Manager - Intelligence Operations (Nic)

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.

**Manager - Intelligence Operations**
- **Wellington - Police National Headquarters**:

- **Grade 21**:

- **Office of Constable/Police Employee**:

- **Permanent - Full time**:

- **NAV**:

- **JR 5058238**

**E tu ki te kei o te waka, kia pakia koe e nga ngaru o te wa.**
- Stand at the stern of the canoe and feel the spray of the future biting at your face._

**Mo te tunga | About the role**

Intelligence is an indispensable enabler for NZ Police that touches on every part of what we do. Annually, Police Intelligence produces approximately 50,000 products. Some are short and tactically focussed, supporting day-to-day decisions. While other intelligence products are more in-depth with a longer-term focus aiding the development of long-term operational plans and organisational strategy.

We are looking for a leader who is people-oriented, self-motivated, innovative, resilient, and firmly focussed on enhancing decision-making within NZ Police.

The Intelligence Operations manager plays a leadership role across NZ Police Intelligence. Working as part of the Analytics and Intelligence Operations Group, this role is responsible for leading national intelligence service delivery to planned and unplanned major events. The role manages teams that are established on an as-needed basis to support major events and leads by influence when collaborating with other internal teams and external partners."

**Key Accountabilities**:

- Lead the National Intelligence Operations function.
- Refine and update NIC Intelligence Operations work and Intelligence Support to Major Events (ISME) processes
- Train and develop Intelligence Supervisors and Analysts
- Maintain high standards of analytical tradecraft
- Identify and operationalise innovation opportunities within the Intelligence Operations function
- Create and maintain functional relationships with organisational and external management counterparts
- When required, deputise for the Manager Analytics and Intelligence Operations

**He aha taau e kawe mai | What you'll bring**

Whilst we are looking for skills, knowledge, and experience relevant to the role, we also place high importance on your state of mind, the alignment of your values with ours, your ability to contribute to and build high performing teams, and the way that you lead yourself or others.
- Intelligence experience and expertise.
- An ability to lead high-performing teams with a values-based culture
- Great interpersonal and communication skills.
- A demonstrated ability to develop and maintain effective partnerships for mutual benefit and shared outcomes.
- An ability to work in a dynamic environment and manage competing demands to deliver organisational priorities.

**Whakaritenga motuhake | Special requirements**

To be eligible for the Police National Headquarters based roles, you **must**be able**to obtain and maintain a **TOP SECRET**national security clearance.

The minimum criteria for this level of national security clearance is:
NZ Citizen who has resided continuously in NZ for the last **10** years, or:

- A Permanent Resident who has resided continuously in NZ for the last **10** years, or
- A citizen of or has resided continuously in one or more of the following countries **for the last 10** **years**: Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, or United States of America, and has a background that can be verified by the NZSIS.

Use this online tool to self-check your eligibility for a security clearance. Please note that this tool is not part of the formal security clearance process:
For both Constabulary Police Employees:

- Agree to enrol in a leadership programme at the advertised level, at a future date **or**:
You may be required to work outside of set work hours and alternative locations for operational reasons.

This role is based at Police National Headquarters.

This role is set at **Leader/Manager level**, this means your key purpose is "to lead tactics for Our Business and enable people to deliver them".

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**Mo tatou | About us**

New Zealand Police is the lead agency responsible for preventing crime and enhancing community safety. It works in partnership with individuals, communities, businesses, and other public sector agencies towards the vision of making New Zealand the safest country. Police is the government's largest front-line response agency with around 15