Supervisor New Zealand Police location Auckland.

Company description 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.

About the role information Requests are a vital service the Police provide to the New Zealand public, organisations and partner agencies releasing information about the work Police have done.

You will lead regional Information Request teams that respond to requests under the Official Information Act, Privacy Act, and Land Transport Act (among others). Within this role you will ensure the co-ordination and service delivery of Information Requests from within the Te Wai Pounamu Region.

The teams you will lead are required to coordinate and complete information requests, ensuring compliance with legislation, police policy and best practice guidelines. As a dynamic and engaging leader, you will bring the best out of your people and work closely with your peers in the regional and national model. Process wise, you will ensure that your team's workflow is well structured, process driven and delivered effectively.

Key accountabilities sound understanding and experience with Official Information Act and Privacy Act requests "would be advantageous but not essential". Effective communicator that conveys information and provides feedback in a clear and concise manner.

Ensure Police and legislative compliance is met throughout Service Delivery. Engaging leader that grows and develops your people, delivering best practice methods and increasing overall output and quality of team deliverables. Grows partnerships and builds effective stakeholder relationships, both internally and externally.

What you'll bring being part of the Police whänau is about being our best to ensure our communities are safe and feel safe. Our Core Competencies provide a shared understanding of the behaviors, leadership and technical competence required for success at each level of Police.

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.

You will require a sound knowledge of the Official Information Act and the Privacy Act and be able to demonstrate your previous experience in this area. You will be able to work under a high degree of pressure and meet the expected legislative timeframes.

You will be an experienced leader who enjoys sharing your knowledge and the experience you will bring to the role, and clear communicator who provides clear direction and support to your people and is comfortable engaging with key stakeholders (internally and externally) within the broader information request space.

If you are an internal applicant, you must apply internally through the police system. You must provide an alternative contact email address. This role is set at Team Leader/Manager level, this means your key purpose is "to lead the activities for Our Business and enable people to deliver them."

About us our mission is to prevent crime and harm through exceptional policing. Our vision is to be the safest country. Our purpose is to ensure everybody can be safe and feel safe. Working flexibly your wellbeing inside and outside of work is important to us. We're open to discussing flexible working options that work for both you and the business.