Senior Adviser Plant Health Surveillance at Ministry for Primary Industries, Auckland City Role Type: Permanent full-time
Location: Auckland or Wellington
Salary band & range: D - $98,955 to $132,427 depending on skills and experience
As a Senior Adviser, you will be reporting to the Manager - Plant Health Surveillance. This role will provide technical support and review for plant health biosecurity surveillance programmes, including planning and prioritising surveillance activities and ensuring the outputs from these systems are available to other appropriate areas of Biosecurity New Zealand and MPI.
You will support the wider Diagnostic, Readiness & Surveillance Directorate by:
Assisting delivery of surveillance programmes
Drafting annual surveillance reports and surveillance project reports for publication
Providing advice on the design and enhancement of surveillance programmes
Providing support and advice to industry and other stakeholders/agencies on surveillance activities
Gathering and analysing data to inform surveillance activities
Gathering, assessing, and reporting surveillance-based information across the biosecurity system
Undertaking assessments of pest and disease freedom status
Establishing and maintaining systems to support the functions above
Communicating with relevant authorities both nationally and internationally
You will bring your tertiary qualification in plant/plant pest science or related discipline (e.g. ecology, biosecurity, biometrics), along with relevant technical or professional experience.
You will be well versed in creating extensive networks and maintaining strong relationships with sector participants and key stakeholders. Your strong communication skills will ensure you can deliver key messages to a variety of audiences.
To be successful in this role you will also bring:
Knowledge of/experience with surveillance system development and/or management
Understanding of quality management principles
Ability to research and interpret information, solve problems, and carry out self-directed learning
Understanding of, and ability to use, Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Experience in information and data management, as well as information development
Ability to use Microsoft Office suite programmes
Understanding of Tikanga and te Tiriti o Waitangi
Diagnostic, Readiness & Surveillance (DRS) are responsible for delivering the core functions of biosecurity surveillance, incursion investigation, readiness, and diagnostics. This supports the early detection of new pests and diseases, and determination of pest or disease freedom status for official assurances to trading partners.
You will work within a team of Advisers based between Auckland and Wellington.
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.
Benefits:
Additional MPI leave days
Annual Wellness payment
Reduced premiums for Group Healthcare Schemes
Career development and internal opportunities across the branch and organisation
Mentoring and coaching programmes
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.
We aspire to reflect the diverse communities we serve, so we welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds and identities. As an organisation, we are committed to making Manatu Ahu Matua Ministry for Primary Industries a great place to work for all.
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 17 November 2024.
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