Manager Security

**Job title**:Manager Security & Business Continuity Planning

**Role type**: Permanent, full time

**Location**: Wellington

**Salary band & range**: B $138,938 to $178,986 depending on skills and experience

Midpoint $162,716

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

As our new Manager Security & Business Continuity Planning (BCP), you will play a pivotal role in protecting MPI's people, property, and assets. You'll lead a talented and diverse team, delivering robust physical security planning and business continuity advice across a wide range of environments from airports and seaports to office buildings and frontline services. You'll be overseeing an exciting period of change as we carry out major upgrades, ensuring our security systems and processes are fit for the future.

This is a unique opportunity to make a real impact, working with a creative, supportive team that values collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement. You'll advise senior leaders, support the Chief Security Officer, and help shape the security and resilience strategy for one of New Zealand's most important and wide reaching public sector organisations.

To be successful, you'll bring:

- Strong knowledge of government PSR (required)
- Technological security systems expertise (e.g. CCTV, access control, control rooms)
- Ability to carry out site risk assessments and implement mitigation strategies
- Leadership experience or training in a senior security-related role
- Proven ability to work across teams and with external providers
- Understanding of operational security needs and strategic alignment
- Experience in public sector (preferred)

Work in a role with real variety and national impact, supporting New Zealand's prosperity, sustainability, and resilience.

There will be some travel requirements to carry out site inspections (4-5 trips per year), occasionally overnight with plenty of advance notice.

**About You - Mou**

You're a security professional with a broad perspective and experience working in large, complex organisations. You will bring leadership capability with a global outlook that informs your approach. You'll also bring strong practical experience in physical security with a solid understanding of the New Zealand Protective Security Requirements (PSR). Your business continuity management and planning skills will also ensure the organisation is well prepared for any significant disruptive event.

You'll work with the team to deliver site security and CCTV upgrade programmes, review standards, and manage incidents. We're a diverse organisation with airports, seaports, offices, and frontline services where your breadth of experience will be valued.

To be successful, you'll bring:

- Proven experience in security management, ideally in large or complex organisations (public sector experience desirable).
- Strong knowledge of government security standards (PSR) and experience with technological security systems (e.g., access control, CCTV).
- Demonstrated leadership skills, with a track record of developing and supporting diverse teams.
- Experience in business continuity planning and risk management.
- Experience in managing security incidents, site risk assessments, and developing mitigation strategies
- Ability to guide and support business continuity planning, ensuring MPI is prepared for the unexpected
- Excellent communication and relationship-building skills, with the ability to engage effectively at all levels.
- Tertiary qualification or relevant experience in protective security (a recognised certificate in Security and/or Business Continuity is desirable).

If you're passionate about security, resilience, and making a difference for Aotearoa, we want to hear from you

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

Be part of a diverse, fun, and supportive team that values creativity and collaboration. Enjoy a flexible, inclusive workplace where everyone is encouraged to bring their whole selves to work. Yes, we even do the daily quiz

**About MPI - Mo te Manatu Ahu Matua**

The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) partners with New Zealand's food and fibre sector to be the world's most trusted provider of high-value food and fibre products.

**Benefits of working at MPI - Nga hua o te mahi i te Manatu Ahu Matua**
- Additional MPI leave days
- Ability to purchase extra annual leave
- Reduced premiums for Group Healthcare Schemes

**Security checks - Nga Taki Whakahaumaru**

**Higher level Security Clearance**
- most preferably a New Zealand citizen who has **resided continuously in New Zealand** for at least the last **ten**(**10) years**, OR
- is a citizen of, **and/or has resided continuously** in one or more of the following countries for the last **ten (10) years**: either Australia, Canada, New Zealand, UK or the USA; **and** has a background history that is verifiable and can be assessed as appropriate by the NZSIS towards a recommendation of suitability for a security clearance at a higher