Adviser / Senior Adviser Regulatory and Risk Assurance

3 days ago

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

**Adviser / Senior Adviser Regulatory and Risk Assurance**

**Role type**: Permanent full-time

**Location**: Wellington City

**Salary band & range**: E / F - $74,964 to $113,953 depending on skills and experience

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

The Regulatory and Risk Assurance team is a new team that will ensure the consistency and calibration of the Biosecurity Import and Export Standards Directorate's regulatory activities and coherence, and alignment of biosecurity risk analysis across the Directorate and wider organisation.

**Mou - About You**

To be successful in this role, you will be comfortable with dealing with ambiguity, be naturally inquisitive and will bring the following skills or experience:

- experience/knowledge/interest in regulatory design;
- ability to quickly understand the nature of problems and identify a range of possible solutions (including their implications);
- ability to plan projects and deliver them on time, within agreed resources;
- you will be a champion of change and be the 'voice of the customer' making our rules accessible, useable and desirable;
- an interest or experience working in the Biosecurity system;
- strong relationship management skills including establishing, building and maintaining key working relationships with users;
- excellent communication skills with the ability write in plain English and tailor messages to your audience;
- experience using InDesign, Figma, Canva or other similar tools.

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

This role reports to the Team Manager Regulatory and Risk Assurance, this is a new team where you will be working alongside other Advisers/Senior Advisers/Specialist Advisers to deliver products and services that enhance our regulatory system. This team is unique as it provides regulatory stewardship for the Biosecurity Import and Export Standards Directorate, meaning you will get first-hand experience in seeing how risk analysis informs standard setting and implementation.
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**Mo te Manatu Ahu Matua - About MPI**

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.

**Nga hua o te mahi i te Manatu Ahu Matua - Benefits of working at MPI**
- Additional MPI leave days
- Annual Wellness payment
- Reduced premiums for Group Healthcare Schemes
- Career development and internal opportunities across the branch and organisation

**Kua rite koe mo tenei mahi whaitake? - Are you ready to make a difference?**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 23 January 2025.**

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