Technical Specialist

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.

Technical Specialist / Investigator / Assistant - Cybercrime Unit
- Based in Wellington
- Specialist / Investigator / Assistant Positions Available
- Police Employee
- Permanent, Full Time
- Multiple Roles Available
- JR: 4629399

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Mō te tūnga | About the role

Cybercrime is the most rapidly growing crime type globally, causing significant harm to individuals and organisations across the country. New Zealand Police are the lead agency in investigating cybercrime and need qualified people to join an expanding team. We are looking for high performing dynamic people to work in teams across the country, who can provide expert support to investigations.
This role presents a great opportunity at all levels to develop new skills and contribute to an ever changing environment. The New Zealand Police Cybercrime Unit is part of the High-Tech Crime Group and play a crucial role in all digital aspects of an investigation. You will receive training and gain valuable on the job experience as you become an expert in complex cybercrime investigations.

The New Zealand Police Cybercrime Unit have multiple positions available, at either Specialist, Investigator or Assistant levels, based in Wellington.

Technical Assistant
This role is for a recent graduate in a Computer Security course or equivalent experience (2 years minimum) in Information Computer Technology incident response and/or security role.

Technical Investigator
This role is for a graduate with an Undergraduate Degree or equivalent experience (3 years minimum) in Information Computer Technology incident response and/or security role.
Within this role you will be expected to complete internationally recognised training and have practical, real world cybercrime investigative experience.

Technical Specialist
This role is for a graduate with a Master’s Degree or equivalent experience (5 years minimum) in Information and Communications Technology incident response and/or security role.

**Key Accountabilities**:

- Be self-motivated and ready to learn, have excellent organisational, research, and communication skills
- Pay attention to detail and have the flexibility to cope with change
- Be capable of making sound decisions under pressure
- Work well and communicate positively in a team environment

**Special Requirements**:

- Clean and current (full) Driver’s license
- IT qualification or work experience within an IT related field
- You must be able to obtain and maintain a high level security clearance

He aha taau e kawe mai | What you’ll bring

Whilst we are looking for skills, knowledge and experience relevant to the role, 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.
This role is set at Individual Contributor level, this means your key purpose is “to deliver or enable others to deliver Our Business”.

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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 small communities all over New Zealand and in liaison and policing development roles overseas.

Your development is highly valued at NZ Police. Our employees enjoy significant investment in their development not only at an individual level, but also at the team and community of practice level. We work hard to match you with work that will both play to your strengths and challenge you in new ways.

The work you’ll be engaged in is real, tangible work that directly benefits our frontline and communities. Taken all together, this means we can offer you career path opportunities to progress in your chosen profession and become a more well-rounded, experienced leader, with opportunities across the range of work we support.

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