Job title: Senior Adviser Emerging Risk
Role type: Permanent, full-time
Location: Wellington
Salary band & range: General Salary Range D: $98,955 to $115,691 depending on skills and experience

Kōrero mō te Tūranga - About the Role
This is a unique opportunity to contribute to New Zealand Food Safety's emerging risk approach and provide analysis & insights to better identify emerging food safety risks to the New Zealand public.
This role is an exciting mix of discovery, analysis, strategy, and process implementation. You will work to support critical relationships with stakeholders and partner organisations. You'll stay aware of emerging issues and ensure a collaborative approach that leverages all knowledge and channels across the domestic and international food safety systems.
This role provides you with the opportunity to:

• Demonstrate your rapid mastery of technical information, when it is available, and your ability to operate effectively when information is limited or uncertain
• Showcase your strategic and thought leadership within New Zealand Food Safety I Haumaru Kai Aotearoa (NZFS), and wider Ministry for Primary Industries I Manatü Ahu Matua (MPI)
• Demonstrate your strong analytical skills and ability to link disparate information to glean new insights

Mōu - About You
To be successful in this role, you'll need:

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Deep understanding of perspective, bias, and source-criticism
• Experience in providing advice that supports decisions
• Well-honed written communication skills
• A relentless curiosity and creativity in linking new information to real-world outcomes.

Mō tō mātou Rōpū - About the Team
The team provides insights, underpinned by science and evidence-based analysis, on emerging and re-emerging risks related to food safety to assist decision-makers in managing food safety risk. We sit within the Food Risk Management directorate within NZFS, a business unit of MPI. NZFS leads the development, implementation, and oversight of the regulatory and compliance system that underpins our impressive food economy. Ensuring producers and growers have the best opportunities to thrive and grow their business leads through to having consumers have the knowledge that the food in front of them is safe, sustainable and the best product for them, their whänau and friends.

Mō te Manatū Ahu Matua - About MPI
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
• Annual Wellness payment
• Career development and internal opportunities across the branch and organisation

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, hapü, whanau and häpori.
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 a great place to work for all.
In your cover letter we'd like to know about you, your values, your whakapapa; 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 Tuesday, 5 November 2024.
If you have any questions about the role, please email claire.hogan@mpi.govt.nz

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