Adviser/senior Adviser

**Job Title**: Adviser x2 | Senior Adviser x 1
**Role type**: Permanent
**Location**: Wellington
**Adviser Salary band, GSR F**: $74,964 to $99,968 depending on skills and experience
**Senior Adviser Salary band**: $85,302 to $115,691 depending on skills and experience
Applications from MPI employees with Affected status will be given priority consideration.
Kōrero mō te Tūranga - About the Role
This is an exciting time to join the Food Risk Management directorate as we are recruiting for several new roles to support the enhancement and strengthening of New Zealand's imported food regulatory system. The volume and range of food imported into New Zealand continues to increase each year, with products coming from more diverse markets.
We are a dedicated, professional and passionate team, who are committed to improving how the New Zealand food safety system manages imported food. Our multiyear plan is focused on enhancing our system to improve importer's performance, modernise our imported food safety rules, and help consumers trust that imported foods are safe.
You will encounter exciting opportunities that will provide you the platform to interact with food businesses, industry representatives and regulatory agencies, as you contribute to this vital work enhancing our imported foods system. You may also work across other work programmes in the directorate, as relevant to your skills and experience.
Mōu - About You
We are looking to appoint an Adviser or Senior Adviser who has excellent analytical and communication skills, and an ability to work collaboratively across teams.
**We are also looking for someone who**:

- Has good working knowledge and experience in the identification and management of food safety risks.
- Is skilled at gathering and analysing data, and reporting on key findings.
- Is flexible and able to quickly adapt to new and unexpected challenges that may arise
- Can effectively engage with people from different walks of life and consider issues from different perspectives.

In addition, to be appointed at a senior level you will have the following capabilities and experience:

- Able to objectively consider issues from different perspectives, quickly understand the nature of problems and identify a range of potential solutions.
- Have proven experience leading projects or work programmes.
- Able to work with complex systems involving multiple legislation and teams, understand how different aspects of the food system fit together, and conceptualise new ideas and alternative approaches.
- Have experience engaging with regulators, various food industry sectors and consumers.

Desirable but not essential skills /experience for these roles:

- Understanding of New Zealand's food regulatory framework and how food legislation works.
- Experience in engaging with other New Zealand and international food agencies and organisations.
- Understanding of New Zealand's obligations as a member of the World Trade Organization, and Codex Alimentarius Commission.
- Understanding of the Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition Agreement between New Zealand and Australia.
- Understanding of the development and implementation of Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point s(HACCP)-based food control systems

Mō tō mātou Rōpū - About the Team
New Zealand food businesses are diverse - not only in what they make or do and how they make or do it - but also in the value they derive from their food. Food safety regulation is changing, not just in New Zealand but around the world. It is increasingly less about setting rigid rules, and more about providing systems and services that enable businesses to find their own ways to meet easy to understand food safety and suitability outcomes.
The Food Risk Management directorate of New Zealand Food Safety (NZFS) is responsible for setting standards for food production, processing, importing and exporting; identifying emerging food safety risks; and delivering an agile and evolving food compliance and response system.
The work we do strongly contributes to our country's public health, economic, and wellbeing outcomes. We ensure that food sold in New Zealand is safe and suitable, consumers globally can trust food produced in New Zealand and make informed choices, food businesses can thrive and innovate within a fit-for-purpose regulatory framework, and overseas governments can have a high level of confidence and trust in our export assurances.
Mō te Manatū Ahu Matua - About MPI
The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) partners with New Zealand's food and fibre sector to be the world's most sustainable provider of high-value food and primary products.
Ngā hua o te mahi i te Manatū Ahu Matua - Benefits of working at MPI
- Ability to purchase extra annual leave
- Annual Wellness payment
- Bi-annual paid eye test and contribution to the costs of corrective lenses/frames

Wā Mahi Ngāwari - Flexible Working
We support flexible working arrangements and are happy to discuss these