Team Leader Biosecurity Intelligence

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Team Leader Biosecurity Intelligence

Role type : Permanent full-time

Location : Wellington

Salary band & range: D - $98,995 to $132,427 depending on skills and experience

Korero mo te Turanga - About the Role

The Team Leader Biosecurity Intelligence is part of the Biosecurity Intelligence, Systems and Response directorate. Your team will work together with the wider Intelligence & Information Group to support the development and dissemination of strategic and operational intelligence products for decision makers across the breadth of the MPI's work: biosecurity, import pathways, the food system, trade, animal welfare and fisheries.

As the Team Leader, you will be:

Leading and managing staff to ensure team engagement, provide clear direction and expectations, performance management and opportunities for learning and development.

Collaborating to design and implement intelligence methodologies and processes that deliver timely biosecurity threat intelligence.

Engaging and building relationships across MPI, wider government, industry and academia to support the ongoing production of high-quality biosecurity intelligence.

Mou - About You

If you are innovative, creative, comfortable with ambiguity, appreciative of a positive and supportive working culture, and enjoy pushing doctrinal boundaries, then come and join one of the most exciting and forward-thinking teams within MPI.

To be successful in this role, you will need:

Experience managing analytical staff

Experience in developing and managing positive relationships with internal and external partners and stakeholders

Experience working in multi-disciplinary and inter-agency environments with a proven track record of contributing to high quality outcomes for decision makers

Awareness of the Treaty of Waitangi and its principles, and a growing understanding of its relevance to New Zealand and to MPI

Mo to matou Ropu - About the Team

The Intelligence and Information Group collects global reporting, science, and data to produce actionable strategic and operational intelligence for busy decision makers across MPI and the wider national security and hazard risk systems.

The Biosecurity Intelligence team come from a variety of backgrounds and work collaboratively to fuse their collective understanding of the sciences, international relations, and economics with intelligence frameworks and methodologies, to deliver robust intelligence assessments. You will lead the team of 7 Intelligence Analysts based in Wellington and Christchurch.

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

Nga Taki Whakahaumaru - Security checks

Most preferably a NZ citizen who has resided continuously in NZ for at least the last fifteen (15) years, OR

Is a citizen of, and/or has resided continuously in one or more of the following countries for the last fifteen (15) years : either Australia, Canada, NZ, 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 level.

If you do not meet these minimum criteria, we will not be able to accept your application.

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 a great place to work for all.

In your cover letter we'd like to know about you, your values, your whakapapa; 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.

To view the position description and/or apply online, please click "APPLY FOR THIS JOB" or visit the MPI Careers Site. To apply, you must hold the right to work in New Zealand or be eligible to obtain it.

Applications close at midnight on Sunday 3 November 2024.

If you have any questions about the role, please email ******

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