Adviser | Wellington City

Job Description

Job Title: Adviser, Service Delivery

Role type: Permanent

Location: Wellington

Salary Range, GSR F: $74,964 to $99,968 depending on skills and experience

Kōrero mō te Tūranga - About the Role

Within the Regulatory Delivery Service Delivery Team, you will focus initially on providing business support and advice to businesses throughout New Zealand, while also providing support in project work with a Seafood and Meat focus. You will be working alongside our team of technical experts. As you develop into the role, the role will develop along with you and see you working in different areas such as quality systems, evaluation services, monitoring programmes and sector engagements.

In this hugely important role, you will be working with a team of similar advisers, who you can learn from and contribute to a range of other projects and initiatives.

This is an exciting time to join the team and this role will see you add value to both the Service Delivery and Project teams, and across the New Zealand Food Safety business unit.

Mōu - About You

We are looking for an adviser with a lean towards animal products or food legislation.

To be successful in this role, we are looking for someone that has:

• Pragmatic, solution focused and comfortable with ambiguity and change.
• Known for a can-do, positive, and customer-focused attitude.
• Experience in absorbing technical information and presenting it in a clear and concise manner to a non-technical audience
• Ability to work well under pressure and capacity to multi-task effectively while still meeting deadlines.
• A qualification in food science, microbiology, food engineering, veterinary science (or similar experience) is ideal.  Don't let this be a barrier.  Our successful team members have a wide range of backgrounds and experience
• Knowledge of HACCP and food safety
• Knowledge of government processes and legislation
• Work experience in seafood, meat, dairy or other food desirable

You do not need to meet all of the role requirements to apply. We offer a breadth of development and learning opportunities and will welcome an application if you think you could make a great fit. 

Mō tō mātou Rōpū - About the Team  

The Service Delivery team sits within Regulatory Delivery, in the Food Risk Management directorate of New Zealand Food Safety (NZFS). Food Risk Management is responsible for setting standards for food production, processing, importing and exporting; identifying emerging food safety risks; and delivering an agile and evolving food compliance and response system.

A small team of 8 people, we work closely with our regulatory delivery colleagues to support food businesses and other stakeholders with their requirements under the Food Act, Animal Products Act and Wine Act.

Based primarily out of Wellington in Pastoral House, our team is hard working and friendly. People enjoy working in this team because we have an energetic and positive team environment. Our work spans across many areas and so there will always be opportunities to learn, grow and try new things.

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
• Ability to purchase extra annual leave
• Annual Wellness payment

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 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 Sunday, 1^st December 2024

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