Adviser/senior Adviser Quality Assurance

**Job Title**: Adviser/Senior Quality Adviser - Quality Assurance **Role type**: Permanent **Location**: Wellington **Salary band & range: General Salary Range E: $**85,302**: - $**99,628 depending on skills and experience **About the Role - Korero mo te Turanga** Do you want to work in an organisation that is "Growing and protecting New Zealand" and focussed on the success of the primary industries for the benefit of all New Zealanders? The Ministry for Primary Industries has an exciting and rare opportunity for a full-time, permanent Adviser/Senior Adviser - Quality Assurance to join the Assurance, Biosafety and Containment Team at MPI's Animal Health Laboratory (AHL). The Animal Health Laboratory located in Upper Hutt is New Zealand's reference centre for exotic, new and emerging terrestrial and aquatic animal diseases and contains both PC2 and PC3+ laboratory facilities and is accredited to ISO:17025. We are seeking an Adviser/Senior Adviser - Quality Assurance to join our multi-disciplinary team and lead AHL's extensive Quality Management System. The role would suit applicants with a background working in laboratories accredited to ISO:17025 and with strong Quality Assurance experience. You will be an excellent team player who can work effectively across multiple teams, has excellent attention to detail, is a highly effective communicator and influencer, is adaptable and calm under pressure. **About You - Mou** - Tertiary or equivalent qualifications in a related field (e.g. microbiology, biological science), preferably post-graduate. - More than five years relevant technical or professional experience. - Comprehensive understanding of quality management systems, quality standards and Acts, including ISO 9001 and ISO 17025. - Experience in quality systems development, implementation and improvement. - Experience in managing relationships and consultation with internal and external stakeholders. - Effective communication (verbal and written) and Strong attention to detail and quality focus **About the Team - Mo to matou Ropu** The Assurance, Biosafety and Containment Team is a multi-disciplinary team responsible for a range of operational systems that ensure a safe laboratory operating environment and compliance to the required regulations and standards. **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. **Security checks - Nga Taki Whakahaumaru** **Low level Security Clearance** - most preferably a NZ citizen, who has **resided continuously in NZ**for at least the last **five (5) years**, OR - is a citizen of, **and/or has resided continuously** in one or more of the following countries for the last **five (5) years**: either Australia, Canada, NZ, the United Kingdom (UK) or the United States of America (USA); **and** has a background history that is verifiable and can be assessed as appropriate by the NZ Security Intelligence Service (NZSIS) towards a recommendation of suitability for a security clearance at this 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 midnight on**Friday 14**TH** March 2025