Firearms Safety Administrator

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.

Firearms Safety Administrator - Permits Team
- Based at Kapiti Digital Centre, Paraparaumu
- salary starting $62,670
- Permanent, full time
- Applications close 22 September

About the role
Our goal is for New Zealand to be a world leader in firearms safety. Towards this, the Arms safety and control group’s purpose is to be an effective leader in regulatory services and recognised as a centre of excellence for Arms Safety and Control activities. Arms staff contribute to Our Business by ensuring the safe use, possession and control of firearms.

The Group takes every opportunity to prevent harm through the transparent, consistent, timely and efficient administration, education and promotion of compliance with the provisions of the Arms Act. It earns trust and confidence by working together, in partnership with other Policing groups, the firearms community, wider New Zealand public and other agencies and organisations to achieve collective impact.

This role of the Firearms Safety Administrator is responsible for a wide variety of firearms related processes, including entering and maintaining licencing information in the national database (and other systems), undertaking permitting, endorsement and compliance activities, and completing other tasks and activities that contribute to high quality and effective administration of the Arms Act and Regulations.

**Key Accountabilities**:

- Conducting compliance activities
- File preparation and updating case files
- Generate the system reports and statistical data
- Collaborating with Districts to support and improve processes
- Other administrative functions to support NZ Police in regulating the Arms Act

What you’ll bring
Being part of the Police whānau is about being our best to ensure our communities are safe and feel safe. 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 ability to contribute to and build high performing teams, and the way that you lead yourself or others.
- Ability to accurately process information effectively and efficiently through multiple platforms
- Good attention to detail
- the ability to identify and manage risks
- Good decision-making abilities, that comply with Policy and Legislation and the regulatory framework
- Agile approach to your workload while planning and prioritising work
- Collaborative and continuous improvement mindset
- Firearms knowledge would be an advantage but not essential.

This role is set at Individual Contributor level, this means your key purpose is “to deliver or enable others to deliver Our Business”.

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About us
Our mission is to prevent crime and harm through exceptional policing. Our vision is to be the safest country. Our purpose is to ensure everybody can be safe and feel safe.

Working Flexibly
Your wellbeing inside and outside of work is important to us. We’re open to discussing flexible working options that work for both you and the business.

How to apply