Compliance Manager

Be part of a values-based organisation
- Bring your deep expertise in compliance management and provide consistent advice and support on risk management to our immigration system
- Lead a team through promoting and ensuring compliance with New Zealand's immigration system
- Build and manage robust relationships with national and international organisations
- Competitive salary range of $112,856 - $138,028 | Porirua base

Tēnei tūranga - About the role

Are you looking for an opportunity to make a difference for New Zealand by promoting compliance with New Zealand immigration system legislation and identifying ways to make the immigration system safer? This role might be for you?

We at MBIE is currently seeking for a Compliance Manager who will lead our dedicated Porirua team to address both systemic and responsive compliance issues. In this role, you will be utilising your experience and expertise in compliance management. You will be expected to support appropriate decision-making and mandated action in the event of breaches, detentions, and deportations. You will also be sharing your statutory knowledge to support legal action in conjunction with other key agencies and manage important issues such as family considerations.

As a Compliance Manager, you provide specialist input and advice to identify and address risks to the immigration system, and expert support and advice on complex cases including managing risk and assessment at the earliest point in the immigration process. You will carefully balance legislative powers with ethical and humanitarian considerations.

You will develop strategies, work programmes and performance targets for the team's work, and monitor performance against these with your team, establishing clear accountabilities, expectations and performance standards.

You'll build strong relationships within MBIE and with national and international organisations, to identify and share best practice information and ensure MBIE's views are influential in decision making.

Ngā pukenga me ngā wheako e hiahiatia ana - Skills and experience required
As Compliance Manager, you will have proven experience in leading complex regulatory or compliance activity, including cross agency collaboration and dealing with complex cases which may include incomplete / ambiguous information. You will demonstrate a strong track record of achieving results.

**We are keen to hear from you if you**:

- Have experience in developing and maintaining key networks with stakeholders.
- Have led, coached, and mentored teams/ individuals to achieve results and professional growth.
- Have applied risk management concepts and techniques to decision-making.
- Have demonstrated ability to lead and influence without formal lines of authority, including in operational contexts.
- Demonstrate a strong action orientation and the proven ability to support cultural change and drive results.
- Have experience in developing and maintaining an environment focused on continuous improvement to enhance team performance and simplify work processes.
- Have a tertiary qualification, preferably in a relevant field or comparable relevant experience.

Applicants must be Australian or NZ citizen or holds a New Zealand Permanent Residency class visa.

Why work for us?
First and foremost, you'll be part of a team making a real difference for New Zealand. You will also benefit from:

- Excellent training programmes and development opportunities
- 23 days annual leave plus benefits
- Flexible working opportunities
- Exposure across NZ's largest government Ministry Ētahi kōrero mō MBIE - About MBIE

MBIE's goal is to create a resilient and high-performing economy that delivers real and ongoing quality of life for all New Zealanders.
We do this by working with others to create an environment that supports businesses to be more productive and internationally competitive, enables all New Zealanders to participate in the economy through improved job opportunities and by working to ensure quality housing is more affordable.
People are at the heart of our mahi, our way of working is guided by our values which shape our behaviours.
- Mahi Tahi - Better Together
- Māia - Bold and brave
- Pae Kahurangi - Build our Future
- Pono Me Te Tika - Own It

Our aspirations are echoed in our Māori identity - Hīkina Whakatutuki - which broadly means ‘lifting to make successful'.

MBIE recognises the partnership founded under Te Tiriti o Waitangi between Māori and the Crown and is committed to giving effect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi. We will do this through enduring, meaningful and effective partnerships with iwi, Māori, other Māori groups/organisations and the Crown, as this is critical to enable economic and social development, both for Māori and for wider Aotearoa New Zealand. We are committed to continuing to partner with iwi in order to find new sustainable solutions to address long standing systemic and cross-cutting issues facing Māori and wide