Quarantine Officers

**Quarantine Officer**

**Role type**: Permanent

**Location**: Tamaki Makaurau (Auckland)

**Starting Salary**:$67,407

**Korero mo te Turanga - About the Role**

Our Quarantine Officers are highly trained, every-day New Zealanders doing an extraordinary job for their country. We work to ensure that cargo and passengers entering New Zealand are free of biosecurity risk. Officers work on a rotational roster that offers them a breadth of work as they lead New Zealand's biosecurity system at the front line - international airports, ports, mail centres, and cargo facilities.

We are recruiting now for our next cohort of Quarantine Officers to start** 31**st** March 2025.**

**He aha te mahi e tuku - What the Job Offers**
- A programme that mixes both classroom theory and on-the-job training.
- Clear career progression path from Officer to Senior to Chief for those prepared to put in extra effort with development and leadership opportunities to reach these goals.
- Join a high-performing team that is passionate about their job, compelled to protect New Zealand and living MPI's values.
- A great salary with benefits and allowances as you progress.
- The chance to join to diverse and supportive team of officers across New Zealand.

**Mou - About You**
- We're looking for passionate, self-motivatedpeople who enjoy a range of tasks, worksites and varied work.
- You will be fit and healthy as you will be standing for periods of time.
- Working indoors and outdoors will appeal to you.
- You will have strong communication skills (oral and written) and ability to create strong relationships with stakeholders.
- You have a high level of computer literacy.
- An interest or qualification in agriculture, horticulture, forestry, botany, or environmental science.
- You may have work experience in a life science or similar industry.

**Mo to matou Ropu - About the Team**

The Border Clearance Services Directorate within the Biosecurity New Zealand branch helps protect New Zealand's natural environment, primary industries and people against exotic pests and diseases. It is accountable for ensuring the delivery of sustainable and effective frontline biosecurity clearance services at the border for imported goods, craft, mail, passengers, crew and transitional facilities.

**Mo te Manatu Ahu Matua - About MPI**

We're a large organisation with massive scope from the frontline to policy development and beyond.
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**Nga hua o te mahi i te Manatu Ahu Matua - Benefits of working at MPI**
- Annual Wellness payment.
- Bi-annual paid eye test and contribution to the costs of corrective lenses/frames.
- Reduced premiums for Group Healthcare Schemes.

**Low level Security Clearance**
- is a New Zealand citizen or permanent resident, who has **resided continuously in New Zealand**for at least the last **five (5) years.**:

- a recommendation of suitability for a security clearance at this level.
- click here to find out more about the national security vetting process and access the eligibility self-check tool.

*** You must hold a Full NZ Drivers License**

**Whakamatau Whakapoauau 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 mo tenei 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, hapu, whanau and hapori.

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**Midnight, Wednesday 29**th** January 2025.**
- more information can be found on our website below.**

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