Senior advisor

Upper Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand

New Zealand Police is working with the community to make New Zealanders be safe and feel safe. With over 13,000 staff, we provide policing services 24 hours a day, every day. We operate by land, sea and air, manage over 860,000 emergency calls a year and are always actively preventing crime and crashes.

We’re working towards specific goals and targets that highlight our intent to work collaboratively with iwi and communities, other government sectors and business partners to deliver ‘Our Business’ and achieve long-term change.

Mō Te Tari Pūreke | About the Firearms Safety Authority

He wāhanga a Te Tari Pūreke nō Ngā Pirihimana o Aotearoa. Ko ā mātou kaupapa, he whakahaere tika i te mau me te whakamahinga o te pū, kia noho haumaru ai ngā hapori. Ko mātau nei, te mūrau o ngā rāngai waeture.

Te Tari Pūreke – Firearms Safety Authority is a branded business unit of the New Zealand Police with the purpose of enabling Aotearoa New Zealand to be a world leader in arms safety through an effective regulatory and administrative approach to the Arms Act and Arms Regulations.

Established to lead, operate, and develop investment in modernisation of the firearms system, Te Tari Pūreke work to ensure a safer, more efficient, and effective risk-based licensing system, with the desire to improve public confidence in the firearms licensing system.

This is enabled through opportunities in harm prevention via transparent, high quality, consistent, legislatively correct, and effective regulatory activities.

This is delivered via world leading administration, education, and promotion of compliance within the provisions of the Arms Act and Arms Regulations.

Mō Te Tira Takitahi| About your workgroup

Te Tira Takitahi is the kaupapa Māori triage hub for Te Tari Pūreke and currently nestled within the Partnerships Directorate to support our branded business unit on delivering against our regulatory strategy, and our commitment to being a Tiriti champion and an employer of choice.

Workgroup focus:

We apply our skills, knowledge, and experience to uphold the cultural safety of Te Tari Pūreke, kaimahi, and partners; across the enterprise, * We embody our Regulatory Strategy values and principles in our thinking, actions, and behaviour; * We support the delivery of on-time, needs based, value-adding commissioned workstreams and projects; * We work to meet the needs of our relationships and our partners; * We reduce complexity, where able; and * We implement long-term transformational thinking and advising in our work.

Te Tirohanga Māori:

Te Tira Takitahi adopts an Ao Māori worldview that acknowledges the interconnectedness and interrelationship of all living and non-living things. Our three key areas of our tirohanga are through cultural safety, cultural intelligence, and cultural capability.

Whanaungatanga

building enduring relationships and partners

Manaakitanga

Influencing, guiding, holding space to ensure others fell seen and heard

Mana

respectful power-sharing and decision-making

Mahaki

humility when sharing knowledge and experience(s)

Whakarongo

Listening to hear and understand

Mō te tūnga | About the role

The purpose of the Senior Partnerships Advisor - Iwi, is to determine and manage needs and concerns from, for, and with the Māori firearms user perspective via partnering with Māori communities, hapū and key Māori groups, to build relationships at a needs-based level

The role of the Senior Partnership Advisor- Iwi, is to develop and deliver the pathways programmes (cultural safety, cultural intelligence, and cultural capability) and progress our Iwi Management Plans.

The workstreams will see you grow transactional relationships into sustainable and meaningful partnerships internally with managers, districts, as a subject matter expert, and externally with iwi and community partners across the Aotearoa New Zealand landscape.

Te huarahi tika | The expected pathway

As Senior Partnership Advisor- Iwi you will:

Lead tikanga in our internal and external work * Value relationships and ā-kanohi as mana-enhancing engagement practices * Nurture cultural confidence within Te Tari Pūreke * Front reo rangatira to engage our relationships, and with our partners * Adopt inclusive thinking and behaviours with a ‘for, by, and with Māori’ mindset to realise Te Tiriti compliance * Consult with our partners early to ensure their voices are truly heard

Cultural competence is key in the role, and you will need a demonstratable understanding of Te Ao Māori and Mātauranga Māori, a strong ability to operate effectively in a Māori cultural setting and proven understanding of and commitment to, the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi.

