Operational Capability Delivery Manager

Are you looking for the next step in your career where you can make a
- tangible contribution to the security of New Zealand
- difference in this unique environment

The Operational Capability Manager leads a team and system that is at the forefront in driving delivery of new or improved operational capabilities to ensure that NZSIS collection efforts are effective, relevant and sustainable in a fast changing world.
What do we mean by operational capability? For us, it is the ability for our people to achieve operational objectives, such as the successful use of technical and digital capabilities, management of human sources, and better exploitation of data or deployment of surveillance assets.
The primary people we enable are our NZSIS intelligence operators, and success in this role includes leading people, processes and system-thinking. This results in NZSIS staff gaining deeper intelligence from existing and new accesses or even from targets that were previously too hard.

**The role**:
**The main work areas include**:

- designing, implementing and continuously improving the operational capability management system to ensure it is fit for purpose and delivers our mission requirements
- leading a team focused on problem solving to deliver effective operational capability which ensures operational units are enabled to conduct intelligence operations

Many of the systems and processes in this role are either in development, or entirely new, so this is an exciting opportunity to shape the way this team can best resolve capability gaps to conduct intelligence operations in support of national security outcomes.

**What you'll bring**:

- Collaboration and willingness to use your initiative to prioritise, establish and drive operational capability work streams in a new and growing team
- Flexibility and adaptable manner, while using your intelligence background and problem solving aptitude to help shape how we deliver new operational capability on multiple varied work streams
- Drive, innovation, multi-tasking and planning. You will enjoy working under pressure and have pride in delivering solutions will directly enable our operational staff
- Be a leader who enables a high performance team and a positive, collaborative culture
- Build a strong level of trust with established teams and become a respected knowledge source and go-to problem solver
- Your background should include leadership, experience in intelligence; operational/project management, exposure to intelligence collection, with strong relationship management.

**Key attributes**:

- Be prepared to travel, both domestically and internationally in pursuit of operational capability planning or relationship building
- A dedicated, highly motivated team leader displaying a desire to develop high performing collaborative team
- Comfortable with breaking new ground, change, and embedding new processes and systems

**What we offer**:
A range of benefits that include professional development and working with a group of people who are passionate about protecting and advancing New Zealand's way of life. The work is interesting and most importantly, the outcomes from your work will have a direct impact on the security and well-being of New Zealand.
We want our people to succeed, whatever success looks like for them. Join us and we'll give you significant professional development opportunities aimed at taking your career in the direction you want it to go. You won't stand still with us as we're committed to ongoing learning and continuous improvement.
We're also committed to your wellbeing. We want our people to be the best they can be, both at work and at home. We offer our people comprehensive benefits, access to staff networking groups, flexible working and great work-life balance.
If you want to love coming to work each day, let us help you become Beyond Ordinary.
To be eligible for employment within the NZIC you must have been a NZ citizen for at least 10 years. Alternatively you must hold a current NZ Residency Class Visa and ideally have been a citizen of UK, USA, Canada or Australia for at least 10 years.