Senior Technical Advisor – Kaitohu Mātanga Matua

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in New Zealand.

📋 Description

• Offer strategic and technical guidance on the design, application, and continuous enhancement of the BioInvest system.

• Serve as the group leader for threat-led initiatives within BioInvest.

• Collaborate with colleagues from Biodiversity, Heritage and Visitors, and Operations on threat-led advice, research, and implementation efforts.

• Spearhead the integration of threat-led initiatives into BioInvest and assist in the assimilation of this change across pertinent DOC teams.

• Partner with technical specialists to resolve issues and support the complete BioInvest process.

• Contribute to the consistent application of BioInvest throughout DOC via support and collaboration.

• Analyze biodiversity and prioritization data, translating insights into practical implications for policy, decision-makers, and operational teams.

• Influence how DOC prioritizes and invests in biodiversity initiatives.

⛳️ Requirements

• A graduate or post-graduate degree in biological sciences or a related discipline.

• Strong strategic and systems thinking capabilities.

• Ability to navigate uncertainty, identify links across complex issues, and enhance organizational decision-making, planning, and prioritization methods.

• Exceptional communication skills, capable of translating complex concepts, systems, and information for diverse audiences.

• Experience in providing strategic and technical advice that informs planning, prioritization, investment, or operational delivery decisions.

• Proven facilitation abilities, including experience in leading workshops, complex discussions, and collaborative processes.

• Strong skills in relationship management and influencing.

• Understanding of conservation prioritization, planning, and execution in Aotearoa New Zealand.

• Knowledge of, or the ability to rapidly gain expertise in, invasion ecology, weed and pest management, and New Zealand's biosecurity framework.

• Understanding of or a willingness to learn about Māori tikanga and Te Tiriti o Waitangi and its significance to the work.

• Capacity to work in genuine partnership with Māori and to act as a principled treaty partner.

• Must possess a valid New Zealand work visa for the duration of employment.

🏝️ Benefits

• Permanent, full-time position.

• Flexible work location.

• Flexible working arrangements.

• Opportunities to participate, thrive, and develop within a diverse, equitable, and inclusive organization.

• Adjustments to the recruitment process available upon request.