Senior Security Advisor

2 months ago


Christchurch, New Zealand New Zealand Government Full time

Diverse and action-orientated operational work portfolio
- Use your security skills and experience to support conservation across the motu
- Full time, permanent role with flexible working available
- Location of the role is flexible by negotiation in main DOC centres

Toitū te marae a Tāne-Mahuta, toitū te marae a Tangaroa, toitū te tangata
If the land is well and the sea is well, the people will thrive

Te Papa Atawhai, Department of Conservation (DOC) serves to protect and sustain nature across Aotearoa. We put nature and people at the heart of our mahi, guided by te reo Māori, te ao Māori and Te Tiriti o Waitangi. We do this by:

- Protecting land, species, ecosystems, and cultural heritage for conservation purposes
- Managing threats and adverse impacts
- Being a voice for conservation
- Connecting people to nature

He angitūtanga | About the role
We have a new and ambitious strategy focused on improving conservation outcomes. Our Chief Security Officer is looking for a Senior Security Advisor to support our Security Team to protect our people, partners and assets and enable them to achieve better results for our precious and unique ecosystems, species, and spaces.
DOC's work is primarily operational, field and action orientated and spread over a large footprint throughout the country, so your work will be diverse, dealing with security matters such as supporting our national predator control programme using 1080, protestors occupying land, building security or social media threats.
As the Senior Security Advisor, you will provide expertise to support the embedding of security culture, processes, systems, and controls. Some key tasks of the role are:

- Managing the relationship with DOC's security provider
- Managing the Government's PHYSEC Protective Security Requirements for DOC
- Management of day-to-day operations, security issues, and incidents
- Contributing to the development of policy and processes
- Providing investigative capability, contributing to and helping guide investigations where necessary
- Develop and contribute to projects relating to security and investigations work

This role will require some travel to implement projects and enhance DOC's security culture.

Ngā pūkenga me ngā wheako | Skills and experience
This appointment requires an individual with significant experience in the security or law enforcement industry within the public sector, ideally with investigative capability. You may be an experience Senior Advisor looking for new challenges or an experienced Advisor looking to advance their career.
You will bring previous experience in an advisory role involving threat mitigation, ideally from a large, geographically dispersed organisation. You will be an outgoing person, comfortable with delivering presentations to large groups, with demonstrated ability to build and maintain positive working relationships with internal and external stakeholders. You will have demonstrated knowledge of PHYSEC as per government Protective Security Requirements (PSR). You must have a full NZ driver license and be able to obtain security clearance at secret level.

Ngā āhuatanga kei a mātou | What's in it for you?
Te Papa Atawhai is committed to fostering a diverse workforce that represents the communities we serve, creating an inclusive workplace culture, supporting the relationship between Māori and the Crown, and lifting our cultural capability. We encourage our people to bring their authentic self and unique perspectives to work, in pursuit of our collective aspirations. Our commitment to well-being and professional development includes:

- Flexible working opportunities suited to your role
- Career development, secondment, and training opportunities to help you realise your goals
- Study assistance in programmes that are relevant to your work
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) and discounted medical insurance
- Great discounts on DOC accommodation and outdoor apparel and gear so you're ready for your next adventure
- Te Pukenga Atawhai - Cultural Capability Development Programme

The salary range for this position is $85,757 to $109,578 with the starting salary based on the successful applicants' skills and experience.
Eligibility to work in New Zealand is mandatory - this includes holding a valid work visa that covers the whole period of employment.

**Rā katinga | Applications close**: 5 pm on Sunday, 28 May 2023

**Taupānga | Job reference**: DOC/1716497



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