Principal Fingerprint Officer

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Principal Fingerprint Officer: Fingerprint Office Manager

New Zealand Police

Hamilton OR Christchurch (NCIG)

2 positions available

Salary range: $87,605.00 - $118,526.00

Permanent position

Job requisition ID 6244

Applications are invited from Senior Fingerprint Officers interested in taking on the challenging and rewarding role of Principal Fingerprint Officer, Christchurch Fingerprint Section or Hamilton Fingerprint Section

We are looking for someone who will lead the team into the future, achieving national consistency whilst developing your staff, and delivering a high standard of service to the districts.

Purpose:

This is a key leadership role within the National Fingerprint Service Centre and you will need to be able to lead your team effectively as well as work with the Fingerprint Management Group. The successful applicant will be able to:

Provide leadership and management in respect to a timely service delivery and in accordance with Our Business.

Engage, motivate and influence your fingerprint team

Contribute actively to the fingerprint management group

Actively seek out and develop partnerships with relevant stakeholders

Ensure staff are deployed, and work is undertaken, in accordance with Service Centre and NZP strategies and priorities.

Actively lead the development of staff

Champion the Police High Performance Framework within your team

Skills - you will be able to:

Demonstrate an ability to lead, manage and influence staff both operationally and administratively, fostering a high performing team and developing a positive team environment.

Demonstrate experience or the ability to lead behaviours that promote police values.

Demonstrate an ability to drive or influence change.

Demonstrate a sound understanding of, and an ability to, deliver a fingerprint service to contribute to Our Business, in accordance with our SOP's whilst role modelling and promoting the Police High Performance Framework.

Experience - you will have:

The ability to demonstrate effective periods of leadership, as acting (or the) Principal Fingerprint Officer, Team Leader, or in some other capacity.

Special Requirements:

Must be qualified within the NZ Police Fingerprint Career structure as a Senior Fingerprint Officer and have practiced as a qualified fingerprint specialist for a minimum of five years.

Alternatively, must be currently managing a fingerprint team and have been in this position for at least 2 years.

Must have demonstrated a desire and drive for personal and professional development.

Must be able to demonstrate periods as acting PFO and/or in a team leadership role.

Please answer the skills questions within your application.

Competencies - You will demonstrate the following:

Lead - Team Manager/Leader

Develop - Team Manager/Leader

Solve - Team Manager/Leader

Important Information:

There are 2 vacancies, one based in Hamilton and one in Christchurch. Please indicate which role(s) you are applying for in your application.

To view the position description for the roles, please copy and paste the following link in a new browser:

https://www.police.govt.nz/sites/default/files/pd/06-2018/principal_fingerprint_officer_fingerprint_office_manager_jr_6244.pdf

HOW TO APPLY:

If this position sounds like you, click APPLY NOW or visit our Police website: http://www.police.govt.nz/about-us/working-police and select ‘Current vacancies’ to apply today!

You will be required to submit a Curriculum Vitae which provides an account of your relevant skills and experience, you must also complete a one page document outlining how you demonstrate the listed skills.  In addition, you must complete an application form telling us why you are interested in applying for the position and how you meet the Core Competencies of the role, using no more than 4000 characters (including spaces), approximately 600-650 words per section. For further assistance, please click here.

IMPORTANT: Applications submitted directly through the Government Jobs Website are no longer considered. Please visit our Police website: http://www.police.govt.nz/about-us/working-police and select ‘Current vacancies’ to apply for this position.

PLEASE NOTE: If you are an existing Police Employee, you must apply through our internal Careers site and include your QID number in your application.

If you are an existing Contractor working for Police, you must apply through the NZ Police career site and create a profile as an external candidate. Please do not include your QID

If you'd like to find out more about this role please contact the hiring manager Tanja Van Peer via email [email protected]

Applications close 5pm, Thursday 19 July 2018