VTS Reliever (Establishment) | Palmerston North

Job Description

Job Title: Veterinarian Reliever

Role type: Permanent Full-time

Location: Manawatu (Palmerston North, Feilding etc)

Salary range: $103,069  to $128,826 per annum plus additional benefits.

Starting salary will be dependent on skills and experience of successful candidate. 

Kōrero mō te Tūranga - About the Role

Reporting to the Team Manager Establishment Palmerston North, this role primarily involves relieving at meat establishments within the Manawatu-Wellington team (which covers from Wellington, Levin, Bulls, Feilding to Dannevirke). You may also be required to travel to other regions, such as Whanganui. An MPI fleet vehicle will be provided for work related travel.

The role sits within the Establishment group of the Verification Services directorate. MPI Verification Services (MPI VS) provides a range of food safety and biosecurity verification and certification services to support market access strategies and setting standards.

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Manawatu is famous for its effortless blend of city and rural living; here you can choose your ideal lifestyle, from peaceful rural villages, to bustling townships, or city life. The region includes the charming towns of Feilding, Kimbolton, Apiti, Himatangi Beach, Linton and Ashhurst to name a few, and at the centre of it all is the city of Palmerston North. The region spans 2,624 km² with 120,000 people choose to call Manawatu home. It encompasses breathtakingly beautiful parks, rivers and mountain ranges, including the famous Tararua and Ruahine Ranges, and sweeps out to the rugged west coast beaches of Himatangi and Tangimoana. It is less than two hours from New Zealand's capital city Wellington and one hour from Whanganui. It is also an easy drive to North Island ski fields, Hawke's Bay wineries and Mount Taranaki. What makes Palmerston North city and Manawatū more liveable than most is it being a safe environment for raising a family.

Mōu - About You

The role is best suited to someone who is experienced in premises verification and who is organised and flexible as well as able to take the initiative to get tasks done. However, all qualified candidates will be considered. Ideally you will have the following:

• Be a New Zealand registered Veterinarian (or be able to obtain registration with VCNZ is essential)
• Have verbal and written skills, and analytical reasoning skills
• Demonstrate integrity and trust, ethics and values, resilience, adaptability, and openness
• Have experience persuading and influencing, teamwork, planning and organising
• Have computer literacy – can operate standard and customised software to an acceptable standard e.g., word-processing, excel, internet, email.

Mō te Manatū Ahu Matua - About MPI

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

Ngā hua o te mahi i te Manatū Ahu Matua - Benefits of working at MPI

• Additional MPI leave days
• Annual Wellness payment
• Mentoring and coaching programmes
• Wellness benefit for employees including reduced premiums for Group Healthcare Schemes
• Employee Assistance Programme (counselling support)
• Membership of the NZVA or appropriate alternative
• Annual payment for the annual practicing certificate 

Whakamātau Whakapōauau me te Waipiro - Drug and Alcohol Screening

Please note, given this position is safety sensitive the preferred applicant/s for the position will be required to undergo a drug and alcohol pre-employment screening test. Further information on this process can be found on our careers site, here.

Kua rite koe mō tēnei 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, hapū, whānau and hāpori.

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 Manatū 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 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 – click here to find out more about work visa eligibility and options.

Applications close at midnight on Monday 5th June.

If you have any questions about the role, please email Louise.Devine@mpi.govt.nz 

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