New Zealand Customs Service Looking for Customs Officers (Variable Hours) – Wellington Airport at Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand Full Time

• Interested in protecting and promoting New Zealand’s borders?
• Looking for a varied role in the airport environment?

The New Zealand Customs Service | Te Mana Ārai o Aotearoa protects and promotes New Zealand through world class border management. We promote New Zealand’s international trade, collect Crown revenue, and enforce the law by identifying and seizing prohibited imports and exports. We also make sure that lawful travellers and items can move across our border as smoothly and efficiently as possible. Our Māori name – Te Mana Ārai o Aotearoa – translates as “the authority that screens and protects New Zealand”.

New Zealand Customs Service | Te Mana Ārai o Aotearoa is looking for people to join our Wellington team as Customs Officers working variable hours.

Variable Hours Customs Officers work flexibility to help manage Wellington’s international flight schedule, as well as a variety of other functions in the Customs airport environment.

What you’ll do | He aha tāu e mahi ana

• Facilitating passengers and goods in and out of NZ, note taking, writing reports and entering information into our electronic systems
• Questioning passengers and undertaking activities such as searching baggage
• Processing passengers through Customs, this might have you sitting in a booth for long periods of time or standing up for long periods of time assisting passengers
• Ensuring passengers meet immigration requirements and identifying risk that may require further interaction

About the role | Mō tēnei tūranga mahi

You’ll be working as required across a variety of shifts including nights, weekends and public holidays. Your hours will fluctuate between seasons and in accordance with flight schedules.

Hours of work are between 40 and 80 hours per pay period/fortnight (with a minimum of 40 hours per fortnight) and vary dependent on flight schedules – there are early (am) starts and late (pm) finishes.

The starting salary is $58,718 per annum. This is a full-time equivalent starting salary and will be pro-rated based on the hours that you work. This role also has a variable hour’s allowance of $13,093 pro-rated on the hours that you work.

Please note, we are recruiting for an intake commencing on 11th November 2024 and some of the training scheduled for this intake will be held in Auckland. Customs will fly you to Auckland and arrange accommodation, but you will need to be available to travel from 10th November to 6th December 2024.

About you | Ko wai koe

To Be Considered For This Role, You Will Be

• looking for part-time work only
• willing to work a split shift pattern (including unsociable hours) as a core part of the role
• able to work shifts including on weekends, nights and public holidays
• flexible and agile around the work you will undertake
• confident navigating computer systems
• a great communicator and all-round people person

Working for Customs | Mahi ki te Mana Ārai o Aotearoa

To work for the New Zealand Customs Service | Te Mana Ārai o Aotearoa, you must be:

A New Zealand Citizen or New Zealand Permanent Resident who has resided continuously in New Zealand for the last 5 years and resides in NZ at time of application;

OR a New Zealand Citizen or New Zealand Permanent Resident who has resided in New Zealand for the last 5 years and resides in NZ at time of application, but may have been absent from New Zealand for periods of six or more months within the past five years, preferably in one or more of the following countries: either Australia, Canada, UK or the USA. You will be required to provide overseas police certificates for these periods spent outside of New Zealand.

You must have a background history that is verifiable and can be assessed as appropriate by the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service towards a recommendation of suitability for security clearance at a higher level.

Due to the nature of Customs work you must have a clear Police record. Successful applicants are also required to pass a medical assessment and drug test and must hold a full NZ Drivers’ licence.

Customs Looks For People Who

• Have high levels of integrity, honesty and discretion
• Have good communication skills and enjoy interacting with people
• Enjoy working in a team environment

How to apply | Me pehea te whakauru

Please apply online. You will be asked to answer questions around your interest in this role, and skills and experience relevant for this role. You will also be asked to complete a couple of competency-based questions, please set aside time to complete this online application.

If you have any queries, please contact [email protected]

Applications close on Friday 23 August 2024 at 5pm.

Please apply as soon as you can as we will fill places on assessment centres as applications come in. We will be holding assessment centres on the 6th September 2024.

New Zealand Customs Service | Te Mana Ārai o Aotearoa is a member of Diversity Works New Zealand and is committed to developing a diverse workforce and an inclusive workplace. We provide equal employment opportunities and welcome applications from everyone who can meet the requirements of the role.