Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) Looking for Team Manager Operations – Food Safety at Wellington, Wellington Region, New Zealand Full Time

Job Description

Team Manager, Operations (Food Safety)

Role type: Permanent

Location: Wellington

Salary range: $113,626 – $132,972 depending on skills and experience

Kōrero mō te Tūranga – About the Role

The Team Manager will guide and lead the Operations team whose key responsibilities are the processing and assessment of applications under the ACVM Act, Animal Products Act, the Wine Act, the Food Act and Organics Act. You will encourage and guide the advisers to reach their KPI’s to meet the business objectives.

The Operations team works closely across the Appraisals and the ACVM technical teams, the Biosecurity border control staff, and works closely with other internal MPI stakeholders. You will have the ability to build trusted relationships with those stakeholders within MPI and with industry, be results focused, and be able to work in a fast moving, agile environment.

This role will need to provide functional leadership on a day-to-day basis. The development of the members of the Operations team is a key focus for this role.

You will also play a robust part supporting the Manager Approvals, to drive the wider team to a more customer centric approach ensuring the value of the customer is at the centre of all our processes.

Mōu – About You

We are looking for an enthusiastic candidate who will bring strong leadership skills and enjoy working in a collaborative and forward-thinking way.

To be successful in this role you will have the following skills and attributes:

• Experience in planning and delivering in an operational, regulatory/legislative experience
• Collating, organising, and communicating information in a clear manner
• Managing, and developing staff
• Some experience/knowledge in IT systems and exposure to budgets
• Strong relationship and leadership management skills
• Excellent analytical, problem solving, and critical reasoning skills
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
• Desirable, Food safety knowledge and/or Government experience.

You do not need to meet all 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.

Mō tō mātou Rōpū – About the Team

The Operations Team includes members whose key responsibilities are the pre and post processing and para-technical assessment of applications made by external parties, under the Agriculture Compounds & Veterinary Medicines Act, Animal Products Act, Wine Act, Food Act, and the Organics Act. In addition to this legislation, you will have oversight of the Country Listings Team Leader, and the work involved in ensuring that listings are processed in timely manner.

We are are Wellington based team made up of diverse, astute young graduates whom their first real fulltime employment is within MPI. There are currently 14 staff within this team whom report directly to the Team Manager, however, the team will be split in the future with some reporting to a Team Leader. The team work hard and well together, and support each other implicitly. They are a great bunch who enjoy each other’s company and often coffee or lunch together.

People enjoy working in this Approvals team because we have an energetic and positive team environment, where no two days are the same and you would be rewarded by seeing your reports succeed and flourish in a supportive role.

The role supports MPI’s strategy in terms of prosperity in ensuring applications are managed in a timely manner, to ensure exporters, via market access requirements are not delayed and the processing of food approvals meet our KPI’s.

Mō Te Manatū Ahu Matua – About MPI

The Ministry for Primary Industries (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

• Annual Wellness payment
• Access to free professional confidential counselling
• Comprehensive 3-day MPI Induction Programme

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 midnight on Thursday 27 July 2023.

If you have any questions about the role, please email [email protected]

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