Keen to work within the Audit & Compliance Unit of the Ministry of Health?
Join a passionate and high performing team
Full-time permanent role based in Christchurch

This is a rare opportunity for an experienced Risk & Intelligence Manager to further develop the capability of an already high performing team with a key focus on building business continuity through cross training members of the team on the various R&I workstreams.

Mō tō mātou rōpū - About our team:
You will be joining a team that is deeply passionate about the work they do, driven by a desire to ensure fair access to funded health services for all. The team is responsible for ensuring intelligence is properly gathered and analysed to provide assurance that New Zealand's public health funding goes to the services and people intended. The team undertakes data analytics (across the various health funding streams) to identify high-risk areas and to inform and direct where Audit & Compliance allocates its finite audit and investigative resources, to deliver an efficient and focused annual risk-based audit and investigative work programmed

Te whainga poto o tēnei tūranga - What is the purpose of this position?:
This position comes about because of the pending retirement of the previous R&I Manager. As part of the succession plan for this vital role, you will be supported and inducted by the previous manager for a period of up to 12 months upon taking up the position. The previous manager has been employed as a Principle Advisor over that period to support both the new manager and the wider R&I team. Reporting to the Group Manager, Audit & Compliance. Some regular (typically monthly) travel to Wellington will provide some variety to the role where you will meet with key internal stakeholders and support a staff member based in Wellington.

Ngā Pūkenga me ngā Wheako - Skills & Experience:
To be considered for this position, you will be someone who has:

* Extensive experience in managing a team of risk and intelligence analysts in a regulatory environment ideally involved in financial claims/criminal frauds, with experience in criminal trials, and knowledge of the criminal intelligence process.
* Experience in influencing people, leading work programmes and change management.
* Proven record of providing high quality risk and assurance advice on emerging pan organisational issues.
* The ability to unify, coach, train and lead a diverse team in a pressured environment.
* Experience and/or training in computer forensics
* Superior computer and database skills (including Microsoft Word, Excel, Access and SQL)
* Eligibility to obtain a Secret level security clearance

Join us to help to ensure New Zealanders enjoy better health through minimising losses due to error and fraud in the funds paid to the New Zealand Health sector. You'll also be contributing to various Ministry wide projects and programmes of work including the development of new health provider payment systems and new commissioning arrangements.

Ngā uaratanga - Our Ministry values
https://www.health.govt.nz/about-ministry/careers/our-ministry-values-nga-uaratanga
The Ministry of Health is the kaitiaki of the health and disability system in New Zealand. We are responsible for providing active stewardship and leadership across the nations health and disability system. We ensure the system provides people with the highest levels of care, regardless of who they are or where they live.

You will find a copy of the Position Description attached or online at careers.health.govt.nz. Please click ‘Apply for this Job' to upload your CV and cover letter.
For further information regarding the role, please contact Andi Hulse at andi.hulse@health.govt,nz, quoting reference number MOH/1569191.

We will be screening applications as we receive them in order to move swiftly to interview shortly after the advert closes on Sunday,17 October 221.

We encourage diversity and inclusion at the Ministry of Health and are committed to equal opportunity in all our employment policies and procedures.  In particular, we want to ensure accessibility needs are well supported, so the recruitment process is fair and equitable for all. Therefore, please let us know if there is any support, we can provide to ensure the recruitment process is fully accessible to you. You can contact us at recruitment@health.govt.nz or on +64 4 816 2478 if you would like to discuss any accessibility needs you may have.