Detector Dog Trainer

3 weeks ago

Auckland City, New Zealand NZ Ministry for Primary Industries Full time

**Job Title**: Detector Dog Trainer

**Role type**: Permanent

**Location**: Auckland

**Salary range**: $76,935 to $82,518 depending on skills and experience

Kōrero mō te Tūranga - About the Role
Your primary focus is to provide training and support to ensure all MPI Border Clearance Services Auckland based staff in the detector dog programme are trained to a proficient level and maintain that level to effectively undertake their duties and responsibilities.

**Key responsibilities as a trainer in the programme include**:

- Provide technical information, instruction and advice to management and frontline staff
- Mentoring and coaching for Detector Dog Handlers in the operational environment
- Supporting the Detector Dog Training and Leadership Teams through collaboration, collegiality and open communication
- Facilitating validation classes and formal assessments to maintain, improve and review Dog Handler competency
- Develop and maintain training and competency assessments, manuals and documentation
- Travelling to different MPI sites to provide training and support across Aotearoa.

Mōu - About You
We are looking for an excellent communicator (both written and verbal) with preferably adult teaching qualification coupled with animal behaviour experience or qualification. This role requires patience, tact, diplomacy and the ability to deal within ambiguity.
- Be, or have the ability to become, a warranted quarantine officer
- Have knowledge of detector dog handling, dog behaviour and animal welfare requirements relating to canines
- Be experienced in the training, handling and deploying of working dogs
- Be able to work effectively under pressure
- Display an exceptional ability to communicate with impact and influence
- Strong interpersonal skills

Mō tō mātou Rōpū - About the Team
You will be based at the Centre in Mangere, Auckland and work with two other trainers to provide support to our Dog Handlers around the country. You will be working alongside the kennel team, consists of a Team leader, 7 dog care specialists and, of course, approximately 60 Detector dogs.

Mō te Manatū Ahu Matua - About MPI
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.

Ngā hua o te mahi i te Manatū Ahu Matua - Benefits of working at MPI
- Ability to purchase extra annual leave
- Annual Wellness payment
- Mentoring and coaching programmes

Whakamātau Whakapōauau me te Waipiro - Drug and Alcohol Screening
Please note, given this position is safety sensitive the preferred applicant/s for the position will be required to undergo a drug and alcohol pre-employment screening test. Further information on this process can be found on our careers site, here.

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, whānau 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 5th May 2023.

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