Location: Wellington
Salary starting at $95,057.00
Permanent Employee

About us

Te Tari Pūreke – Firearms Safety Authority is New Zealand’s Firearms Regulator. Our Vision is to ensure the possession and use of firearms in Aotearoa is the safest in the world.

To achieve this, Te Tari Pūreke delivers four core functions: effectively implementing the firearms licensing systems; managing the Firearms Registry; educating people to enable compliance with their legislative responsibilities; and promoting the safe possession and lawful use of firearms.

We are committed to fostering a culture of safe and responsible firearms use, gun ownership and awareness by working collaboratively with the firearms community, our stakeholders, and fellow agencies.

About the role

The Assurance Advisor will aid in the building and maintaining of the Assurance programme for re-occurring activities, support the chair (Assurance Manager) with the regular risk management governance meetings, support the wider organisation on operational privacy matters, and tracks risk mitigation activities to keep the organisation safe, and enable people working for Te Tari Pūreke to “do the right thing”.

A strong focus of the Assurance Advisor position is working alongside the different business teams and managers to aid in maturing a culture where everyone understands and takes responsibility for managing risk.

Key Deliverables:
Work with managers and teams across Te Tari Pūreke to embed a culture where everyone understands and takes responsibility for managing risk.
Establish and maintain constructive working relationships with districts, service centers, and all Te Tari Pūreke business groups.
Support the Assurance Manager with providing reporting on risk management activities that give effective monitoring and oversight by senior managers and leaders.
Ensures security and privacy related incidents are properly reported and registered and provide monthly analysis on these.
Ensure all accidents, incidents and near misses are reported in a timely fashion and support the investigations and endorsements of these.

Working at Te Tari Pūreke in NZ Police

Come and join a team who are passionate about ensuring the possession and use of firearms in Aotearoa is the safest in the world.

We as the firearms regulator, collaborate closely with both the Ministry of Justice and NZ Police. The Ministry of Justice is responsible for policy advice and system oversight and NZ Police is responsible for law enforcement function.

Together we seek to continuously improve our approach across the firearms regulatory environment.

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.

If you want to contribute to keeping our communities safe and enjoy purposeful and meaningful work then come join our highly motivated leadership team.

This role is Individual Contributor/Emerging Leader level. You can refer to Indicators for Success for further information on the requirements.

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/08-2025/assurance_advisor_-_te_tari_pureke.pdf

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

Applicant Information Pack (External)

Salary

This position is covered by a collective agreement and salary will commence at $95,057.00 dependent on skills and experience relevant to the role.

Apply Now

If this position sounds like you, click apply now. You will be required to submit an application form and a CV. Before confirmation of hire, pre-employment checks will be undertaken.

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.

If you are an internal applicant, you must apply internally through the police system.

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

Please note: Deadline for applications is 5:00 pm Monday 1st September 2025 . Applications will be reviewed as they are received. Depending on the volume of interest, this role may close within 7 days of being advertised.