Manager - Policy & Partnerships

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.
Manager, Police Policy Group
- Based at Police National Headquarters
- Grade 22
- Police Employee
- 12 Months Fixed Term
- Nationally
- JR 4895265

E tῡ ki te kei o te waka, kia pakia koe e ngā ngaru o te wā.
Stand at the stern of the canoe and feel the spray of the future biting at your face
Mō te tūnga | About the role
The Policy Group provides centralised policy advice to the Minister and Associate Minister of Police, and to the Police Executive. We work closely with stakeholders across Police to ensure advice meets the goals of the government of the day, while also reflecting the needs and insights of our frontline. The breadth of policing activity means we also work with colleague agencies from across a diverse range of sectors, from the health and social sectors, to the transport and justice sectors.
We are looking for an experienced Policy leader, with a proven track record of leading and managing policy teams. As the Manager of the National Security and Cyber Policy Team, you will be responsible for taking a system-level approach that contributes to a well-functioning national security system. You will ensure that policy resources are deployed in a transparent and flexible way to meet changing demands of the Policy Group work programme. We are looking for someone who can work effectively and collaboratively across a complex stakeholder environment.
As a member of the Policy Leadership Team, you will be an active contributor to supporting the success of the wider Policy Group. You will share our ongoing commitment to continuously building the performance of our Group and growing our people.
**Key Accountabilities**:

- Leading a high-performing Policy Team through strong performance management, while maintaining a culture of development and collaboration.
- Working effectively with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders.
- Ensuring policy services are delivered within a strong focus on customer service, Māori responsiveness, partnerships and community orientated policing framework.
- Actively contributing to continuous policy quality improvement and to building the capability of the Team and the wider Policy Group.

He aha taau e kawe mai | What you’ll bring
Having the relevant policyskills, knowledge and experience will be critical to your success in the role. Alongside this, 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.
Whakaritenga motuhake | Special requirements
If you are an inclusive and collaborative manager of people, who understands complex policy processes, is influential in stakeholder relationships, and who takes responsibility for creating an environment in which their team can thrive and who enables others to give their best - please come and join us
- People leadership role
- Complex and diverse policy work programme
- Working with a broad range of stakeholders
- A key member of the Policy Leadership Team

This role is set at Strategic Leader level, this means your key purpose is “to lead the strategy, Our Business, and enable our people to deliver it”.
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Security Clearance Requirements
To be eligible for this role, you may be asked to obtain and maintain a CONFIDENTIAL national security clearance.
The minimum criteria for this level of national security clearance is:
NZ Citizen who has resided continuously in NZ for the last 10 years, or:

- A Permanent Resident who has resided continuously in NZ for the last 10 years, or
- A citizen of or has resided continuously in one or more of the following countries for the last 10 years: Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, or United States of America, and has a background that can be verified by the NZSIS. Use this online tool to self-check your eligibility for a security clearance. Please note that this tool is not part of the formal security clearance process:
Mo tātou | About us
New Zealand Police is the lead agency responsible for preventing crime and enhancing community safety. It works in partnership with individuals, communities, businesses, and other public sector agencies towards the vision of making New Zealand the safest country. Police is the government’s largest front-line response agency with around 15,000 staff in large and