Animal Welfare Inspector

Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role

Job Title: Animal Welfare Inspector

Role type: Permanent

Location: Dunedin

Salary Range: $72,795 to $102,356 depending on skills and experience

Kōrero mō te Tūranga - About the Role

As an Animal Welfare Inspector you will be expected to deliver a range of work to ensure animal welfare complaints are managed appropriately. You will require sound legislative knowledge, good problem-solving skills and have excellent communication skills. Each day will provide variety, as you work both in an office and in the field, meeting new people every day, while making a difference in ensuring all aspects of animal welfare compliance across Aotearoa New Zealand.

In this role you be:

• Ensuring investigation processes and procedures are followed
• Managing animal welfare complaints in the primary production sector
• Preparing prosecution files where required
• Monitoring service providers and licensed establishments for compliance with animal welfare
• Working with other Inspectors and Investigators to prepare and present robust prosecution cases where non-compliance is identified
• Promoting good animal welfare practices
• Building and sustaining positive working relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• Having practical working knowledge of the laws under which investigations and compliance activities operate.
• Having experience in leading or supporting investigations in an enforcement environment is desirable.

Mōu - About You

To be successful in this role you will have:

• Proven experience in working with livestock, animal husbandry or veterinary services.
• Knowledge of farming organisations and external animal welfare agencies.
• Practical working knowledge or be able to able to demonstrate the potential to develop knowledge of the laws under which investigations and compliance activities operate including: NAIT Act, Animal Welfare Act, Evidence Act, Criminal Disclosure Act, Criminal Procedures Act, Search and Surveillance Act, Animal Products Act and Biosecurity Act.

You do not need to meet all of 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. 

Ngā Tohu – Qualification

• Relevant Tertiary Qualification and/or experience in animal husbandry duties
• Tertiary qualifications and/or equivalent regulatory, compliance and enforcement experience would be an advantage

Mō te Manatū Ahu Matua - About MPI

Our role includes seizing export opportunities for our food and fibre sector, improving sector productivity, ensuring the food we produce is safe, increasing sustainable resource use, and protecting New Zealand from biological risk.

Ngā hua o te mahi i te Manatū Ahu Matua - Benefits of working at MPI

• Up to three additional (MPI holidays) leave days
• Career development and internal opportunities across the branch and organisation
• Free annual flu vaccination

Ngā Taki Whakahaumaru - Security checks

Low level Security Clearance

• most preferably a NZ citizen, who has resided continuously in NZ for at least the last five (5) years, OR
• is a citizen of, and/or has resided continuously in one or more of the following countries for the last five (5) years: either Australia, Canada, NZ, the United Kingdom (UK) or the United States of America (USA); and has a background history that is verifiable and can be assessed as appropriate by the NZ Security Intelligence Service (NZSIS) towards a recommendation of suitability for a security clearance at this level.
• click here to find out more about the national security vetting process and access the eligibility self-check tool.

If you do not meet these minimum criteria, we will not be able to accept your application.

The successful applicant must have or be able to obtain a NZ Firearms licence.

Whakamātau Whakapōauau me te Waipiro - Drug and Alcohol Screening

Please note, given this position is safety sensitive the preferred applicant/s for the position will be required to undergo a drug and alcohol pre-employment screening test. Further information on this process can be found on our careers site, here.

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 Friday 25^th October 2024.

If you have any questions about the role, please email Luke.Farrell@mpi.govt.nz 

  We will be conducting an assessment day for shortlisted applicants. If shortlisted, you must be able to attend in person circa week begining 04 November. 

We are also looking for Animal Welfare Inspectors in Invercargill & Greymouth!

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