Compliance Manager

Discover a career with purpose at MBIE

• Manage a team of compliance officers to achieve great immigration outcomes
• Work across Immigration New Zealand, MBIE and wider
• Support your people to thrive and do their mahi
• Permanent position based in Tauranga
• Salary range $118,390 - $143,639 + KiwiSaver + Wellness Benefits

Tēnei tūranga - About the Role:

The Compliance team is looking for an Immigration Compliance Manager within the Immigration Compliance and Investigations Branch.

In this role, you report into the National Manager Compliance within the Immigration Compliance and Investigations branch, which sits within the Te Whakatairanga Service Delivery Group.

You are a strong, experienced people leader who cares about supporting your team, their development and can offer great guidance to them.

You bring proven experience in a regulatory environment, complemented by a strong track record in leading operational teams, managing a risk, exercising sound judgment, and collaborating effectively across the system to deliver great outcomes.

Ngā pukenga me ngā wheako e hiahiatia ana -

Skills and Experience Required
 

If you meet all or most of the following criteria, you might be the right person for this role:

• Experience in the management of regulatory or compliance activity cross agency collaboration.
• Management skills including support in growth for people and supporting your team with case management and technical knowledge.
• Knowledge in managing, coaching and mentoring others to achieve results and professional growth.
• Background in compliance practices including the ability to find resolutions with incomplete or uncertain facts.
• Experience in application of risk management concepts and techniques.
• Demonstrated ability to manage and influence others.
• Proven experience in supporting cultural change.
• Strong action orientation and proven ability to drive results.
• Experience in managing operational issues and the ability to mitigate risks within the MBIE risk appetite in an operational environment.
• Experience in developing and maintaining key networks and stakeholder relationships, including other NZ Inc agencies.
• Must have the legal right to live and work in New Zealand.

Ētahi kōrero mō MBIE - About MBIE:

MBIE's goal is to create a resilient and high-performing economy that delivers real and ongoing quality of life for all New Zealanders.

We do this by working with others to create an environment that supports businesses to be more productive and internationally competitive, enables all New Zealanders to participate in the economy through improved job opportunities and by working to ensure quality housing is more affordable.

People are at the heart of our mahi, our way of working is guided by our values which shape our behaviours.

• Mahi Tahi – Better Together
• Māia – Bold and brave
• Pae Kahurangi – Build our Future
• Pono Me Te Tika – Own It

Our aspirations are echoed in our Māori identity – Hīkina Whakatutuki – which broadly means ‘lifting to make successful'.

MBIE recognises the partnership founded under Te Tiriti o Waitangi between Māori and the Crown and is committed to giving effect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi. We will do this through enduring, meaningful and effective partnerships with iwi, Māori, other Māori groups/organisations and the Crown, as this is critical to enable economic and social development, both for Māori and for wider Aotearoa New Zealand. We are committed to continuing to partner with iwi in order to find new sustainable solutions to address long standing systemic and cross-cutting issues facing Māori and wider Aotearoa New Zealand and we are also committed to identifying opportunities for iwi to lead and creating an enabling environment for iwi to leverage these opportunities.

E mōhio ana a Hīkina Whakatutuki i puea ake te kōtuinga I waenganui i a ngāi Māori me te Karauna i Te Tiriti o Waitangi, ā, kei te whai ia ki te whakaū ake i Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Mā te whai kiko o ngā kōtuinga ahungaroa o ngāi wi, o ngāi Māori, me ētahi atu rōpū Māori ki te Karauna, katutuki tēnei. He āhuatanga nui tēnei e āhei ai ngā mahi whanaketanga ā-ohanga, ā-pāpori hoki ki a ngāi Māori me Aotearoa whānui. E whai tonu ana mātou ki te kōtui atu ki ngā iwi mō te rapu huarahi hou ki te whakaara i ngā kaupapakua roa nei e tāmi ana i a ngāi Māori me Aotearoa whānui, ā, e whai ana hoki ki te tautohu i ngā āheinga kōkiritanga mā ngā iwi, me te tautoko i ngā iwi kia whai mana ake ai ēnei āheinga.

Me pēhea te tono - How to Apply:

Click here to view a position description. 

When you are ready to apply please send a CV and cover letter telling us why you're the perfect fit for this role.

All applications must be submitted via our online process.

We can't wait to hear from you!

Email Sarah Hutcheson at sarah.hutcheson@mbie.govt.nz quoting ref MBIE/18522 if you have any further questions.

Applications close on Thursday 30 October 2025.