hapū, whanau and hāpori.
In your cover letter we'd like to know about you, your values, your whakapapa; 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.
Applications close at midnight on Friday 3 February 2023.

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