Senior Partners. Advisor

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.

Senior Partnerships Advisor

**Location**: Police National Headquarters

**Starting Salary**: $102,178 - $123,297

**Reporting to**: Partnership Manager
Permanent, full time
- Focus on Pasifika & other ethnic communities
- Great Career Development
- Contribute to our purpose through effective management

Highly experienced working at a senior level within the Pacifica, Asian or other ethnic communities in New Zealand.

Mō te tūnga | About the role

The purpose of Arms Safety and Control business unit is to enable New Zealand to be a world leader in arms safety through an effective regulatory and administrative approach to the Arms Act and Arms Regulations. Established to lead, operate, and develop investment in modernisation of the firearms system, which will result in a more efficient and effective risk-based licensing system, introduction of comprehensive performance indicators, and shall improve public confidence in the firearms licensing system. The modernisation of the Arms Regulatory System will take every opportunity to prevent harm through transparent, high quality, consistent, legislatively correct, and effective regulatory activities, administration, education, and promotion of compliance with the provisions of the Arms Act and Arms Regulations.

The Regulator will earn trust and confidence by working together in partnership with other policing groups, iwi, the firearms community, wider New Zealand public and other agencies and organisations to achieve collective impact.

Fostering a positive view of Police and Arms Safety and Control within the community you will work collaboratively with specialist policing functions, government agencies, NGO’s, partners, and community groups. An important element of the role is the ongoing skill and expertise to build trust and confidence between the community and the Arms Regulator working collaboratively and role modelling a commitment to working in partnership with and being responsive to the many different ethnic groups across New Zealand.

**Takohanga Matua | Key Accountabilities**:

- Maintain effective working relationships with Partnership Managers and required staff within Districts in order to foster a commitment to delivering on the Regulators strategies and initiatives and to establish an effective and consistent approach to engaging with community groups
- Contribute to the development of the Regulators strategies and initiatives by developing a comprehensive understanding of the needs of the various communities within the portfolio for culturally and responsive engagements.
- Works with the Partnership Managers, Districts and community leaders to identify and understand current and emerging issues and trends that have implications for how the Regulator responds, and for future strategies, policies and initiatives.
- Coach and mentor staff as required in understanding and dealing with complex cultural issues and responding to Māori, Pacific, or Ethnic and other community issues and needs.
- Champions an approach to service delivery that recognises the needs to be responsive to the unique needs to Māori, Pacific and Ethnic and other communities.

**Qualifications / Requirements**:

- A tertiary qualification is advantageous, this may however be offset by skills, knowlage and experience.
- Applicants need to be New Zealand Permanent Residents

**Pre-Employment Checks**:

- A standard vetting check is required.

**Experience is to include**:

- Experience co-designing and delivering innovative programmes and interventions with diverse communities and groups and identifying valuable policy, research and implementation insights.
- Experience gathering information on various community group issues and opportunities and using this to inform policy advice, operational practices and enhance engagement practices.
- Proven experience in supporting the development and leading the implementation of engagement strategies, plans and programme management.

**Knowledge**:

- An excellent understanding of and commitment to co-design and delivery.
- A demonstratable understanding of Te Ao Māori and Mātauranga Māori.
- Keeps up to date with current affairs and is aware of the broader political/government context.

**Skills**:

- Strong ability to operate effectively in a Māori cultural setting and proven understanding of and commitment to the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi.
- Proven ability to take a strategic, proactive