Senior Advisor SCIF Requirements

New Zealand Intelligence Community; Wellington; Hybrid; NZD 120,000 - 154,000; Full time

Job summary

New Zealand Intelligence Community is seeking a Senior Advisor SCIF Requirements to lead expert guidance on Secure Compartmented Information Facilities, ensuring design, infrastructure safety and risk controls align with NZ government standards.

You will collaborate with government stakeholders to counter sophisticated threats, mentor teams, and convert compliance manuals into resilient, auditable environments while supporting necessary travel and top level security clearances.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience designing and constructing SCIF facilities in the public sector.
• Apply NZISM, PSR and Technical standards to high-risk environments.
• Strong ability to translate complex data into secure designs.
• Willingness to travel domestically and internationally.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical advice to ensure SCIF designs meet NZISM/PSR requirements.
• Develop risk assessments to neutralise surveillance and tech attacks.
• Build and manage evidence logs for facility accreditation with zero non-conformances.
• Deliver briefings to senior agency executives, vendors, and cross-agency partners.
• Mentor and drive innovation in counter-surveillance capabilities.

Skills

SCIF design

Risk assessment

NZISM

PSR

Security clearance

Written communication

Education

CISSP certification

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.

The Role

Are you ready to step Beyond Ordinary and apply your technical mastery to safeguard New Zealand's most sensitive secrets? As the Senior Advisor SCIF Requirements, you will serve as the subject-matter expert on Secure Compartmented Information Facilities (SCIFs), providing critical guidance on facility design, physical infrastructure safety, and risk mitigation. You will collaborate closely with Government Stakeholders to counter sophisticated, technical threats. This is a rare opportunity to support national security, transforming compliance manuals into highly resilient, real-world defensive environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide technical advice to ensure all SCIF designs satisfy strict NZISM and Protective Security Requirements (PSR) and Technical Requirements.
• Provide support to develop risk assessments to neutralise emerging surveillance and technical attack capabilities before project deadlines.
• Build and manage comprehensive compliance evidence logs to secure seamless facility accreditation with zero non-conformances.
• Deliver actionable, transparent briefings to senior agency executives, external vendors, and cross-agency counterparts.
• Mentor and drive technological innovation to expand the country's collective counter-surveillance expertise.

Who We Are Looking For

• You possess several years of verified experience in managing, designing, and constructing SCIFs within public sector.
• You have a proven track record of successfully applying risk-based frameworks, specifically the NZISM and PSR and Technical standards, to high-risk environments.
• You ideally hold a specialised industry certification (e.g., CISSP, CISM, Prince2, Certified SCIF Specialist) or advanced training in TEMPEST/acoustic security.
• You possess exceptional verbal and written skills, allowing you to translate complex data into practical, secure designs.
• Must be able to travel both domestically and internationally as required.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret Special (TSS) security clearance.

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 years

OR

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 I $120,358 (90%) - $153,791 (115%)
Midpoint of the salary range (100%) reflects full competence in the role

Closes on 16 Sep 2026 23:55

Work type(s) Permanent full-time

Job level(s) Experienced

Expertise Compliance, Facilities, Policy, Security & Intelligence