Senior Policy Advisor

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.

Senior Policy Advisor – HR Business Projects

• Based at Police National Headquarters, Wellington
• Fixed Term, Full Time
• Nationally Advertised Vacancy
• JR 5163616

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Mō te tūnga | About the role

New Zealand Police is the lead agency responsible for preventing crime and enhancing community safety. It works in partnership with individuals, communities, businesses, and other public sector agencies towards the vision of making New Zealand the safest country. Police is the government’s largest front-line response agency with around 15,000 staff in large and small communities all over New Zealand and in liaison and policing development roles overseas.

The purpose of the People Services function is to enable our people to deliver on organisational strategic objectives. The nature of Policing, and our large 24/7 workforce generates a complex employment environment with the People Services Group providing specialist services and advice to more than 14,000 employees of New Zealand Police, including over 2000 managers and leaders.

This role sits within the HR Business Projects Team that has been established to deliver on a number of business-related HR projects that range in complexity and will operate concurrently.

The Senior Policy Advisor (HR) role will sit underneath the HR Projects Manager and work alongside a Senior HR Business Analyst. As the Senior Policy Advisor you will be responsible for undertaking a review of our HR policies to ensure that they align with each other and are compliant with legislation and the Policing Act. It will also be part of your role to create a glossary of all terms and phrases. The Senior HR Business Analyst will work alongside you ensuring that all of our business processes and artifacts align with the policies you will be reviewing

Key Accountabilities:

• Analyse policy issues and develop advice
• Develop, or contribute to, project management plans and implement those plans
• Manage relationships with operational staff and represent their views in the development of policy.
• able to apply critical thinking to a range of complex and challenging issues
• comfortable leading policy work and representing Police interests on complex matters in collaboration with other agencies
• confident communicating with a wide range of people including other Police staff, stakeholders and senior leaders

He aha taau e kawe mai | What you’ll bring

Whilst we are looking for skills, knowledge and experience relevant to the role, we also place high importance on your state of mind, the alignment of your values with ours, your ability to contribute to and build high performing teams, and the way that you lead yourself or others.

As a Senior policy advisor in our team you will:

• Have a genuine passion to improve the lives of New Zealanders, a positive can-do mindset, and intellectual curiosity
• Apply a professional approach to the programme of work
• Contribute your professional expertise to complex, uncertain, critical or significant projects

Whakaritenga motuhake | Special requirements

• Must hold a New Zealand or Australian Citizenship or be a New Zealand Resident.

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

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/02-2025/senior_policy_advisor_er.pdf

Mo tātou | About us

New Zealand Police is the lead agency responsible for preventing crime and enhancing community safety. It works in partnership with individuals, communities, businesses, and other public sector agencies towards the vision of making New Zealand the safest country. Police is the government’s largest front-line response agency with around 15,000 staff in large and small communities all over New Zealand and in liaison and policing development roles overseas.

Your development is highly valued at NZ Police. Our employees enjoy significant investment in their development not only at an individual level, but also at the team and community practice level. We work hard to match you with work that will both play to your strengths and challenge you in new ways.

The work you’ll be engaged in is real, tangible work that directly benefits our frontline and communities. Taken all together, this means we can offer you career path opportunities to progress in your chosen profession and become a more well-rounded, experienced leader, with opportunities across the range of work we support.

To view more detailed information about our recruitment process along with further details about requirements please click below link:

Applicant Information Pack (External)

Tono ināianei | Apply now

If this position sounds like you, click apply now and submit a tailored CV. You will be required to submit an application form. Before confirmation of hire, pre-employment checks will be undertaken which include reference, drug and alcohol testing  and police vetting prior to any written offer being made.  

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

All applications must be submitted online and will not be accepted directly via email. All applicants must have the right to work in New Zealand.  

Utu ā-tau | Salary 

This position is covered by a collective agreement and salary will commence between $110,425 and $117,014 dependent on skills and experience relevant to the role.  

If you are an internal applicant, you must apply internally through the police system. You must provide an alternative contact email address and state your future commitments should you be successful in the next stage of the recruitment process. 

Please note: Deadline for applications is 5:00 pm on Friday 4th April 2025. Applications may be reviewed prior to the close date as well as contact made with candidates.

If you have any questions about this vacancy, please contact ashna.narayan@police.govt.nz