Takohanga Matua | Key Accountabilities: Core Activities:

Develop and deliver the pathways programmes (cultural safety, cultural intelligence, and cultural capability) * Relationship lead, overseeing of engagement and partnerships with Hapū, Māori, and the Māori firearms communities * Deliver on-time, at-need service requests and queries * Adopt a continuous improvement approach to all activities and insight-sharing * Utilise kaupapa Māori methodology to articulate commentary on operational policy, legislation implementation, and administration best practice. * Provide a relevant and independent Ao Māori, Te Tiriti, and community perspective * Make our work transparent and visible

Teaching Activities:

Teach, coordinate, and administer modules, courses, and workshops aligned to the Te tari Pūreke cultural capability action plan; aligned to Whāinga Amorangi. * Conduct tikanga-based and ā-iwi informed teaching. Develop content and curricula in collaboration with colleagues. * Participate and contribute to ongoing Te Tari Pūreke activities aimed at furthering Mātauranga ā-hapū based teaching within Te Tira Takitahi and across the enterprise. * Everyday service delivery or strategic advice as required by the Kōtui Whanake Māori and/or Director for Partnerships.

Service Delivery Activities:

Develop and embed cultural practices across the enterprise that elevate the mana of Tangata whenua, ensuring alignment with Te Tiriti principles. * Proven experience in delivering cultural capability programs. * Understanding of diversity, equity, and inclusion principles. * Excellent facilitation and presentation skills, with the ability to engage diverse audiences and create a supportive learning environment. * Provide ā-hapū and ā-iwi cultural/tikanga leadership, guidance and support for directorate activities and events, both internally and externally.

Work in a culturally safe and respectful manner, incorporating the articles of Te Tiriti, and demonstrating mindfulness of the cultural diversity of our communities in all interactions.

What you’ll bring:

A developed and refined practice in cultural safety, cultural intelligence (data interpretation), and cultural capability delivery. * Strong ability to operate effectively in a variety of Māori cultural settings across leading, supporting, and advising capacities. * Proven understanding of and commitment to the supporting of hapū mana motuhake and tino rangatiratanga with relation to safe firearms usage aligned to Te Tiriti best practice. * An ability to articulate implications, scope of influence, and engagement with Te Tiriti in the Aotearoa New Zealand regulatory philosophy context. * Proven ability to take a strategic, proactive approach in the management of reputation issues, internal and external partners, and relationship engagement. * The skill set to identify and understand internal and external partner and community needs. * Proven ability to actively engage with a broad range of external and internal partners to shape engagement approaches.

Qualifications / Requirements:

Applicants need to be New Zealand Permanent Residents * Past experience working within constructive partnerships, presenting clear and convincing rationale for ideas and changes * A tikanga-based life-experience, skills and knowledge candidate is preferred. However, this may be offset by comparable and concentrated qualifications relevant to the role and matching expectations for a senior advisor position.

If you are an internal applicant, you must apply internally through the police system. You must provide an alternative contact email address.

This role is set at Individual Contributor level, this means your key purpose is “to deliver or enable others to deliver Our Business”.

We will ask you questions based on “How we will deliver Our Business – Core Competencies” and the appropriate role level, i.e. Individual Contributor. For more information on Our Core Competencies, please copy and paste this URL: https://www.police.govt.nz/sites/default/files/publications/core-competencies-how-we-will-deliver-our-business.pdf

These questions will be unique and specific to the role, focusing on the aspects the hiring manager believes are most important for that position at the time. For more information on Our Values, please copy and paste this URL: https://www.police.govt.nz/sites/default/files/publications/nzp-our-values.pdf

Pre-Employment Checks:

Standard Police vetting check * Reference check

To view the position description for this role please copy and paste this link into a new browser: https://www.police.govt.nz/sites/default/files/pd/07-2023/senior_partnership_advisor_-_maori_pacific_ethnic_and_other_communities_te_tari_pureke.pdf

To view more detailed information about our recruitment process along with further details about requirements please click the below link: Applicant Information Pack (External)

How to apply

Pāwhiria i konei kia tonoa te tūnga | If this position sounds like you, click ‘Apply’ now.

You will be required to submit an application form that speaks to the Key Accountabilities highlighted within advert and upload a CV. Before confirmation of hire, pre-employment checks will be undertaken.

For further information on the application process, please copy and paste this URL: https://www.police.govt.nz/careers

Mēnā he pātai āu mō te tūnga, ka pai tō whakapā atu ki te Recruitment Advisor mā te [email protected] | If you have any questions about this vacancy, the Recruitment Advisor, Ana can be contacted on [email protected].

Ka katia ngā tono ā te 5pm , Rāhina 29 Paenga-whāwhā | Applications close 5pm , Monday 29th April 2024

Please note: Deadline for applications is 5:00pm 29th April 2024. Applications may be reviewed prior to the close date as well as contact made with candidates.

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