Firearms Safety Supervisor
Two roles available: one in the North and one in the South Island. Location variable depending on candidate location.
Band I - Salary starts at $102,808
Permanent

About us
Te Tari Pūreke is Aotearoa New Zealand’s Firearms Regulator. Our Vision is to ensure the possession and use of firearms in Aotearoa is the safest in the world.

To achieve this, Te Tari Pūreke delivers four core functions: effectively implementing the firearms licensing systems; managing the Firearms Registry; educating people to enable compliance with their legislative responsibilities; and promoting the safe possession and use of legitimate firearms.

We are committed to fostering a culture of safe and responsible firearms use, gun ownership and awareness by working collaboratively with the firearms community, our stakeholders, and fellow agencies.

About the role
The Firearms Safety Supervisor is part of the Partnerships and Communities Directorate.
The Partnerships and Communities Directorate is a significant enabler to achieving firearms safety outcomes for New Zealand. We have a comprehensive network of strategic, central, and community-based relationships within our spectrum of engagement enabling individual and collective effort opportunities to be realised.

The Partnerships Directorate work across the regulator (Te Tari Pūreke), regulated parties (firearms licence holders), stakeholders, and communities to ensure we effectively understand risks and opportunities to improve safety outcomes. The Directorate develops and delivers training and community education initiatives. This is achieved through effective engagement, insights, and intelligence to prioritise and align engagement approaches and deliverables.

The successful applicant will be required to travel for the purposes of training delivery, community engagement, and undertaking other regulatory compliance activities. Working four 10-hour shifts per week, the successful applicant will predominately work between 7am-5pm but can at times will have starts as early as 6am and finishes at 10pm. Working every second Saturday is part of the roster cycle.

Key Deliverables:

• Leading and managing a geographically dispersed team.
• Ability to connect and engage with a wide cross section of New Zealand communities.
• Deliver firearms safety training courses, information and education to firearms licence applicants and existing firearms licence holders.
• Deliver firearms safety information and education to individuals and communities that are not firearms licence holders.
• Deliver firearms safe handling training to Te Tari Pūreke staff, and other police groups if required.
• Work closely with partners such as Fish and Game, Department of Conservation, Game Animal Council.
• Support stakeholder firearms community groups with firearms safety initiatives and activities.
• Demonstrate detailed knowledge of the Arms Act and the Arms Regulations.
• As part of the wider Partnerships Directorate deliver or support the delivery of other engagement and education activities.
• Support the delivery of other regulatory activities including visits with firearms dealers, and licence holders.
• Uphold and model the core values.

Working at Te Tari Pūreke in NZ Police
Come and join a team who are passionate about ensuring the possession and use of firearms in Aotearoa is the safest in the world.

We as the regulator, collaborate closely with both the Ministry of Justice and NZ Police. The Ministry of Justice is responsible for policy advice and system oversight and NZ Police is responsible for law enforcement function, and through Te Tari Pūreke delivers all regulatory functions.

Together we seek to continuously improve our approach across the firearm’s regulatory environment.

While we do look for skills, knowledge, and experience relevant to the role, we also place high importance on your state of mind, the alignment of your values with ours, your ability to contribute to and build high performing teams, and the way that you lead yourself or others.

Special requirements

• Holds and can maintain a current NZ Firearms Licence and a NZ driver licence.
• Experience in Adult learning/education.
• Confident public speaker.

This role is set at Team Leader/Manager level, this means your key purpose is “to lead the activities for Our Business and enable people to deliver them.”

We will ask you questions based on “How we will deliver Our Business – Core Competencies” and the appropriate role level, i.e. Individual Contributor. For more information on Our Core Competencies, please copy and paste this URL: https://www.police.govt.nz/sites/default/files/publications/core-competencies-how-we-will-deliver-our-business.pdf

These questions will be unique and specific to the role, focusing on the aspects the hiring manager believes are most important for that position at the time. For more information on Our Values, please copy and paste this URL: https://www.police.govt.nz/sites/default/files/publications/nzp-our-values.pdf

To view the position description for this role please copy and paste this link into a new browser: https://www.police.govt.nz/sites/default/files/pd/02-2025/firearms_safety_supervisor_pd.pdf

To view more detailed information about our recruitment process along with further details about requirements please click below link:

Applicant Information Pack (External)

Tono ināianei | Apply now
If this position sounds like you, click apply now and submit a tailored CV. You will be required to submit an application form. Before confirmation of hire, pre-employment checks will be undertaken which include reference, drug and alcohol testing and police vetting prior to any written offer being made.

For further information on the application process, please copy and paste this URL: https://www.police.govt.nz/careers

All applications must be submitted online and will not be accepted directly via email. All applicants must have the right to work in New Zealand.

Salary
This position is covered by a collective agreement and salary will commence at Salary $102,808

If you have any questions about this vacancy, please contact Firearmspartnerships@police.govt.nz

Please note: Deadline for applications is 5:00 pm, Friday 21st of February 2025 . Applications may be reviewed prior to the close date as well as contact made with candidates.