Immigration Manager

19 hours ago


Wellington City, New Zealand New Zealand Government Full time

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MBIE's goal is to create a resilient and high-performing economy that delivers real and ongoing quality of life for all New Zealanders.

Discover a career with purpose at MBIE
- Are you an action oriented people leader with energy, resilience and a positive ‘can do' attitude?
- Do you have a passion to motivate, inspire, bring the best out of people and lead a team to succeed?
- Do you have experience influencing and achieving through others, and building sustainable relationships?
- Permanent position with flexible working - Porirua based
- Salary Range - $86,916-$103,290 with KiwiSaver and wellness benefits Tēnei tūranga - About the Role: We have an exciting opportunity for someone to join our management team, in INZ’s largest visa processing centre here in Porirua. We are looking for an experienced operational leader who will have demonstrable people leader skills, goal orientated and is able to ‘think on your feet' in order

**About Immigration New Zealand**:
The purpose of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) is to Grow New Zealand for All. Our goal is to create a strong and high-performing economy by creating an environment that supports businesses to become more productive and internationally competitive.
Immigration New Zealand is part of MBIE and is the regulator for the Immigration Act, striking the balance between facilitating the migration New Zealand needs and managing risk.

The purpose of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) is to Grow New Zealand for All. Our goal is to create a strong and high-performing economy by creating an environment that supports businesses to become more productive and internationally competitive.
Immigration New Zealand is part of MBIE and is the regulator for the Immigration Act, striking the balance between facilitating the migration New Zealand needs and managing risk.

Ngā pukenga me ngā wheako e hiahiatia ana - Skills and Experience Required To be successful in this role, you will need to be able to demonstrate that you have experience in, or have the qualities that would enable you to successfully perform, the following tasks:

- Implementing quality processes designed to streamline and improve productivity whilst being a service champion.
- Effective coaching and performance management of individuals or teams resulting in personal growth and achievement of organisational goals.
- The ability to foster an inclusive working environment that supports, leverages and celebrates diversity.
- Excellent relationship building with peers and external stakeholders.
- Solving complex problems and being able to make sound decisions in a changing environment.
- The ability to manage workflow ensuring the continuation of BAU during periods of ambiguity and significant change is essential. Mental agility to multi-task, dealing with adhoc requests through to completion within tight timeframes, while maintaining a positive outlook.
- The ability to lead effectively through change and drive high performance under challenging circumstances.

The role of Immigration Manager sits within the Border and Visa Operations (BVO), and comes with 8-12 direct reports on average. BVO is the main processing and operational arm of Immigration New Zealand.

All applicants must be a NZ citizen or hold a permanent residence class visa

**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.
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