Protective Security Advisor

3 weeks ago


Wellington City, New Zealand New Zealand Government Full time

The Civil Aviation Authority and the Aviation Security Service offer distinctively different career opportunities and embrace diverse talent. All jobs at the Authority contribute to ensuring safe and secure skies to help New Zealand fly.

The Civil Aviation Authority is the regulatory arm of our organisation and the Aviation Security Service is the nationwide provider for aviation security.

Working at our organisation you will have the opportunity to contribute to safe and secure skies, for New Zealand.

About the role
We are seeking an enthusiastic Protective Security Adviser who will assist in embedding our Protective security culture across the Authority.
Our team provides sustainable and credible security instruction through the provision of a range of Protective Security policies, services, products and advice. The Protective Security Unit is responsible for maintaining physical and personnel security across the entire spectrum of Authority business and this role will be instrumental to the team.
This position will be based at Wellington National Office and the salary range is $91,815-$108,017, depending on your skills and experience.

What we are looking for
- Self-motivated, innovative and possessing enthusiasm and drive
- Strong security knowledge and background
- Experience developing and maintaining positive working relationships
- Ability to influence and encourage positive safety and security behaviours
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Experience developing, creating and maintaining policies and procedures
- Identify relevance and potential risks of information that is being analysed whilst upholding confidentiality
- Demonstrates strong attention to detail
- Demonstrates flexibility and adaptability to changing priorities and demands
- A good listener who is able to understand and adapt to their audience
- Takes initiative and employs sound judgement
- Supportive and looks for opportunities to contribute to an inclusive environment
- Proficient with the MS Office suite of programmes

About us

As a safety regulator, the Civil Aviation Authority exists to enable safe flight for social connections, and economic benefit for New Zealand. We believe in keeping people safe and secure in the air, enabling participation in the aviation system, and making a difference to New Zealand aviation. We achieve this through regulatory oversight of the aviation industry and frontline security at our airports.

The Aviation Security Service (AvSec) is the official provider of aviation security services in New Zealand. As part of the CAA, AvSec’s role is to deliver premier aviation security, while enabling a high quality, responsive passenger experience. We pride ourselves in excellence and you will contribute to our continuous improvement mindset with a pro-active can-do attitude.

The Authority embraces diversity and is committed to providing an inclusive environment where our people feel respected, safe, and valued for their unique contribution.

The foundation for achieving this is our values, which guide how we work and the behaviours we expect from each other.
- Me mahi tahi - Collaboration We work together to achieve and succeed.
- Me mahi pono - Transparency We are open and honest communicators.
- Me mahi tika - Integrity We do the right thing.
- Me manaaki - Respect We treat all people with consideration and kindness.
- Kia tū rangatira ai - Professionalism We act in a way that brings credit to ourselves and our organisation.

Why join us?
As a flexible friendly employer, we are happy to discuss solutions that may work for you and us. We value and care about enabling our people to work in a way that means they can work at their best.
We invest in our people by supporting development within the organisation. To support the health and wellbeing of our employees we offer flu vaccinations, contributions towards eyewear and a flexible working environment by arrangement.
We offer 5 weeks of annual leave and can match your Kiwi Saver contribution up to 4%.

What do you need?

The Authority strongly encourages and supports all our people to be vaccinated and boosted against COVID-19, however our current policy position is that vaccination is not a requirement for employment in this role. Please note that the Authority may, if needed, introduce a vaccination requirement for managing an epidemic.

The Civil Aviation Authority National Office is usually located in modern offices opposite the Wellington railway station. As a result of remedial earthquake strengthening work that needs to take place, our National office staff are currently working remotely and in temporary offices in central Wellington.
Applications close on Thursday,13th April.



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