Advisor - Honours and Awards

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.

Awards & Honours Advisor
- Based at Police National Headquarters, Wellington
- Managing 1 direct report
- Permanent, Full time
- Police Employee/Office of Constable
- Nationally Advertised Vacancy
- JR4521935

E tῡ ki te kei o te waka, kia pakia koe e ngā ngaru o te wā.

Stand at the stern of the canoe and feel the spray of the future biting at your face.

New Zealand Police is the lead agency responsible for reducing crime and enhancing community safety. We work in partnership with iwi, communities, businesses, individuals, and other public sector agencies to achieve our vision to have the trust and confidence of all.

Our tohu is a distinctive mark that symbolises New Zealand Police’s commitment to Māori and the Treaty of Waitangi. It originates from the whakatauākī / proverb given to the New Zealand Police by Ngāti Porou iwi leader Dr Apirana Mahuika, who was a member of the Commissioner’s Māori Focus Forum. The design depicts ‘Ngaru’, the waves of time, and ‘Haere Whakamua’, a vehicle towards common goals. The words of the whakatauākī inspire courage in the face of adversity and thereby hint at the enormity of the task with which Police face. These words inspirationally capture Dr Mahuika’s vision for a new relationship between Māori and Police.

Mō te tūnga | About the role

We are looking for a highly motivated, suitably skilled and experienced Awards & Honours Advisor to join our Organisational Development team. In this role you will make a key contribution to our strategic priorities by aligning these to the awards and honours process, and by providing reliable, considered, high quality information and advice to senior leaders throughout the business.

To be successful in this role, in addition to your skills, knowledge and experience you’ll need to be a self-starter looking to build on your great communication and relationship building skills. As part of the wider Leadership & Development Team, you’ll enjoy the support of a multi-disciplinary group of collaborators who are passionate about making a difference for our people.

**Key Accountabilities**:

- Whakaako: Educate and grow our people to deliver the best service.
- Communication: Influence and engage teams, partners and community.
- Planning and prioritising: Plan and prioritise team responsibilities.
- Decision making: Solve problems and lead sound decision making under pressure.
- Inclusion: Promote a culture of fairness and belonging, where all are and feel valued.
- Continuous improvement: Foster and encourage innovative and diverse approaches.

Mōu | About you

Being part of the Police whānau is about being our best to ensure our communities are safe and feel safe. This role is set at strategic leader, this means your key purpose is “to lead the strategy, Our Business, and enable our people to deliver it.”

Our Core Competencies provide a shared understanding of the behaviours, leadership and technical competence required for success at each level of Police. 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 Māori Crown relations capability, your ability to contribute to and build high performing teams, and the way that you lead yourself or others.

**To succeed in this role you will bring**:

- Ability to manage competing priorities and tight timeframes, and to effectively problem-solve across complex and novel situations and projects
- Effective problem analysis and solving skills.
- Effective oral and written communication skills.
- Experience in establishing, building and maintaining effective working relationships.
- Ability to engage meaningfully within te ao Māori and with other cultural frameworks
- Demonstrated commitment to fostering diversity and inclusion.
- Ability to self-lead and self-reflect within your own work.
- Experience in a leadership role or discipline.
- Project experience or qualifications.

Special requirements
- * Undertake to engage in a leadership programme at the advertised level, at a future date or

Mo mātou - About us

Everything we do at New Zealand Police - Ngā Pirihimana o Aotearoa - is about ensuring people are safe and feel safe, working towards our vision for New Zealand to be the world’s safest country. Being part of the Police whānau is more than a job - it’s about bringing your best to the m