Senior / Animal Welfare Inspector

**Job Title**: Animal Welfare Inspector
**Role type**: Permanent
**Location**: Hamilton
**Salary Range**: $72,795 to $102,356 depending on skills and experience
Priority will be given to staff members with affected status
Kōrero mō te Tūranga - About the Role
As an Animal Welfare Inspector you will be expected to deliver a range of work to ensure animal welfare complaints are managed appropriately. You will require sound legislative knowledge, good problem-solving skills and have excellent communication skills. Each day will provide variety, as you work both in an office and in the field, meeting new people every day, while making a difference in ensuring all aspects of animal welfare compliance across Aotearoa New Zealand.
**In this role you be**:

- Ensuring investigation processes and procedures are followed
- Managing animal welfare complaints in the primary production sector
- Preparing prosecution files where required
- Monitoring production animal facility for compliance with animal welfare legislation.
- Working with other Animal Welfare Inspectors to prepare and present robust prosecution cases where non-compliance is identified
- Promoting good animal welfare practices
- Building and sustaining positive working relationships with internal and external stakeholders including MPI Legal, Investigations and other sector compliance teams as well as SPCA and NZ Police.
- Having practical working knowledge of relevant legislation to investigation and compliance activities
- Having experience in leading or supporting investigations in a compliance environment is desirable.
- Hold statutory appointments under both Animal Welfare and NAIT legislation.
- Support MPI's response capability during adversity, civil defence, and emergency situations.

Mōu - About You
**To be successful in this role you will have**:

- Willingness to work with animals including lifestyle, production and veterinary services.
- Willingness and understanding of the requirement of humane euthanasia and being comfortable physically performing humane euthanasia of animals where necessary.
- Knowledge of farming practices, organisations, and external animal welfare agencies.
- Practical working knowledge or be able to demonstrate the potential to develop knowledge of relevant legislation under which investigations and compliance activities operate including: NAIT Act, Animal Welfare Act, Evidence Act, Criminal Disclosure Act, Criminal Procedures Act, Search and Surveillance Act.
- Relevant Tertiary Qualification and/or equivalent regulatory, compliance and enforcement experience would be an advantage.
- Expectation of regular travel in and outside of the Waikato region.

Mō Te Manatū Ahu Matua - About MPI
Our role includes seizing export opportunities for our food and fibre sector, improving sector productivity, ensuring the food we produce is safe, increasing sustainable resource use, and protecting New Zealand from biological risk.
Ngā hua o te mahi i te Manatū Ahu Matua - Benefits of working at MPI
- Up to three additional (MPI holidays) leave days
- Career development and internal opportunities across our directorate, business unit and MPI wide.
- Free annual flu vaccination
- Employee Assistance Programme (counselling support)

Wā Mahi Ngāwari - Flexible Working
We support flexible working arrangements and are happy to discuss these options with you.
Ngā Taki Whakahaumaru - Security checks
Low level Security Clearance
- most preferably a NZ citizen, who has resided continuously in NZ for at least the last five (5) years, OR
- is a citizen of, and/or has resided continuously in one or more of the following countries for the last five (5) years: either Australia, Canada, NZ, the United Kingdom (UK) or the United States of America (USA); and has a background history that is verifiable and can be assessed as appropriate by the NZ Security Intelligence Service (NZSIS) towards a recommendation of suitability for a security clearance at this level.
- click here to find out more about the national security vetting process and access the eligibility self-check tool.

The successful applicant must have or be able to obtain a NZ Firearms licence and feel comfortable safety carrying, using, and storing a firearm and captive bolt as part of your role.
Whakamātau Whakapōauau me te Waipiro - Drug and Alcohol Screening
Please note, given this position is safety sensitive the preferred applicant/s for the position will be required to undergo a drug and alcohol pre-employment screening test. Further information on this process can be found on our careers site, here.
Kua rite koe mō tēnei mahi whaitake? - Are you ready to make a difference?
We are committed to being a good partner under Te Tiriti o Waitangi which includes working closely with iwi, hapū, whānau and hāpori.
Applications close at midnight on Monday 9th September 2024.
We will be conducting an assessment day for shortlisted applicants. If shortlisted, you must be able to