Principal Advisor

Principal Advisor - Risk
**Location**: Wellington
**Salary**: $142,124.00
Permanent Employee
About us
Te Tari Pūreke - Firearms Safety Authority is New Zealand’s Firearms Regulator. Our Vision is to ensure the possession and use of firearms in Aotearoa is the safest in the world.
**To achieve this, Te Tari Pūreke delivers four core functions**: effectively implementing the firearms licensing systems; managing the Firearms Registry; educating people to enable compliance with their legislative responsibilities; and promoting the safe possession and lawful use of firearms.
We are committed to fostering a culture of safe and responsible firearms use, gun ownership and awareness by working collaboratively with the firearms community, our stakeholders, and fellow agencies.
About the role
The Principal Advisor - Risk is a trusted advisor to Te Tari Pūreke leadership and executive, providing business and systems risk advice and support; working with business groups and technical staff, both internal and external, to ensure that risk management approaches, tools, practices, and standards meet business requirements.
The Principal Advisor - Risk builds and maintains an assurance programme for recurring activities, chairs regular risk management governance meetings and tracks and reports on risk mitigation activities to help keep the organisation safe and enable people working for Te Tari Pūreke to “do the right thing”.
A key focus is cyber and information security, working with internal teams and third parties to maintain policies, standards, and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs). They also coordinate with the New Zealand Police Assurance Group and external partners to enhance business continuity and compliance efforts.
In addition, The Principal Advisor - Risk manages others in the assurance team who play an integral role in driving best practices in firearms regulatory compliance, ensuring alignment with national objectives, improving regulatory processes, and shaping the engagement strategy with key stakeholders such as dealers, collectors, and endorsement holders. Their leadership strengthens risk awareness, compliance, and public safety at a national level.
**Key Deliverables**:
Assist the Te Tari Pūreke Executive with effective corporate governance support by leading and supporting regular risk conversations.
Provide the Executive with effective monitoring and visibility on risk and risk management activities, including insider risk.
Offer a central source of expertise and advice on risk management approaches, tools, practices, and standards that meet the needs of stakeholders and the business.
Lead implementation of strategies and processes so risk management is integral to business planning, decision making and the full range of operational and business processes across Te Tari Pūreke, including business continuity and location security.
Develop and leading an annually refreshed Audit and Assurance Work Plan.
Build organisational capability and embedding a culture where everyone understands and takes responsibility for managing risk.
Ensure the Assurance team has the direction, support, skills, and tools necessary for them to achieve Te Tari Pūreke objectives, including providing coaching and professional development opportunities as identified through regular performance conversations and annual performance reviews.
Working at Te Tari Pūreke in NZ Police
Come and join a team who are passionate about ensuring the possession and use of firearms in Aotearoa is the safest in the world.
We as the firearms regulator, collaborate closely with both the Ministry of Justice and NZ Police. The Ministry of Justice is responsible for policy advice and system oversight and NZ Police is responsible for law enforcement function.
Together we seek to continuously improve our approach across the firearms regulatory environment.
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.
If you want to contribute to keeping our communities safe and enjoy purposeful and meaningful work then come join our highly motivated leadership team.
This role is Leading Leaders level. You can refer to Indicators for Success for further information on the requirements.
To view more detailed information about our recruitment process along with further details about requirements please click below link:
Applicant Information Pack (External)
Salary
This position is covered by a collective agreement and salary will commence at $142,124.00 dependent on skills and experience relevant to the role.