Senior Media 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 Media Advisor** - **Based at Police National Headquarters, Wellington OR Piki Ki Te Ao,**: - **Auckland**: - **Police Employee**: - **Permanent, full time**: - **Multiple positions available**: - **JR 5116282** **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** New Zealand Police is seeking Senior Media Advisors to join our dynamic, fast-paced and highly regarded Media Team. We have two positions available - one in Auckland and one in Wellington. The positions are managed by the Police Media Centre in Police National Headquarters, Wellington and sit within a wider team of centralised Media Communication services. NZ Police has the largest media demand of any Government department and receives over 150 media queries every day. This is a busy environment and will appeal to someone who responds well under pressure and is able to quickly gain the confidence of our spokespeople and media. Due to the dynamic and complex nature of our work, we're looking for someone who is highly motivated, resilient, and likes to be challenged. The Police Media Centre supports all districts, so you may be required to travel and, when the big events occur, at short notice. Our teams work on a rostered shift basis with the Police Media Centre operating seven days a week. **Key Accountabilities**: - Liaising with media and district and executive staff - Managing media enquiries including crafting media approach and responses - Providing media advice to Police staff and supporting media-facing events - Working collaboratively with other media advisors and communications team members including our award-winning social media team - Demonstrate Whakaako: educating and growing our people to deliver the best service. **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. To be successful in this role you will require the following: - A good understanding of the New Zealand media and social media environment - Experience in a communications team or with media/social media - Understanding of the machinery of government is beneficial - Available for rostered shift work - Willingness to participate in wider all-of-Government communications responses for critical incident and counter terrorism events - Travel as required and sometimes at short notice - Excellent written skills - Ability to manage multiple queries at a time. - Relevant qualifications in communications or journalism **Whakaritenga motuhake | Special requirements** - Available for rostered shift work for Wellington-based role: the media centre operates seven days a week - Available for after-hours calls for urgent issues or crisis situations - Travel as required to districts and sometimes at short notice. This role is set at **Individual Contributor level**, this means your key purpose is "to deliver or enable others to deliver Our Business". **To view the position description for this role please copy and paste this link into a new browser**: **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 15,000 staff in large and small communities all over New Zealand and in liaison and policing development roles overseas. Your development is highly valued at NZ Police. Our employees enjoy significant investment in their development not only at an individual level, but also at the team and community practice level. We work hard to match you with work that will both play to your strengths and challenge you in new ways. The work you'll be engaged in is real, tangible work that directly benefits our frontline and communities. Taken all together, this means we can offer you career path opportunities to progress in your chosen profession and become a more well-rounded, experienced leader, with opportunities across the range of work