Senior Training & Capability Lead (Biosecurity)

New Zealand Government; Wellington; On-site; NZD 103,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Additional MPI leave days

Annual Wellness payment

Bi-annual paid eye test

Job summary

New Zealand Government’s Ministry for Primary Industries in Wellington seeks a Senior Adviser (Training and Capability) to help Pacific partner countries build skills, knowledge, and systems for safely exporting fresh produce while meeting biosecurity and market access requirements.

You will design training, learning resources and e-learning products, lead leadership exchanges, and translate complex information into practical learning for real-world application across partner countries.

Qualifications

• Significant experience designing and delivering learning and development programmes.
• Experience translating complex scientific, technical, regulatory, or operational concepts into engaging learning products.
• Experience working with subject matter experts and technical stakeholders.
• Strong facilitation, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• The ability to influence without formal authority and build trusted relationships across organisations and cultures.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop training, learning resources, e-learning products, assessments, and practical tools that support stronger biosecurity and export systems across Pacific partner countries.
• Design and support leadership learning initiatives, including exchanges, workshops, simulations, scenario-based exercises, and experiential learning activities.
• Work with technical specialists and partner-country officials to translate complex scientific, technical, and regulatory information into engaging learning experiences.
• Identify skills, knowledge, and system gaps, and provide advice on learning and improvement opportunities.
• Contribute to service design and user-centred improvement activities that strengthen systems and support implementation.
• Design learning products and resources that are practical, sustainable, and able to be maintained and adapted by partner countries over time.

Skills

Instructional design

E-learning development

Stakeholder engagement

Facilitation

Communication

Influence without authority

Cross-cultural collaboration

Tools

Storyline

Rise

Job description

New Zealand Government’s Ministry for Primary Industries in Wellington seeks a Senior Adviser (Training and Capability) to help Pacific partner countries build skills, knowledge, and systems for safely exporting fresh produce while meeting biosecurity and market access requirements.

You will design training, learning resources and e-learning products, lead leadership exchanges, and translate complex information into practical learning for real-world application across partner countries.