19 Roles available in the Officers & Management specialisation across the Navy
Navy
Airborne Tactical Officer (Observer)
Flight operations | Navigation | Officers & Management
Officer entry
The Airborne Tactical Officer or “Observer” acts as mission commander for the aircraft and is responsible for its sensors, communication systems and weapons. You’re the key link between aircraft and ship, evaluating sensor information and performing tactical analysis to employ the helicopter in the best way to accomplish the mission. Be it warfare operations, search and rescue, delivering aid and more.

Navy
Navigation | Officers & Management | Operational support
Officer entry
Hydrographic Survey Officers lead teams undertaking survey work in support of everything from beach landings to identifying routes through minefields. You will be trained as a leader, a mariner and a surveyor. Your career will be diverse and challenging with regularly changing roles both within and outside the hydrographic survey trade.

Navy
Learning and Development Officer
Education & Support roles | Officers & Management
Officer entry
Take your knowledge and skills to new places.

Navy
Education & Support roles | Officers & Management
Officer entry
Not many legal specialists get trained to lead teams of people in all kinds of situations, handle weapons and develop problem-solving, adventure and outdoor skills. As a Legal Officer, your career can vary greatly depending on what appointment you hold, but you could find yourself working in areas such as Military law, military and civilian employment law or human rights and privacy law.

Navy
Mine Warfare Clearance Diving Officer
Combat & Special Operations | Navigation | Officers & Management
Officer entry
As a Mine Warfare Clearance Diving Officer you will lead a team of divers in the water doing explosive ordnance disposal, maritime security and mine clearance tasks.

Navy
Education & Support roles | Navy Reserve | Officers & Management
Officer entry, Navy Reserve
Not many legal specialists get trained to lead teams of people in all kinds of situations, handle weapons and develop problem-solving skills. As a Reserve Legal Officer, you could find yourself working in areas such as military law, military and civilian employment law, or human rights and privacy law.

Navy
Reserve Medical Officer (Doctor)
Healthcare | Navy Reserve | Officers & Management
Officer entry, Navy Reserve
NZDF health is tasked with maintaining, improving and restoring the health of the Defence Force in order to maintain the operational effectiveness of the NZDF.

Navy
Reserve Public Affairs Officer
Education & Support roles | Navy Reserve | Officers & Management
Officer entry, Navy Reserve
Reserve Public Affairs Officers tell our story to internal and external audiences. You might be telling that story from a base or camp in New Zealand, from a ship at sea, or while deployed overseas in the midst of an exercise or operation.