Senior Adviser - Animals & Animal Productsat Ministry for Primary Industries - - Wellington

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Adviser/Senior Adviser (Animal & Animal Products)Role type:
  • Permanent full
  • timeLocation: WellingtonSalary band & range: Adviser: F/G
  • $66,331 to $99,968Senior Adviser: D/E
  • $85,302 to $132,427 depending on skills and experience About the Role
  • Kōrero mō te Tūranga The Adviser/Senior Adviser role is part of the Biosecurity Import & Export Standards directorate, and will report to the Team Manger Animal & Animal Products.You will be responsible for scoping information and providing advice to develop risk analysis for standards development and consultation.
Your advice and analysis will help ensure up to date standards and alignment with international standards.

This will also support bilateral negotiations and engagements with offshore counterparts and organisations to enable safe trade and travel.Other key repsonsiblities will include:Undertaking consultation processes in developing the evidence base and its use in risk management decisions.Contributing to the ongoing development of priority strategic work within MPI.Building and maintaining positive and open relationships with stakeholders whose support and participation is necessary for the provision of robust standards.Driving consistency of risk analysis across import standards and pathways.Negotiations on import health standards and market access conditions and measures during the development of veterinary certificates with trading partners and other relevant parties.

About You
  • MōuYou will have a post-graduate science or veterinary degree and bring relevant technical or professional experience to provide high quality advice and support across strategy development and implementation.Experience in:Establishing and managing relationships and consultation with a wide variety of internal and external stakeholders.Dealing with complex problems and the ability to provide advice on sensitive business decisions, including those with financial and people impact.Identifying, analysing, and managing riskAbility to:Summarise and present complex information in a way that it can be easily understood by various internal and external audiences.Plan, set priorities, and meet deadlines.Communicate clearly
  • written, verbal and presentating to stakeholders.
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.

About the Team
  • Mō tō mātou RōpūThe Animal & Animal Products team is made up of an Adviser, three Senior Advisers, and a Principal Adviser, all based in Wellington City.

The team develop and implement the rules for safe trade in live animals and animal products.As we deliver on our key outcomes of Prosperity (Tōnuitanga), Sustainability (Kauneke Tauwhiro), Protection (Whakangungu), and Visible Leadership (Ngā Manukura), we work hard to deliver for New Zealand.

Using our key working styles, we always strive to be open, agile, engaging and proactive.
About MPI
  • Mō te Manatū Ahu Matua 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 of working at MPI
  • Ngā hua o te mahi i te Manatū Ahu Matua
  • Additional MPI leave daysAnnual Wellness paymentCareer development and internal opportunities across the branch and organisation Are you ready to make a difference?
  • Kua rite koe mō tēnei mahi whaitake?

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 5 June 2025If you have any questions about the role, please email melissa.heaney@mpi.govt.nz Follow MPI here
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