An exciting opportunity to join the Stored Goods Team within Corporate Services in Auckland is now available. About this role Mo tenei turanga mahi The New Zealand Customs Service is seeking a Corporate Services Officer (Stored Goods) primarily based at the Auckland Airport area (parking provided). This role is a permanent full-time position, working with a small friendly team of other CSOs, reporting to the Team Leader Stored Goods. Hours of work will be between 08.00am - 4.30pm, Monday to Friday (inclusive). The Corporate Services team is part of the wider Enterprise Services Group and is responsible for providing sustainable, efficient, and effective corporate services within Customs. As a Corporate Services Officer in the Stored Goods Team, you will be working with a small team dedicated to the management and maintenance of stored goods. You will have a client-centric focus, with a professional attitude, high integrity, calm manner, and sound judgement, ensuring quality standards are maintained. This role is dynamic, busy, and interesting. It offers variety and requires a component of activity that would suit someone not wanting to be fully desk-based and is able to manage some lifting and standing. Holding a forklift license could be beneficial, but not mandatory. To be successful as our Corporate Services Officer - Stored Goods, the following knowledge, experience, skills, and personal attributes are required: Having previous experience in stored goods is beneficial but not a prerequisite. Excellent oral and written communication skills. Ability to identify issues that need to be investigated further and to recognise when information appears to be incorrect. Highly organised individual who is honest and trustworthy. Being dynamic and able to adjust at times when the work dictates. The ability to analyse data in spreadsheets and ability to self-audit one's work. What we value in the Stored Goods Team: Being organised. Strong team unity. Leveraging each other to make more effective decisions. Visibility and transparency. Embracing diversity, inclusion, and belonging for our people. Great additions to the Stored Goods Team will: Use direct and effective communication and are collaborative in all you do. Respectfully collaborate, compromise, and work together to achieve shared outcomes. Do what you say you will and actively self-evaluate to continually grow and develop. Value honesty in others and yourself, and in turn can hear, adapt, and give constructive feedback. Care about people's wellbeing. Working at Customs Mahi ki te Mana Arai o Aotearoa We aim to create a great place to work, where our people have a sense of belonging and the capability and desire to meet our future challenges. We are an organisation that is clear about our mission, and this is underpinned by Te Pou Tokomanawa (the Foundations) and our Whanonga Pono (Values). Our work really matters to the safety and success of New Zealand. We care about well-being, personal growth, and job satisfaction, which is supported through: Offering on-the-job training, formal courses, and leadership programmes, and the chance to move across diverse roles. Fostering an inclusive and supportive team environment with vibrant social and cultural groups. Supporting flexible working - talk to us about how we can help you achieve your flexible working goals, within our operational requirements. Providing discounted health insurance, and free on-site gyms (in some locations). Three days of service holidays, in addition to four weeks of annual leave. How to apply To join Customs in any role, you must be a New Zealand citizen or NZ permanent resident. This means: A New Zealand Citizen or New Zealand Permanent Resident who has resided continuously in New Zealand for the last 5 years and resides in NZ at the time of application; OR A New Zealand Citizen or New Zealand Permanent Resident who has resided in New Zealand for the last 5 years and resides in NZ at the time of application. You may have been absent from New Zealand for periods of six or more months within the past five years, preferably in one or more of the following countries: either Australia, Canada, UK, or the USA. You will be required to provide overseas police certificates for these periods spent outside of New Zealand. You must have a background history that is verifiable and can be assessed as appropriate by the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service towards a recommendation of suitability for security clearance at a higher level. Due to the nature of Customs work, you must have a clear Police record. The successful applicant will also be required to pass a drug test as well as being subject to random, ongoing drug tests during their period of employment with Customs. These requirements apply to all successful applicants for roles at Customs and Customs employees. To apply, please submit a CV and cover letter outlining your skills and experience via our online process. If you have any specific questions about the role, please contact Suzanne Leahy (Senior Recruitment Advisor) at Please note, we do not accept applications sent directly to an email address. Applications close 11pm Wednesday 28 August 2024. Please note Customs will be managing this recruitment independently in-house and will not be engaging with recruitment agencies at this stage. New Zealand Customs Service Te Mana Arai o Aotearoa is a member of Diversity Works New Zealand and is committed to developing a diverse workforce and an inclusive workplace. We provide equal employment opportunities and welcome applications from everyone who can meet the requirements of the role. We also offer flexible working arrangements. #J-18808-Ljbffr
