Senior Customary Fisheries Adviser

Senior Customary Fisheries Adviser/Pou Hononga - Fisheries New Zealand
**Role type**: Permanent
**Location**: Nelson, Christchurch or Dunedin
**Salary band**: $92,073 to $124,570 depending on skills and experience

Kōrero mō te tūranga - About the Role
Toitū ngā tini a Tangaroa - ka ora ai te iwi
As part of Fisheries New Zealand's commitment to strengthening our partnership with Māori, a new Fisheries and Aquaculture Treaty Partnerships Directorate has been formed. As a Senior Customary Fisheries Adviser, you will join the growing Customary Fisheries Team and work to maintain strong relationships with iwi and hapū for the Crown to effectively deliver its fisheries obligations.

**Your core responsibilities in this role would include**:

- Supporting the delivery and implementation of the Ministry's Customary Fisheries obligations to tangata whenua.
- Leading engagement with iwi and hapū to deliver tangible outcomes for Māori.
- Providing advice, facilitation, and support throughout the process of implementing the Customary Fishing Regulations.
- Providing ongoing support to regional Iwi Fisheries Forums to allow iwi and hapū to input into and participate in fisheries management decision-making.
- Providing advice to Ministers on the appointment of tāngata tiaki/kaitiaki.

Mōu - About You

**We are looking for someone who**:

- Can build collaborative relationships and establish credibility with Māori, sector stakeholders, and partners across Fisheries New Zealand, MPI, other New Zealand Government agencies and service providers.
- Has demonstrated ability to establish and maintain strong working relationships with tangata whenua.
- Understands the Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi and the Crown's obligations to Māori under the Treaty of Waitangi Fisheries Claims Settlement Act, the Fisheries Act 1996, and other statutes as they relate to Customary Fisheries.
- Has previous experience working in partnership with Māori.
- Can utilise tikanga Māori and/or Te Reo Māori to facilitate engagement processes and to effectively present information to Māori.
- Can work independently.
- Is fluent in Te Reo Māori (this is desirable but not essential).

Mō Tātou - About Us
Fisheries New Zealand is a branch within the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI). Fisheries NZ's vision is that:

- New Zealand will be the world's most sustainable provider of high-value fisheries and aquaculture products.
- Our fisheries and aquaculture will be innovative and world-leading in environmental performance.
- Our ocean ecosystems will be healthy and abundant, contributing to thriving communities and benefiting the social, economic and cultural wellbeing of all New Zealanders.

Fisheries New Zealand will work dynamically as a steward to achieve this, led by productive partnerships with tangata whenua, effective local engagement, robust science, and innovative
use of data.
Kei te tino whai whakaaro ngā tāngata o Aotearoa ki ā rātau mahinga ika me te taiao moana.
Ko tā Te Tini a Tangaroa, he whakahaere i ngā rawa ika kia tino whai hua ai mō ngā tāngata o Aotearoa.
Mā te mahi me mātau ka hoki koe ki te kāinga i runga i te mōhio i whai kiko ō mahi mō te whakahaere o ngā mahi whakahaere i ngā rawa ika o Aotearoa me te taiao moana whānui kia toitū ai.

New Zealanders care deeply about their fisheries and marine environment.
Fisheries New Zealand works to ensure that fisheries resources are managed in a way that provides the greatest overall benefit to New Zealanders.
Working with us means that every day you'll go home knowing you've made a positive contribution to the sustainable management of New Zealand's valuable fisheries resources and their wider marine environment.
To join a diverse and interesting organisation that offers a wide range of career opportunities click on our link below

Ngā hua o te Mahi i te Manatū Ahu Matua - Benefits of working at MPI
- Up to three additional (MPI holidays) leave days
- Career development and internal opportunities across the branch and organisation
- Wellness benefit for employees
- Parental leave ex-gratia payment
- Comprehensive 3-day MPI Induction Programme
- Bi-annual MPI-paid eye test and contribution to the costs of corrective lenses/frames

See the benefits of working at MPI

Me pēhea te tuku tono - How to Apply

The closing date is Sunday 13 March