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Principal Advisor, Security and Risk - 12 month fixed term
Join our team as a Security and Risk Expert!
The Office of the Auditor-General | Te Mana Arotake (the Office) provides New Zealanders an independent view on public spending and performance. As the statutory auditor of all public organisations, we play a vital role in ensuring that New Zealand’s public sector remains one of the most trusted in the world.
As Principal Advisor, Security and Risk, your responsibilities will include overseeing the Office’s security, risk, and business continuity programmes. You will directly advise senior leaders and the Auditor-General, as well as lead risk and security awareness initiatives across the Office.
Why you should apply:
- Collaboration: Work closely with senior leaders and staff to enhance and maintain the Office’s security and risk management.
- Impact: As the Principal Advisor, Security and Risk, you’ll directly advise senior leaders and the Auditor-General, shaping critical decisions.
- Leadership: Lead risk and security awareness initiative across the Office, making a difference every day.
What we’re looking for:
- Experience: 5+ years’ experience working in a senior advisory position, with knowledge of all three areas of the government’s protective security requirements, and a focus on information security.
- Education: a tertiary qualification in business, management, or a related field.
- Expertise: a qualification or extensive training and experience relating to implementing risk management frameworks and standards.
- Skills: experience developing and testing business continuity plans, along with strong written and oral communication skills.
Benefits we offer:
- Learning and growth: Opportunities to expand your knowledge and skills.
- Flexibility: Supportive, flexible working.
- Well-being: Health benefits to support you in staying at your best.
What we stand for:
People matter | Our independence is critical | We act with integrity and courage | We’re here to make a difference.
Be part of our diverse and inclusive team that reflects contemporary New Zealand. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds. If you have specific support or access requirements, let us know – we’re here to assist you throughout the recruitment process.
For this role, you must be able to gain and maintain a Secret national security clearance. Ordinarily, this means that you must be a New Zealand citizen, a permanent resident, or hold a current residency class visa and intend to become a citizen when eligible. You must have a ten-year checkable background in New Zealand, the UK, the USA, Canada, or Australia.
For more information, please contact Sandy Hoggarth on 04 917 1500 or [email protected].
Apply online through jobs.govt.nz (you'll find the application form and position description there, too).
Applications close Sunday 9 February 2025.
Inquiries Specialist
Improving the performance of, and the public’s trust in, the public sector
The Office of the Auditor-General | Te Mana Arotake (the Office) aims to improve trust and confidence in the public sector. The Auditor-General is the statutory auditor of all public organisations, playing a major part in ensuring that New Zealand’s public sector remains one of the most trusted in the world. No other organisation, public or private, has the overview of the whole public sector that the Office of the Auditor-General has.
We’re looking for an Inquiries Specialist to join our Inquiries team. The Inquiries team is part of the Legal, Policy, and Inquiries Group and carries out inquiries on behalf of the Auditor-General. That work takes an independent, in-depth look at concerns in the public sector and at situations where something might have gone wrong or where money and resources might have been misused, and provides a unique opportunity to consider improvements to the public sector.
Our inquiries often cover complex and high-profile matters. To see some examples of our work, visit our website.
As an Inquiries Specialist, you’ll be involved in:
- assessing whether inquiries are warranted, and making recommendations;
- gathering information and analysing evidence;
- preparing reports and other products;
- meeting and discussing issues with staff of public organisations (at all levels, including senior leadership); and
- dealing with wide range of issues, organisations, and people.
For this position, we’re looking for someone with up to four years’ experience, preferably in the public sector.
A tertiary qualification in law, accounting, or other relevant discipline is essential for this position.
We offer our staff:
- Learning and development opportunities.
- Supportive, flexible working.
- Health and well-being benefits.
- A unique operating environment with Parliament.
What we stand for
People matter | Our independence is critical | We act with integrity and courage | We're here to make a difference
We have a diverse and inclusive team that helps us to understand the issues facing the public sector and how these affect the lives of New Zealanders. We strongly welcome applicants from all backgrounds. If you have any support or access requirements, we encourage you to tell us when you apply so that we can assist you through the recruitment process.
You must be able to gain and maintain a Confidential national security clearance. Ordinarily, this means that you must be a New Zealand citizen, be a permanent resident, or hold a current residency class visa and intend to become a citizen when eligible. You must have a five-year checkable background in New Zealand, the UK, the USA, Canada, or Australia. Use this online tool to self-check your eligibility for a security clearance: www.protectivesecurity.govt.nz/eligibility-tool. (Please note that this tool is not part of the formal security clearance process.)
For more information, please contact Sandy Hoggarth on 04 917 1500 or email [email protected].
You must apply online through jobs.govt.nz (you'll find the application form and position description there, too).
Applications close Sunday 9 February 2025.
Notes for applicants
- We usually ask candidates to apply through the jobs.govt.nz website. We'll use the information you provide through that site to help us consider your suitability for the position you've applied for. (If your application is successful, we'll put this information on your personnel file. You can ask to see the information in that file, and to seek any correction you think necessary to ensure accuracy.)
- If the advertised position doesn't include a link to the jobs.govt.nz website, please email your curriculum vitae and a covering letter to the Advisor, Talent and Recruitment.
- Many positions in Audit New Zealand and the Office of the Auditor-General require you to have a satisfactory security clearance. Therefore, any offer of employment might be conditional on a satisfactory security clearance.
- If we proceed with your application, we'll ask for the details we need for your security clearance and details of any criminal convictions.
- Please note that if you've given incorrect or misleading information, or have left out any important information or fail to obtain a security clearance, you may be disqualified from appointment. If you've already been appointed, your employment may be immediately terminated.
- If your application is successful, we'll need to see:
- certificates of your educational qualifications;
- if applicable, evidence of your New Zealand Citizenship, residency, or work permit.
- All employees of the Controller and Auditor-General must be independent of the organisations we audit. Accordingly, as an employee you will be required to complete an independence declaration. This declaration includes the disclosure of a financial interest of you (or a family member) in an audited organisation, or a personal relationship with a member of that organisation’s executive or staff.
- If your disclosure reveals an existing or potential problem you won't be assigned to any project where your independence as an employee could be compromised, or where a conflict of interest situation might arise. At the extreme end of the spectrum, you might be asked to divest yourself of any investments in an organisation under audit.
What we stand for: People matter | Our independence is critical | We act with integrity and courage | We’re here to make a difference
Page updated: 24 January 2025