Labour Inspector | Napier

Permanent Role
Starting Salary $77,359 
Napier, Hawkes Bay

• A mix of office and field-based responsibilities  
• Make a difference in the community
• Ensure fair working conditions for all

Labour inspectors are responsible for ensuring that employers are compliant with legislative provisions relating to the payment of the minimum wage, holiday and leave entitlements, written employment agreements, and mandatory record keeping requirements

This role will be focussed on ensuring employers are compliant with both employment standards and Immigration policy within the Recognised Seasonal Employer scheme.  

The scheme responds to New Zealand labour market shortages in the horticulture and viticulture industries by allowing the recruitment of short term migrant labour from the Pacific.

As a Labour Inspector, you will be:  

• Proactively assessing compliance with employment standards and Immigration policy
• Educating and working with employers to ensure they are meeting all requirements
• Working with employee representatives and Pacific Liaison Officers to understand issues affecting employees
• Working collaboratively with other regulators
• Investigating complaints involving alleged breaches of the standards
• Holding employers to account using enforcement

Why work for us? 

• You'll have full on-the-job training as well as on-going mentoring opportunities, including being able to complete nationally recognised qualifications in regulatory compliance 
• We'll help you develop your career in this role
• You'll work with a strong, supportive, and high-achieving team

Skills and Experience Required
 

• A strong interest in public service and community wellbeing 
• Exceptional people skills with the ability to build relationships with a wide range of people and cultures 
• Interest and/or study towards developing a career in employment relations 
• Ability to ask the right questions to quickly obtain the information required from employers and employees 
• Ability to interpret and apply legislation to different workplace scenarios 
• Previous experience in an analytical, regulatory, or compliance role (desirable) 
• New Zealand Certificate in Regulatory Compliance – Level 3 (desirable) 
• Hold a current full New Zealand driver’s license (required) 
• Be a New Zealand Citizen or Permanent Resident (required)

MBIE's goal is to create a resilient and high-performing economy that delivers real and ongoing quality of life for all New Zealanders.

We do this by working with others to create an environment that supports businesses to be more productive and internationally competitive, enables all New Zealanders to participate in the economy through improved job opportunities and by working to ensure quality housing is more affordable.

People are at the heart of our mahi, our way of working is guided by our values which shape our behaviours.

• Mahi Tahi – Better Together
• Māia – Bold and brave
• Pae Kahurangi – Build our Future
• Pono Me Te Tika – Own It

Our aspirations are echoed in our Māori identity – Hīkina Whakatutuki – which broadly means ‘lifting to make successful'.

MBIE recognises the partnership founded under Te Tiriti o Waitangi between Māori and the Crown and is committed to giving effect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi. We will do this through enduring, meaningful and effective partnerships with iwi, Māori, other Māori groups/organisations and the Crown, as this is critical to enable economic and social development, both for Māori and for wider Aotearoa New Zealand. We are committed to continuing to partner with iwi in order to find new sustainable solutions to address long standing systemic and cross-cutting issues facing Māori and wider Aotearoa New Zealand and we are also committed to identifying opportunities for iwi to lead and creating an enabling environment for iwi to leverage these opportunities.

E mōhio ana a Hīkina Whakatutuki i puea ake te kōtuinga I waenganui i a ngāi Māori me te Karauna i Te Tiriti o Waitangi, ā, kei te whai ia ki te whakaū ake i Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Mā te whai kiko o ngā kōtuinga ahungaroa o ngāi wi, o ngāi Māori, me ētahi atu rōpū Māori ki te Karauna, katutuki tēnei. He āhuatanga nui tēnei e āhei ai ngā mahi whanaketanga ā-ohanga, ā-pāpori hoki ki a ngāi Māori me Aotearoa whānui. E whai tonu ana mātou ki te kōtui atu ki ngā iwi mō te rapu huarahi hou ki te whakaara i ngā kaupapakua roa nei e tāmi ana i a ngāi Māori me Aotearoa whānui, ā, e whai ana hoki ki te tautohu i ngā āheinga kōkiritanga mā ngā iwi, me te tautoko i ngā iwi kia whai mana ake ai ēnei āheinga.

Click here to view a position description. All applications must be submitted via our online process and include a Cover Letter and CV outlining your interest and suitability for the role. 

Email Jane.ransfield@mbie.govt.nz quoting ref MBIE/16160 if you have any further questions.

Applications close on 26 November 2024