Investigator or Senior Investigator

**Investigator / Senior Investigator** **Role Type**:Permanent, full-time (we are open to fixed-term options) **Location**: Auckland **Salary Range**:COPS**$82,741 - $110,911 depending on skills and experience "We investigate with purpose and deliver with results." **About the Role - Korero mo te Turanga** As an Investigator or Senior Investigator, you will be part of a high-performing team responsible for leading and delivering complex investigations into serious non-compliance across a wide range of sectors. You'll work across all business units, handling referrals from areas such as Animal Welfare, Border Clearance Services, Food Compliance, and Fisheries, and will be involved in everything from illegal home kill operations to importation of non-compliant goods. In this role, you would have the opportunity to: - lead and undertake criminal investigations including interviews, evidence collection and file preparation - prepare and present robust prosecution cases in collaboration with other investigators - prepare Production Orders and Search Warrants, and prepare/conduct any subsequent operational field work - build strong relationships with key stakeholders including Police, Crown Law, Customs and local councils With 17 pieces of legislation to work with, the work is incredibly diverse, and no two days are the same. **About You - Mou** In addition to the above, we are seeking someone with: - excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate with a wide range of stakeholders - strong understanding of investigative flow and prosecution file preparation - an inquisitive nature, with the ability to interview individuals, collect evidence, and deploy a range of modern investigative techniques - excellent planning, prioritisation and time management skills - experience in regulatory law enforcement agencies, Police Criminal Investigations Branch (CIB), or equivalent fraud investigative skills - knowledge of Privacy principles, Search and Surveillance, Criminal Procedure, Evidence and Criminal Disclosure legislation. You must have a current full New Zealand driver licence (not temporary, learner, or provisional) or equivalent full foreign driver licence, and any endorsements required for the type of driving you'll be doing. **About the Team - Mo to matou Ropu** Our team's mandate spans a broad range of Acts that MPI administer. We take responsibility for Acts without a dedicated compliance group, and we accept referrals from other groups and co-regulators. We also assist officers and co-regulators with their investigations. We have a varied workload as we investigate matters across many of the Acts MPI administer. **About MPI - Mo te Manatu Ahu Matua** 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. **Benefits of working at MPI - Nga hua o te mahi i te Manatu Ahu Matua** - Annual Wellness payment - Bi-annual paid eye test and contribution to the costs of corrective lenses/frames - Career development and internal opportunities across the branch and organisation **Security checks - Nga Taki Whakahaumaru** **Higher level Security Clearance** is required for this position. - most preferably a New Zealand citizen who has **resided continuously in New Zealand** 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, New Zealand, 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-check tool. **Drug and Alcohol Screening -**Whakamatau Whakapoauau me te Waipiro** 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. **Are you ready to make a difference? - Kua rite koe mo tenei mahi whaitake? -** We are committed to being a good partner under Te Tiriti o Waitangi which includes working closely with iwi, hapu, whanau and hapori. In your cover letter we'd like to know about you, your values; your interest and motivations for this role; the abilities, strengths, personal attributes and diverse perspectives you will bring to the role and this organisation, which may have also been gained outside of the workforce. **Applications close at 11.59pm on Monday 14**th** July** **Follow MPI here - Whaia nga tuhononga ki MPI i konei** Links to Facebook, MPI Careers, LinkedIn, X