Manager Pacific Partnerships Regulatory & Advisory

Join our diverse and talented people and work at the heart of national security, providing essential intelligence to the NZ government to protect NewZealand and its people.At the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) |TeTiraTiaki, our mission is to protect and enhance Aotearoa NewZealand’s security and wellbeing. We provide Signals Intelligence and Cyber Security and resilience to organisations of national significance to successfully navigate in an unpredictable world.

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• Medical Insurance and Vision Care packages
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• Enhanced employer contributions to yourKiwisaver
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• Generous Leave benefits, including additionalpaid days off and enhancedsick andparental leave
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• Childcare allowance for your preschoolers
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• In-house free gym
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• Opportunities for personal and professional growth and career pathways across the intelligence community
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• Great work-life balance
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Lead a dedicated team in building and maintaining strategic partnerships with Pacific Nations to enhance regional cyber security. Based in NewZealand, you will coordinate programmes that build critical capacity and capability, ensuring our efforts are seamlessly aligned with domestic and international partners to lift the cyber security posture across the Pacific.

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• Provide strategic leadership and operational oversight to ensure the Pacific Partnerships programme is structured, impactful, and tailored to the unique needs of each partner nation.
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• Leading and developing a high‑performing team, ensuring staff are empowered to solve complex problems and innovate.
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• Coordinating with NewZealand Government agencies and international partners to ensure a unified and non‑conflicting approach to Pacific cyber security.
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• Designing and implementing a work programme informed by the current threatscape and the technical expertise of the NCSC.
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• Managing the unit's annual budget and risk planning processes in accordance with GCSB instructions.
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• Extensive experience leading technical or international capacity‑building teams, with at least three years of management experience.
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• A strong understanding of the ICT policy and information security context within the Pacific region.
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• Exceptional negotiation, influencing, and relationship management skills, with the ability to represent the GCSB with credit internationally.
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• Have been a NewZealand 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.
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• Be eligible to obtain a Top Secret Special (TSS) clearance. Ordinarily this means you will have a 15‑year checkable background in countries NZSIS Vetting can make meaningful and reliable checks.
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Still unsure? Use this online tool to self‑check your eligibility for a TSS security clearance: http://www.protectivesecurity.govt.nz/eligibility-tool

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.

We'll provide you with information and tips throughout the recruitment process, but in the meantime check out some of our Security FAQs hereThe security clearance process | Beyond Ordinary Careers You can also learn more about our work and understand our areas of focus by reading New Zealand's Security Threat Environment | NewZealand Security Intelligence Service