Position Description
Position
Deputy Commissioner Resource Management
Deputy Commissioner District Operations
Deputy Commissioner National Operations
Department
New Zealand Police
Position purpose
The Deputy Commissioner supports the Commissioner of Police/Chief Executive in providing
good governance and leadership for New Zealand Police.
The Deputy Commissioner supports the Commissioner of Police/Chief Executive to achieve
New Zealand Polices intent and strategic organisational outcomes.
Key external
Government and Parliament:
relationships
Prime
Minister
Minister of Police
Minister of Justice
Cabinet and Cabinet Committees
Parliament
Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives
Select
Committees
Sector:
New Zealand Police works closely with many agencies in pursuing its priority outcomes
including:
in the justice sector principally with the Ministry of Justice, Department of Corrections,
Crown Law Office, Serious Fraud Office and a number of agencies with law
enforcement functions that contribute to the prevention and enforcement of crime;
in the transport sector with key agencies such as the Ministry of Transport, New
Zealand Transport Agency, Transport Accident Investigation Commission, Automobile
Association and Accident Compensation Corporation;
in the security, defence and foreign affairs sector with the New Zealand Security
Intelligence Service, the Government Communications and Security Bureau, New
Zealand Defence Force, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Department of Labour
(New Zealand Immigration Service) and the New Zealand Customs Service;
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in the social sector with Ministry of Social Development, Ministry of Health, Ministry of
Education and Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
in the emergency services sector with the Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency
Management, New Zealand Fire Service, Ambulance Services and the Ministry of
Health;
agencies such as Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Treasury, State
Services Commission, Statistics New Zealand and various Parliamentary
Commissioners. This includes relationships with key oversight officials and bodies
such as the Office of the Controller and Auditor General, the Office of the Ombudsmen
and Independent Police Conduct Authority.
Communities and the public:
New Zealand Police has a wide reach into every community in New Zealand. It serves a
broad continuum including: victims, offenders and their various interest groups such as New
Zealand Victim Support, Women’s Refuge, the judiciary, lawyers and legal service
organisations. The Deputy Commissioner will need, as required, to develop a rapport with
the general public as a matter of public confidence. Associated with these relationships are
those with elected officials such as Mayors, councillors and community board members.
Police community:
New Zealand Police has important relationships with a range of international police agencies
including: Interpol, Pacific Islands Chiefs of Police and the Australia and New Zealand Police
Advisory Agency. Connections with national, state and municipal police leaders, academics
and research institutions, police staff representative organisations, including police unions
are also important.
Performance profile
Accountabilities
The Deputy Commissioner is accountable to the Commissioner of Police/Chief Executive
Officer.
The Deputy Commissioner must perform those duties of the Commissioner of Police
according to the
Policing Act and as assigned by the Commissioner of Police.
The Deputy Commissioner must be able to perform the duties of the other Deputy
Commissioners, and those in other operational areas, should the need arise.
The Deputy Commissioner will be accountable for:
developing the resource capabilities of New Zealand Police in order to promote
excellent service delivery;
Promoting, implementing, monitoring and delivering on NZ Polices operating strategy;
protecting and enhancing the integrity and reputation of New Zealand Police;
providing high quality advice to the Commissioner of Police and the Government on
policing, security, road safety, and community development and assurance;
delivering on accountabilities for service performance and deployment and proactively
identifying and managing risks;
demonstrating high quality leadership including team management across the broad
range of roles and functions expected of senior police staff;
developing confidence in New Zealand Police through high quality relationships in the
places and sectors in which the New Zealand Police is or could be deployed.
ensuring that the resources of New Zealand Police are aligned, coordinated,
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accounted for and efficiently disposed to support the outcomes of New Zealand Police;
Critical areas of
Over the next three to five years the Deputy Commissioner will be required to build on past
success
achievements of New Zealand Police by:
responding to the challenges of changing trends and policing pressures;
improving service delivery through the alignment of resources to key priority areas of
deploying to beat demand, understanding and responding to the drivers of crime and
prevention and victims at the forefront of policing;
extracting the maximum benefit from present capabilities inherent amongst
information, technologies, people, assets and other resources;
ensuring that New Zealand Police improves its abilities to demonstrate value for
money;
successfully implement mandated Government policy commensurate with the
constitutional position of the New Zealand Police.
Person profile
Person specific
The Deputy Commissioner will need to be skilled in the following competencies:
competencies
Constabulary
Must have a clear and comprehensive understanding of the constabulary functions of the
New Zealand Police and of the constitutional role and position of the Commissioner (and
Deputy Commissioners) of New Zealand Police.
Strategic
Must be recognised for their ability to think strategically about all issues relating to policing in
Leadership
New Zealand, together with an ability to develop and implement strategic direction for the
organisation and the ability to use the organisation’s resources to maximise the impact of its
work.
Leadership of
Must have the ability to provide a clear sense of direction and purpose, to maintain and
People
support a strong team culture, and to inspire staff to fulfil on the strategic direction.
Management
Must have a sound understanding of good management practices and the ability to apply
Expertise
such practices effectively.
Honour and
Must take a lead role in promoting and being an exemplar of the ethics, values and
Integrity
behaviours set out in the New Zealand Police Code of Conduct.
Communications
Must possess the knowledge, confidence and skills to represent the New Zealand Police in
all situations, to persuasively argue points of law, policy, management practice and technical
detail. They must engender confidence and “follow-ship” amongst staff.
Building and
Must be able to establish and maintain productive relationships with Ministers, other
Sustaining
agencies and groups within the community with interests in law and order and the
Relationships
development of safe communities.
Risk Management
Must have a finely tuned appreciation of risk across the broad range of New Zealand Police
functions and management. They must be capable of detailed and sure analysis of risk, and
be able to draw on a suite of expertise to ensure that risk is minimised and managed
effectively.
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Managing in the
Must understand the conventions, forms and objectives of Government in New Zealand and
Political/Cultural
its operating environment.
context
Security Clearance
The appointment will be subject to a New Zealand Government Top Secret Special security
clearance.
Departmental profile
Functions
The New Zealand Police is New Zealand's primary law enforcement and community policing
agency. It has a national jurisdiction. The Commissioner of Police is responsible to the
Minister of Police but must act independently in operational matters.
The functions of the New Zealand Police (
Policing Act 2008, s9) include —
a. keeping the peace;
b. maintaining
public
safety;
c. law
enforcement;
d. crime
prevention;
e. community support and reassurance;
f. national
security;
g. participation in policing activities outside New Zealand;
h. emergency
management.
Areas of
The Police work across areas of Government generally in the following sectors:
Operation
justice
transport
security
foreign
affairs
community.
Legislation
The New Zealand Police administers the following Acts:
The Policing Act 2008
The Arms Act 1983
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