Competency self assessment
Name
Position
Chief Executive and Commissioner of Police
Department
New Zealand Police
Purpose
The Chief Executive and Commissioner of Police, New Zealand Police, needs to
be skilled in the competencies identified in the position description. These
competencies have been described below. This competency self assessment will
be used to assist in the process of evaluating applicants.
State Services Commission
contact person
If at any time during this process you have any questions, please do not hesitate
to contact:
Name:
Title:
Phone:
Email:
Instructions
Joan Foster
Advisor, System Capability Group
04 495 6750
joan.foster@ssc.govt.nz
Please provide a maximum of three examples of projects, tasks or occasions
where you have demonstrated each of the competencies described below. For
further
information
about
these
competencies
please
contact
ce.recruitment@ssc.govt.nz.
Please return this assessment with your application.
Competency Descriptors
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Deliver Results Through Execution

Innovate and integrate

Plan and prioritise

Ensure operational
excellence
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The Chief Executive and Commissioner of Police will need to be innovative in identifying
and addressing future and current challenges to maximise efficiency and use the results to
make resource prioritisation decisions and inform future innovation. She/he must ensure
effective prioritising in business planning processes and that implementation and delivery
of these are robust, aligned with strategy and will achieve better outcomes for lower cost.
Operational excellence and the utilisation of high quality, timely and well-understood
performance information must be of high priority to the Chief Executive and Commissioner
of Police.
These competency descriptors are based on the Leadership Success Profile. The full leadership success profile is available
from the SSC website, please visit www.ssc.govt.nz/leadership-success-profile for more information.
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Deliver Results With People

Build strategic
partnerships

Inspire passion, pace
and positivity

The Chief Executive and Commissioner of Police must identify, build and maintain key
stakeholder relationships and collaborations. She/he will need to create and sustain a
unified culture, displaying passion for and celebrating achievement, while focusing on
impacts and outcomes. People capacity and capability will need to be a main focus to
ensure the identification and nurturing of management talent and to proactively recognise
and remedy any diversity and capability gaps or shortfalls.
Design and develop
people capacity and
capability
Deliver Results Through Vision

Imagine an inspirational
future; make it happen

Create opportunities
through foresight and
insight

Collaborate to build and
share a common
purpose and direction
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A compelling and sustainable vision for the future is a necessity for the Chief Executive
and Commissioner of Police, along with an achievable strategy for success and
collaborative work with ministers to determine priority outcomes. The Chief Executive and
Commissioner of Police needs to anticipate emerging issues in complex, ambiguous and
rapidly changing contexts and ensure policies and programmes are customer focussed.
She/he will need to collaborate across the system, sector and beyond in developing
strategy and common ownership for the delivery of results.
Deliver Results Through Self

Courage

Integrity

Self-Awareness

Resilience
The Chief Executive and Commissioner of Police must be able to navigate complex
political situations effectively and take the lead on controversial issues while adapting and
thriving in challenging environments. She/he must maintain and model Public Service
standards of integrity and trust and inspire respect, trust, loyalty and confidence of staff
and stakeholders. The Chief Executive and Commissioner of Police will need to actively
encourage, listen and action feedback and remain calm and objective in the face of conflict
and criticism.
Citizenship and Security

It is desirable that the appointee is a New Zealand citizen.
Clearance

The appointee will be subject to a New Zealand Government Top Secret Special
security clearance.
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