Kaunihera Taiao ki Waitaha │ About Environment Canterbury

Waitaha - our Canterbury region - is like no other and we are proud to call it home. We are privileged to be working with Ngā Papatipu Rūnanga, stakeholders, and our wider community to protect our environment, including water, land, and air through regulation and planning. As a Regional Council we're responsible for flood protection, public transport, civil defence, and more.

Together we're taking action to shape a thriving and resilient Canterbury, now and for future generations. Toitū te marae o Tāne, toitū te marae o Tangaroa, toitū te tangata, If the land is well and the sea is well, the people will thrive.

Kōrero mō te Tūranga | About the Role

Improving our Compliance service is a priority for Environment Canterbury.  Now is a great time to be part of the change while delivering on our current commitments to the Waitaha/Canterbury community. 

The purpose of this permanent, full-time (40 hours per week) role is to lead a team to identify compliance work programmes for place-based teams based on organisational strategic priorities and risk intelligence, including providing performance reporting.

This role will involve:

• Managing performance of the team in building and normalising processes for understanding the compliance risk profile and compliance performance reporting metrics.
• Working with the other leaders within the organisation to identify compliance work for the place-based teams.
• Leading the team to ensure agreement on their work, how they will be measured, and how they work with others in the organisation.
• Ensuring required training is provided to do their work, including Health, Safety and Wellbeing.

Mōu │ About You

We invite applicants with capabilities in any combination of the following:

• Tertiary qualification (Bachelor’s degree preferred) related to regional council regulatory or environmental functions (e.g., Science, Environmental Management, Environmental Policy, Natural Resources etc.) or other qualification with experience outlined below.

• Demonstrated experience in leading teams over the scope of operational planning, resource allocation, and coordination of people and resources.
• Knowledge in the identification and translation of risk intelligence into work to be done.
• Skills in delivering change for your team.
• Ability to build social cohesion in teams that is demonstrated through positive behaviours when interacting with others.
• Understanding of te ao Māori and te reo Māori and experience in iwi engagement, or a willingness to learn.
• Experience in local government, knowledge of the RMA and compliance delivery.

Ngā hua o te Mahi i te Kaunihera Taiao ki Waitaha  | Working at Environment Canterbury  

Our values underpin everything we do. We understand and embrace a diverse workforce; this diversity will enable us to better serve our people, our community, and our greatest taonga, the environment. We value everyone’s contribution, diverse thinking, and skills.

We're on a journey to become a treaty partner of excellence, including incorporating te ao Māori into our work. We offer supportive opportunities to develop capability in this area and encourage our people to use kaupapa Māori, mātauranga Māori, and te reo Māori in our daily work. We welcome you with an open heart & mind, wherever you are on your personal te ao Māori journey.

For a confidential chat about this role, please contact Jennifer Rochford on 027 839 9695.

Applications close on 6 October 2024. We encourage you to apply early, we will be reviewing applications as we receive them and reserve the right to close the advertising early.  

Short-listed candidates will be required to complete an interview process, reference checks and a criminal check. Further background checking will be required when relevant to the role. 

Me mahi tahi tātou - Together we can