Immigration Officer

Discover a career with purpose at MBIE

Discover a career with purpose at MBIE
- Be part of a values-based organisation
- Join a dynamic, engaging and inclusive team
- Career development opportunities
- Starting salary $58,977 | Christchurch based | Multiple positions Tēnei tūranga - About the role:
Immigration New Zealand is the operational delivery arm of the immigration system. Our core functions are:

- Ensuring that people crossing the border and staying in New Zealand are entitled to do so
- Helping refugees to make New Zealand their home
- Playing our part in the global immigration system

One of your primary responsibilities will be to interpret immigration legislation and to make quality immigration decisions using your proven analytical, judgement, and well-developed decision-making abilities. Your assessments will result in sound decisions that make a positive impact and benefit our people and communities here in Aotearoa.

As an Immigration Officer, you will be working in a high-volume environment. Experience advantageous to this role includes strong organisational skills and time-management; a strong customer background; and the ability to be decisive, sometimes in the absence of complete information.

You will be joining an innovative and collegial team in our central Christchurch office. This can be a rapidly changing environment, with opportunities to develop your analytical and administration skills. Your strong interpersonal skills and ability to establish a positive and consultative working relationship with stakeholders will be one of the key successes to this role.

Why work for us?
We offer a range of flexible Working options within MBIE. Once you are fully trained and can work independently (approx2-3months), you can speak with your manager about what might work for you and us.

Ngā pukenga me ngā wheako e hiahiatia ana - Skills and experience required:
**Key competencies of the role include**:

- Strong verbal and written communication skills, with proven expertise conveying concepts, and information clearly and concisely to any variable audience
- Experience in an administration/processing environment
- To be able to multi-task, problem solve and thrive under pressure
- Experience working on high caseloads in a high-pressured situation
- A strong moral compass, and be known to ‘act with integrity' in all you undertake

To be eligible for this role, applicants must be NZ citizens or hold a Permanent Residency Visa in New Zealand.

**Ētahi kōrero mō MBIE - About MBIE**:
MBIE's goal is to create a resilient and high-performing economy that delivers real and ongoing quality of life for all New Zealanders.
We do this by working with others to create an environment that supports businesses to be more productive and internationally competitive, enables all New Zealanders to participate in the economy through improved job opportunities and by working to ensure quality housing is more affordable.
People are at the heart of our mahi, our way of working is guided by our values which shape our behaviours.
- Mahi Tahi - Better Together
- Māia - Bold and brave
- Pae Kahurangi - Build our Future
- Pono Me Te Tika - Own It

Our aspirations are echoed in our Māori identity - Hīkina Whakatutuki - which broadly means ‘lifting to make successful'.

MBIE recognises the partnership founded under Te Tiriti o Waitangi between Māori and the Crown and is committed to giving effect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi. We will do this through enduring, meaningful and effective partnerships with iwi, Māori, other Māori groups/organisations and the Crown, as this is critical to enable economic and social development, both for Māori and for wider Aotearoa New Zealand. We are committed to continuing to partner with iwi in order to find new sustainable solutions to address long standing systemic and cross-cutting issues facing Māori and wider Aotearoa New Zealand and we are also committed to identifying opportunities for iwi to lead and creating an enabling environment for iwi to leverage these opportunities.
E mōhio ana a Hīkina Whakatutuki i puea ake te kōtuinga I waenganui i a ngāi Māori me te Karauna i Te Tiriti o Waitangi, ā, kei te whai ia ki te whakaū ake i Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Mā te whai kiko o ngā kōtuinga ahungaroa o ngāi wi, o ngāi Māori, me ētahi atu rōpū Māori ki te Karauna, katutuki tēnei. He āhuatanga nui tēnei e āhei ai ngā mahi whanaketanga ā-ohanga, ā-pāpori hoki ki a ngāi Māori me Aotearoa whānui. E whai tonu ana mātou ki te kōtui atu ki ngā iwi mō te rapu huarahi hou ki te whakaara i ngā kaupapakua roa nei e tāmi ana i a ngāi Māori me Aotearoa whānui, ā, e whai ana hoki ki te tautohu i ngā āheinga kōkiritanga mā ngā iwi, me te tautoko i ngā iwi kia whai mana ake ai ēnei āheinga.

**Me pēhea te tono - How to apply**:
**Recruitment Process**:

- All information provided is evaluated in line with the competencies required for the role of Immigr