Careers
As at June 2021, 11,561 people are involved in the search and rescue sector in New Zealand.
The NZSAR Secretariat are paid staff who are employees of the Ministry of Transport. Any relevant job listings will be posted here.
Current vacancies
Search and Rescue Officers - Rescue Coordination Centre New Zealand
In the SARO role, you will coordinate, manage and direct responses to search and rescue (SAR) incidents. Working as members of a small team, SAROs provide year round operational coverage on a 24/7 rotating shift system. You will also assist RCCNZ in performing other key roles such as assistance for SAR services provided by other agencies and undertaking development, liaison and training delivery activities.
Find out more or apply on the Maritime NZ website.
District SAR Assistant Coordinator (Bay of Plenty) - New Zealand Police
In this role you will assist and support the District SAR coordinator. This could include planning and delivering district SAR activities (prevention, training and operational response), maintaining records, assisting with reporting, and building relationships with SAR partner agencies. This is a non-operational role that does not deploy into the field to look for missing people.
Apply via the NZ Police careers website.
SAR volunteers
Over 95% of the people involved in the search and rescue sector are volunteers. NZ Search and Rescue supports volunteer agencies with governance, strategy and leadership, but does not recruit volunteers for search and rescue operations. Please contact one of the volunteer agencies listed below if you would like to volunteer for search and rescue: