Operations Manager

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. **Operations Manager - Central Region** - **Salary starting at $153,652**: - **Permanent** **About us** Te Tari Pureke - Firearms Safety Authority is New Zealand's Firearms Regulator. Our Vision is to ensure the possession and use of firearms in Aotearoa is the safest in the world. To achieve this, Te Tari Pureke delivers four core functions: effectively implementing the firearms licensing systems; managing the Firearms Registry; educating people to enable compliance with their legislative responsibilities; and promoting the safe possession and lawful use of firearms. We are committed to fostering a culture of safe and responsible firearms use, gun ownership and awareness by working collaboratively with the firearms community, our stakeholders, and fellow agencies. **About the role** The Operations Manager - Central Region role is to deliver functions required under the Arms Act (1983) within the allocated Firearms portfolio, general group and team leadership and contributing to the overall success of the group. This senior leadership position is responsible for Arms Office locations in Wellington, Central, Eastern and Bay of Plenty districts, as well as being part of the Senior Operations Leadership Team. **Key Deliverables**: - Strategic capability to think beyond immediate issues and consider long-term and broader implications. - Leadership and change management skills to lead change, set clear expectations, and motivate managers and staff. - Proven success in introducing and driving innovative business practices to achieve positive results. - Proven success in developing, leading, and motivating high-performing teams. - Excellent communication skills with the ability to communicate with credibility both within and across organisations and sector. - Sector-level relationship management skills to build purposeful relationships both internally and externally. **Key Responsibilities**: - Delivering performance targets within budget. - Leading and managing Firearms teams across the region. - Contributing to the Senior Operations Leadership Team. - Leading change within teams while maintaining an effective culture. You will be embracing of a change based operational environment, and able to navigate a steady course through the fluidity of a build, making decisions where there is ambiguity, whist taking a risk-based approach to all you do. **Working at Te Tari Pureke in NZ Police** Come and join a team who are passionate about ensuring the possession and use of firearms in Aotearoa is the safest in the world. We as the firearms regulator, collaborate closely with both the Ministry of Justice and NZ Police. The Ministry of Justice is responsible for policy advice and system oversight and NZ Police is responsible for law enforcement function. Together we seek to continuously improve our approach across the firearm's regulatory environment. While we do look 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. If you want to contribute to keeping our communities safe and enjoy purposeful and meaningful work, then come join our highly motivated leadership team. **Special requirements** - Relevant tertiary qualification in Operations Management or Regulatory Compliance or Business Management is preferred. - At least five to ten years' experience leading and managing complex operational environments. - Proven experience in leading change successfully with an operational environment at a national or regional level within the constraints of a set budget. This role is set at Team Leader/Manager level, this means your key purpose is "to lead the activities for Our Business and enable people to deliver them." To view the position description for this role please copy and paste this link into a new browser: To view more detailed information about our recruitment process along with further details about requirements please click below link: **Applicant Information Pack (External)** **Salary** This position is covered by a collective agreement and salary will commence at (Grade 22) dependent on skills and experience relevant to the role. "For employees affected by restructuring, (provided minimum capability requirements are met) you have preferential right of appointment