Director Security Services

New Zealand Intelligence Community; Wellington; On-site; NZD 201,000 - 257,000; Full time

Job summary

NZSIS - New Zealand Security Intelligence Service in Wellington seeks a strategic, senior leader to be the next Director Security Services. You will direct the NZIC Security Services Group and deliver protective security across physical, personnel, and insider threat domains, while serving as CISO for the NZSIS.

This Tier 3 role blends governance, leadership and delivery in a national security context, requiring extensive intelligence experience, a track record of building high-performing teams,

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in intelligence or related senior leadership roles.
• Strong leadership and people-management experience.
• Proven ability to deliver results through complex, high-pressure environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead the NZIC Security Services Group and provide strategic direction across physical, operational, personnel security and insider threat.
• Oversee delivery of protective security services to government departments and governance responsibilities as CISO for NZSIS.
• Foster an inclusive, high-performing culture and engage with domestic and international partners.

Job description

Join our diverse and talented people and work at the heart of national security, providing essential intelligence to the NZ government to protect New Zealand and its people.

At the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service (NZSIS) | Te Pā Whakamarumaru , we are dedicated to our mission of keeping Aotearoa New Zealand and our people safe and secure. We collect , analyse and assess intelligence to protect New Zealand from threats such as foreign interference, espionage a nd terrorism.

Director Security Services

Are you ready to lead the frontline of the New Zealand Intelligence Community’s protective security?

The New Zealand Security Intelligence Service (NZSIS) is looking for a strategic and high-calibre leader to become the next Director Security Services. This is a Tier 3 leadership role of national security significance, blending strategy, people leadership, service delivery, and security governance in order to help keep New Zealand and New Zealanders safe and secure.

Mo te turanga mahi – about the role

As the Director Security Services, you will lead the New Zealand Intelligence Community (NZIC) Security Services Group (SSG). You will provide strategic direction and risk management across physical security, operational security, personnel security, as well as insider threat management and security governance.

This is a dual-impact role: you will drive the protective security resilience of the NZIC while simultaneously delivering a range of protective security services to other government departments. Additionally, you will hold the role of Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for the NZSIS.

Your Responsibilities

• Strategic Leadership & Governance: Lead the strategic direction of the SSG and contribute to NZIC-wide policy and governance to uplift protective security maturity.
• People Leadership: Foster a high-performing, positive, engaged, inclusive, customer-focused and collaborative culture within the SSG, with a focus on talent development.
• Partnership & Stakeholder Engagement: Build and maintain critical relationships with domestic and international partners across the NZIC and wider sector. Supports the Government Protective Security Lead (GPSL).
• Delivery Management: Oversee the delivery of the security functions for the NZIC and wider government to include: physical security, operational security, personnel security, insider threat and other enabling security services. Successfully discharge all NZSIS CISO duties.
• Organisational Influence: Serve as a key member of the Protective Security Directorate Leadership Team, contributing to agency-wide strategy and deputising for the Deputy Director-General.

Ko wai koe - about you

We are looking for an experienced senior leader with extensive experience in intelligence or a related senior leadership role, with a comprehensive understanding and ability to thrive in high-pressure, complex environments.

Essential Experience:

• Extensive experience in intelligence or related senior leadership role with a comprehensive understanding of the changing threat environment.
• Strong leadership and management (leader of leader) experience, including demonstrated success in building and maintaining highly performing teams, delivering results through diverse teams, building capability in teams, and ensuring that decisions and actions are consistent with vision and strategic direction.
• Strong relationship management skills with domestic and international stakeholders.
• Strong experience leading service delivery and engagement functions in a complex and changing environment.

Note: We are also advertising for our next Director Mission Delivery within the NZSIS Intelligence Directorate. This is a critical Tier 3 leadership position responsible for the effective execution of our integrated intelligence missions.

Before you apply

Working within our unique environment means we have to ensure you're eligible for employment.

You must:

• Have been a New Zealand Citizen for at least 10 yearsor hold a current NZ Residency Class Visa and ideally have been a citizen of the UK, USA, Canada or Australia for at least 10 years
• Be eligible to obtain a Top Secret Special (TSS) security clearance
  • Ordinarily, this means you'll have a 15 year checkable background in countries NZSIS Vetting can make meaningful and reliable checks.

The NZIC treats all applications for employment in the strictest confidence and we expect that you maintain a similar level of confidentiality during the recruitment process and throughout your career.

Salary Band L $200,888 (90%) - $256,691 (115%)

Midpoint of the salary range (100%) reflects full competence in the role