Senior Advisor – Resilience to Organised Crime!

• Based at Counties Manukau, Auckland
• Permanent/Full Time
• Office of Constable/Police Employee
• JR: 5165104

Mō te tūnga | About the role
The Partnerships and Harm Prevention Team supports implementation of cross-agency work programmes aimed at combating organised crime and building community resilience. The purpose of this team is to leverage our partnership and prevention opportunities across the system in order to make New Zealand the hardest place in the world for organised criminals to do business.

As a Senior Advisor, you will be responsible for the delivery Resilience to Organised Crime in Communities (ROCC) work programme: a multi-agency approach supporting locally led responses to organised crime. The ROCC work programme combines a community resilience prevention approach with targeted enforcement to simultaneously address the harms and drivers of organised crime. Central to the approach is engaging with partners, iwi, and communities to co-design responses.

Key Accountabilities:

• Present complex issues (written or verbal) clearly to a range of audiences, including delivering presentations
• Effectively engage and build relationships with stakeholders, both public and private
• Manage competing demands and high workload at times
• Lead and support delivery of plans, projects, or initiatives
• Identify barriers to success, generate solutions and make decisions

He aha taau e kawe mai | What you’ll bring
Whilst we are looking 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.

Given the highly collaborative nature of the role, we are looking for someone with exceptional relationship building skills and the ability to work across multiple internal and external partners. You will also need to have strong written and verbal communication skills, an ability to manage competing priorities, and experience delivering projects to completion.

This role presents an exciting opportunity for anyone with a keen interest in working within communities, relevant experience in delivering work programmes and those who are passionate about driving crime prevention outcomes for all New Zealanders
This role is set at Individual Contributor level, this means your key purpose is ““to deliver (or enable others) Our Business.”

To view the position description for this role please copy and paste this link into a new browser:
https://teams.sp.police.govt.nz/pac/od/pd/Documents/Frontline%20Operations/Senior%20Advisor%20-%20Partnerships%20and%20Harm%20Prevention.pdf

Mo tātou | About us
New Zealand Police is the lead agency responsible for preventing crime and enhancing community safety. It works in partnership with individuals, communities, businesses, and other public sector agencies towards the vision of making New Zealand the safest country. Police is the government’s largest front-line response agency with around 15,000 staff in large and small communities all over New Zealand and in liaison and policing development roles overseas.

Your development is highly valued at NZ Police. Our employees enjoy significant investment in their development not only at an individual level, but also at the team and community practice level. We work hard to match you with work that will both play to your strengths and challenge you in new ways.

The work you’ll be engaged in is real, tangible work that directly benefits our frontline and communities. Taken all together, this means we can offer you career path opportunities to progress in your chosen profession and become a more well-rounded, experienced leader, with opportunities across the range of work we support

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.

Utu ā-tau | Salary
This position is covered by a collective agreement and salary will commence between $110,425 and $117,014 dependent on skills and experience relevant to the role.

If you are an internal applicant, you must apply internally through the police system. You must provide an alternative contact email address and state your future commitments should you be successful in the next stage of the recruitment process.

Please note: Deadline for applications is 1700 on Wednesday 12th March 2025. Applications may be reviewed prior to the close date as well as contact made with candidates.

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