New Zealand Food Safety Intern

**Job Title**: New Zealand Food Safety Intern
**Role type**: Three month fixed-term
**Location**: Wellington
**Salary range**: General Salary Range H: $59,559
Kōrero mō te Tūranga - About the Role
We lead the development, implementation and oversight of the regulatory and compliance system that underpins our impressive food economy. The work we do strongly contributes to our country's public health, economic, and wellbeing outcomes. We ensure that food is safe and suitable, consumers globally can trust food produced in New Zealand and make informed choices, food businesses can thrive and innovate within a fit-for-purpose regulatory framework, and overseas governments can have a high level of confidence and trust in our export assurances.
About the programme
- The summer intern programme runs for approximately three months from November 2024 to February 2025 (actual dates to be confirmed).
- We have three placements on offer based in central Wellington.
- Interns are employed on a fixed term contract with MPI, working full time (40 hours a week Monday to Friday).

Your skills and interests will guide the work you will get involved in - we have a variety of work and are keen to contribute to your development in a way that suits your aspirations, as well as helping with our workload
Mōu - About You
We don't expect our interns to have had much food safety related work experience, but relevant study and an interest in this field is essential.
**Interns must be**:

- Studying in New Zealand for an undergraduate degree in microbiology, toxicology, biomedical science, food technology, food science, nutrition, biochemistry, chemistry, environmental/public health, veterinary sciences, emergency management or statistics
- Have an interest in food safety and the food system in New Zealand
- Ideally moving into your third, fourth or final year of undergraduate study
- Available to work full time (40hrs p/w) in Wellington from mid-November to mid-February (excluding the Christmas/New Year holidays)
- Eligible to live, study and work in New Zealand - click here to find out more about work visa eligibility and options

Our work environment is fast paced and constantly evolving, so you will succeed if you have flexibility to develop and enjoy working in a dynamic environment.
Mō tō mātou Rōpū - About the Team
The New Zealand Food Safety business unit leads our food safety system and provides the requisite confidence, transparency and trust to domestic and overseas consumers, overseas regulators, and the primary industries as to the credibility, integrity and strength of our regulatory settings and systems for food safety.
Mō te Manatū Ahu Matua - About MPI
The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) partners with New Zealand's food and fibre sector to be the world's most sustainable provider of high-value food and primary products.
To find out more about the Ministry and what we do please click here.
Kua rite koe mō tēnei mahi whaitake? - Are you ready to make a difference?
**The steps in the recruitment process are as follows**:
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- Visit the MPI Careers Centre and create your account profile.
- Longlisted applicants may be required to complete a one-way video interview.
- Shortlisted applicants to attend an interview (in Wellington or virtual if you reside out of Wellington).
- Shortlisted applicants to complete pre-employment checks such as references and vetting checks (if required).

We are committed to being a good partner under Te Tiriti o Waitangi which includes working closely with iwi, hapū, whānau and hāpori.
In your cover letter we'd like to know about you, your values, your whakapapa; 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 Sunday 25 August
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