Senior Adviser – Fisheries New Zealand
Role Type: Fixed term full time until 28 March 2025
Location: Wellington
Salary Band: General Salary Range D: $98,955 to $132,427 depending on skills and experience

Kōrero mō te Tūranga - About the Role
As a Senior Adviser, you will be responsible for providing analysis and advice to support changes to Regulations relating to the On-board Cameras Programme (OBC). This Programme is at a crucial juncture requiring critical thinking to ensure regulations best support desired outcomes for the cameras programme, and performance of the fisheries sector.
You'll need to consider how electronic monitoring regulations are impacted by Fisheries Act reforms, and how this affects the obligations on fishers, infringements, and cost recovery regimes. You'll contribute to development of proposed changes to the Fisheries Electronic Monitoring Regulations and drafting of material to support consultation and decision making.

You will:

• Contribute to the content of advice to Ministers, Cabinet papers
• Feed into discussion documents for proposals relating to on-board cameras
• Assist with submissions and develop proposals for changes to regulations
• Develop proposed changes into consultation documents
• Provide analysis of submissions on the consultation document proposals
• Provide final advice to Ministers
• Support other projects as required by the Director Digital Monitoring

Mōu - About You
To be successful in this role, you will have proven policy and regulatory change experience in a large and complex environment, as well as significant analysis and reporting knowledge. You'll have experience with policy writing and regulatory systems, ideally from within the public sector.
You are likely from another Ministry or pubic sector organisation which is a regulator, or has a significant policy development function, with an economic or environmental focus.
It is not a requirement that you have knowledge of the Fisheries sector. More important is that you understand regulatory frameworks, and that you have experience with regulatory change.
As a Senior Adviser you will need to work and deliver to tight deadlines.
Importantly, you will have excellent communication and relationship management skills with the ability to work on multiple reporting activities and be able to make sense of complex or ambiguous issues and determine the most appropriate response.

Mō tō mātou rōpū - About the Team
This position reports to the Programme Manager, On-Board Cameras Programme, which sits in the Digital Monitoring directorate in Tini a Tangaroa – Fisheries New Zealand. You'll also work very closely with Manager Fisheries Policy, who works in MPI's Policy and trade business unit.
Fisheries New Zealand is a branded business unit within the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI). You will be joining a passionate team that is dedicated to providing high quality, independent data from across New Zealand's diverse fisheries. You will be part of a team that ensures that their work is contributing to the sustainable management of New Zealand's fisheries for future generations.
To find out more about the Ministry and what we do please click here.

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
• Career development and internal opportunities across the branch and organisation

Wā Mahi Ngāwari - Flexible Working
We support flexible working arrangements and are happy to discuss these options with you.

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 11:59pm on Wednesday, 18 September.