Director - Evidence Based Policing (New)

New Zealand Police is working with the community to make New Zealanders be safe and feel safe. With over 13,000 staff, we provide policing services 24 hours a day, every day. We operate by land, sea and air, manage over 860,000 emergency calls a year and are always actively preventing crime and crashes.

We’re working towards specific goals and targets that highlight our intent to work collaboratively with iwi and communities, other government sectors and business partners to deliver ‘Our Business’ and achieve long-term change.

Director - Evidence Based Policing, it starts with you
- Based in Wellington
- Band L
- Office of Constable / Police Employee
- Permanent, full time
- JR 4566892

E tῡ ki te kei o te waka, kia pakia koe e ngā ngaru o te wā.
Stand at the stern of the canoe and feel the spray of the future biting at your face.

New Zealand Police is the lead agency responsible for reducing crime and enhancing community safety. We work in partnership with iwi, communities, businesses, individual, and other public sector agencies to achieve our vision to have the trust and confidence of all.

Our tohu is a distinctive mark that symbolises New Zealand Police’s commitment to Māori and the Treaty of Waitangi. It originates from the whakatauākī / proverb given to the New Zealand Police by Ngāti Porou iwi leader Dr Apirana Mahuika, who was a member of the Commissioner’s Māori Focus Forum. The design depicts ‘Ngaru’, the waves of time, and ‘Haere Whakamua’, a vehicle towards common goals.
The words of the whakatauākī inspire courage in the face of adversity and thereby hint at the enormity of the task with which Police face. These words inspirationally capture Dr Mahuika’s vision for a new relationship between Māori and Police.

Mō te tūnga | About the role
Evidence-Based Policing (EBP) is about using information, crime-science and problem-solving methods to ensure that proven approaches and tactics inform our choices, are seen in the results, and provide confidence that what we do works.
EBP presents an opportunity for New Zealand Police to embed an evidence base into all of our operations.

The Director EBP role will lead a highly specialised, multi-disciplinary team within a dynamic and collaborative environment.

This is a senior level appointment with high expectations on delivery. It demands an exceptional leader who is able to bring together, motivate and achieve results across a number of distinct disciplines. A sharp customer service focus is paramount, ensuring the needs and opportunities at the front line are at the heart of EBP as well as the ability to building key relationships at senior levels both internally and with external stakeholders.

The following experience and attributes are essential to be successful in this role:

- Ensure the Commissioner’s priorities and their contribution to making New Zealand the safest country is understood by all.
- Manaakitanga, building open and trusting relationships with all.
- Lead engagement with the organisation’s kaupapa.
- Lead and develop a high performing team that encourages a positive organisational culture.
- Lead a collegial, collaborative approach to how we work.
- Encourage diversity and create an environment where everyone can thrive.

He aha taau e kawe mai | What you’ll bring
Being part of the Police whānau is about being our best to ensure our communities are safe and feel safe. This role is set at Strategic Leader level, this means your key purpose is “to lead the strategy, Our Business, and enable our people to deliver it”.

The Police High Performance Framework, Our Core Competencies and Culture Transformation Tool (CTT) provide a shared understanding of the standards, expectations, behaviours, leadership, mindset and technical competence required for success at each level of Police.

You’ll need to have or rapidly acquire a good working knowledge of the Police High Performance Framework, Our Core Competencies and Culture Transformation Tool, to engage fully in this appointment process. You can find background information on each of these frameworks and tools here:
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Te Tukanga | The process

Raarangi o nga ra matua | Timeline of Key Dates

Action
Date
Advertising of vacancy
Week of 31 July
Week of 21 August
Week of 11 September
Assessment Centre and Testing
Week of 18 September
Feedback and Appointment
Week of 2 October

Applicants must also submit a cover letter (two page maximum), outlining how you meet the ‘mindset’ characteristics of Police’s Culture Transformation Tool (2021).

**These characteristics are**:

- Aroha ki te tangata - compassion for all people regardless of who they are
- Reflective - encourage people to have ideas and create safe and positive work environments where they can be heard
- Fair - inclusive, and non-judgemental, enhancing mana in all people
- Curious - hi