Fishery Officer

We have two roles available in Auckland.
The salary for this role is circa $65,368 to $72,497 depending on skills and experience.

Kōrero mō te tūranga - About the Role
The working life of a Compliance Officer (Fisheries) is varied and interesting. On any given day you may find yourself patrolling the beaches and boat ramps, interacting with the public, inspecting recreational and/or commercial fishing vessels, preparing a file for prosecution, taking part in a surveillance operation, gathering intelligence on fisheries offending, and/or analysing fisheries information. Developing and maintaining relationships with tangata whenua and stakeholder groups who use the fisheries resource is also an important aspect of this role.
This role is challenging and varied and this is what we expect from our frontline staff:

- Establish and maintain directed work under the direction of the District Team Leader (Immediate supervisor) and the Team Manager in order to satisfy identified sector priorities
- Maintain comprehensive education, monitoring, surveillance and inspection activities across the Fisheries sector
- Assist in the detection, investigation and prosecution of offending against Fisheries legislation.
- Gather, document, store and analyse information on all fishing and associated sectors
- Maintain a detailed knowledge and understanding of the principles, rationale and objectives of all relevant Fisheries legislation and the impact of that legislation on all aspects of the Fisheries enforcement environment.
- Develop and maintain effective communication and professional working relationships between the Regional Services Group and the wider Ministry and relevant external agencies.

Mōu - About You
- An achiever in both an individual and team context
- The ability to work unsociable hours when required and in differing environments
- The ability to communicate with diverse cultures
- Must be able to operate in confrontational situations
- The ability when necessary to travel away overnight, at times at short notice
- Be available for domestic and international Fishery patrol deployments on Navy and Airforce assets.
- Analytical experience and an enquiring mind-set
- Have an understanding of the Treaty of Waitangi and its importance in a NZ Fisheries context
- Knowledge of the marine environment and the NZ Fisheries framework
- Competent in the use of the Microsoft Office suite of programmes
- Passion, motivation and drive for the role

Mō te Manatū Ahu Matua - About MPI
The Ministry for Primary Industries is helping to seize export opportunities for our primary industries, improve sector productivity, ensure the food we produce is safe, increase sustainable resource use, and protect New Zealand from biological risk.
To find out more about the Ministry and what we do please click here

**Ngā hua o te Mahi i te Manatū Ahu Matua**: - Benefits of working at MPI
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Ngā Taki Whakahaumaru - Security checks
Higher level Security Clearance
- most preferably a NZ citizen who has resided continuously in NZ for at least the last ten (10) years, OR
- is a citizen of, and/or has resided continuously in one or more of the following countries for the last ten (10) years: either Australia, Canada, NZ, UK or the USA; and has a background history that is verifiable and can be assessed as appropriate by the NZSIS towards a recommendation of suitability for a security clearance at a higher level.
- click here to find out more about the national security vetting process and access the eligibility self-checktool.

Whakamātau Whakapōauau me te Waipiro - Drug and Alcohol Screening