Principal Adviser National Exercises

2 weeks ago

Wellington City, New Zealand NZ Ministry for Primary Industries Full time

**Principal Adviser National Exercises**

**Role type**: Fixed term full-time until 30 June 2026

**Location**: Wellington

**Salary band & range**: General Salary Range C - $119,376 to $160,026 depending on skills and experience

**About the Role - Korero mo te Turanga**

This Principal Adviser role will work within the Biosecurity Intelligence, Systems & Response (BISR) directorate reporting to the Assistant Commissioner Compliance & Response.

You will be responsible for developing and delivering an all of government exercise on Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD). You will leverage from existing efforts of others within MPI and will guide a small team to successful delivery in 2026.

This will involve:

- Developing and managing relationships within MPI and across the government sector.
- Leading and coordinating arrangements for the national exercise with the National Resilience System.
- Thinking strategically to identify risks and opportunities, using a pragmatic customer-centric approach.
- Ensure implementation of the work programme is based on well-researched assessment and monitoring of MPI's capability and capacity to respond.

**About You - Mou**

Additionally, you will have:

- Proven ability to lead the planning and delivery of large scale exercises within a national framework.
- Demonstrate an understanding of Biosecurity and emergency response in a government agency.
- Proven experience as natural collaborator, and in navigating relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
- Strong written and verbal communication.
- Strong briefing and facilitation skills.
- Experience working in a government agency or similar.

**About the Team** - Mo to matou ropu**

The Biosecurity, Intelligence, Systems and Response Directorate forms part of the Biosecurity New Zealand Branch and is responsible for bringing together critical capability to effectively prepare and manage responses, and to co-ordinate recovery and long-term management activities, as well as compensation resulting from actions taken to manage biosecurity incursions to those economically impacted. As a directorate we work across biosecurity, food, primary production and trade systems.

**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**
- Up to three additional (MPI holidays) leave days
- Career development and internal opportunities across the branch and organisation
- Wellness benefit for employees

**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 25 July 2025**

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