Adviser (Dairy, Poultry, Eggs, & Honey)

Adviser (Dairy, Poultry, Eggs, & Honey)

Role type : Permanent, full-time

Location : Wellington

Salary band & range : General Salary Range F : $76,463 to $89,215 depending on skills and experience

About the Role - Korero mo te Turanga

As an Adviser within the Dairy, Poultry, Eggs, & Honey team, you will contribute to the development, implementation, and maintenance of requirements and guidelines for primary products and processing of those food items.

The key focus for this role is to contribute to the dairy work programme.

This key work areas includes :

• Assisting in the development of :
• food safety and suitability standards;
• risk management programmes or regulated control schemes;
• implementation tools
• Contributing to the development and maintenance of regulatory and non-regulatory programmes for the production, processing, and export of animal products.
• Providing technical advice on standards, programmes and tools.
• Contributing to food incidents related to animal products and other foods as required.
• Coordinating and planning stakeholder meetings, including scheduling, preparing and distributing meeting papers, documenting minutes and tracking actions.

About You – Mou

We are seeking an enthusiastic individual with a genuine interest and enthusiasm for food safety, particularly HACCP, and an understanding of animal and food processing practices.

Our ideal candidate is someone who is driven, efficient, and keen to be involved in the less glamourous side of the work (e.g. document generation and meeting management with the aim of learning and growing themselves into a technical expert.

Your experience will include :

In addition to your technical knowledge and experience, you'll also be a confident verbal communicator with the ability to understand scientific processes and literature.

You'll have well developed written communication, the ability to plan and organise, with strong attention to detail and time management.

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.

About the Team - Mo to matou Ropu

The Dairy, Poultry, Eggs and Honey Team sits within the Food Risk Management directorate, plays a vital role in protecting New Zealand's food system.

This specialised team are responsible for developing, implementing, and maintaining regulatory requirements and guidelines, as well as providing expert technical advice across their respective areas.

The other team members are available to provide support and guidance, ensuring you're well-equipped to contribute effectively.

Working closely with other teams across the directorate, we take a collaborative, science-based approach to food safety and risk management.

This is a great opportunity to be part of meaningful work that supports food safety and the integrity of New Zealand's Primary Industries.

About MPI - Mo te Manatu Ahu Matua

The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) partners with New Zealand's food and fibre sector to be the world's most trusted provider of high-value food and fibre products.

To find out more about the Ministry and what we do please click here.

Benefits of working at MPI - Nga hua o te mahi i te Manatu Ahu Matua

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, hapu, whanau and hapori.

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 Manatu 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 to this advert 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 11 : 59pm on Friday, 3 October.

If you have any questions about the role, please email

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