Fishery Officer

Full time
- permanent
Location
- Petone MPI Fisheries Compliance
The starting salary for this role is circa $66,675 to $73,946 depending on relevant skills and experience
Kōrero mō te tūranga - About the Role
The working life of a Fishery Officer is varied and interesting. On any given day you may find yourself patrolling the beaches and boat ramps, interacting with the public, inspecting recreational and/or commercial fishing vessels, preparing a file for prosecution, taking part in a surveillance operation, gathering intelligence on fisheries offending, and/or analysing fisheries information. Developing and maintaining relationships with tangata whenua and stakeholder groups who use the fisheries resource is also an important aspect of this role.
This role is challenging and varied and this is what we expect from our frontline staff:

- Work under the direction of your team leader and with experience develop your own work plans and strategies dealing with the issues and priorities in our area.
- Be responsible for the education, monitoring and inspection activities across the Fisheries sector.
- Interpretate and enforce all relevant fisheries legislation within the fisheries compliance environment.
- Detect, investigate, and take action against breaches of Fisheries legislation.
- Collate, interpret, and monitor fishing related information and electronic data.
- Effectively communicate and develop professional working relationships at all levels of the community and the fishing industry.

Mōu - About You
- An achiever in both an individual and team context
- The ability to work unsociable hours (weekends and during the night) when required and in differing environments. This also includes being on call to attend to complaints from the public
- The ability to communicate with diverse cultures
- Must be able to operate in confrontational situations
- The ability when necessary to travel away overnight, at times at short notice
- Be available for domestic and international Fishery patrol deployments on Navy, Airforce, or other government assets
- Analytical experience and an enquiring mind-set
- Have a basic understanding of the Treaty of Waitangi and its importance in a NZ Fisheries context
- Knowledge and interest in the marine environment and the NZ Fisheries framework
- Competent in the use of the Microsoft Office suite of programmes
- Passion, motivation and drive for the role

Mō te Manatū Ahu Matua - About MPI
The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) is responsible for ‘Growing and Protecting New Zealand'. It's no mean feat, and we have a team of hard working and passionate people in a variety of roles both on the ground and in the office supporting us to make this happen.
MPI has a focus on career pathways and we will work with you to help you grow
To find out more about the Ministry and what we do please click here

**Ngā hua o te Mahi i te Manatū Ahu Matua**: - Benefits of working at MPI
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Ngā Taki Whakahaumaru - Security checks
Higher level Security Clearance
- most preferably a NZ citizen who has resided continuously in NZ for at least the last ten (10) years, OR
- is a citizen of, and/or has resided continuously in one or more of the following countries for the last ten (10) years: either Australia, Canada, NZ, UK or the USA; and has a background history that is verifiable and can be assessed as appropriate by the NZSIS towards a recommendation of suitability for a security clearance at a higher level.
- click here to find out more about the national security vetting process and access the eligibility self-checktool.

Whakamātau Whakapōauau me te Waipiro - Drug and Alcohol Screening
Me pēhea te tuku tono - How to Apply