• Join a collaborative team driving meaningful change at Environment Canterbury
• Facilitate workshops to gather requirements for successful delivery
• Full Time | 12 months Fixed Term June 2025 | City Centre

Kaunihera Taiao ki Waitaha │ About Environment Canterbury

As a regional council, we are responsible for managing natural resources including air, soil, water and land. We work in partnership with mana whenua Ngāi Tahu to protect the health of our environment to ensure a sustainable and prosperous future for our region.

The region’s evolving environmental and political context means we will continue to be agile and adaptive, as we respond to regulatory and environmental changes.

Our mahi (work) is organised around the delivery of our three core services:

• Environmental Regulation and Protection
• Community Preparedness and Response to Hazards
• Public Transport

Kōrero mō te Tūranga | About the Role

At Environment Canterbury, we are committed to enabling impactful change through the application of systems leadership theory, intervention theory framework and modern, human-centred approaches to leadership and system thinking.

More about the role:

• Demonstrate a sound learning behaviour of the systems leadership theory,
• Continually learn and embed new methodologies
• Champion values-aligned, facilitations (e.g., workshops, training etc.) 
• Work collaboratively to ensure new frameworks and approaches are understood

You will be supported through tailored learning opportunities, reflective practice, and capability-building initiatives that foster the growth and maturity of these critical ways of working.

This role is essential in ensuring our services continue smoothly and our stakeholders remain supported during the absence of a valued team member. Your contributions will make a meaningful difference during this time, and we can’t wait to welcome you aboard!

•        Build and manage working relationships across the business

•        Analyse data, information, work practices, and systems

•        Ensure our systems and process continually improve

•        Embed best practice, and make it easier to do business

•        Assist with implementation of changes including testing, business readiness, &training

•        Measure projects, services, processes, systems, and application success

For more information on this role, please refer to the job description at the bottom of the advert.

Mōu │ About You

You’ll bring a diverse range of experience and background in analysing problems, leading change, and supporting innovation. You’ll enjoy connecting people, processes, and systems, and developing your skills in response to business and community needs.  As we work on a breadth of projects and initiatives, your interest will expand beyond the realm of digital.

To enjoy this role, you’ll have:

• Relevant tertiary qualification in Information Technology, Business, Finance
• A knowledge of systems leadership theory, intervention theory and project methodologies and experience implementing work as part of a team is desirable
• Experience in analysing & implementing business process development, information systems, leading change, and knowledge management
• Experience in business analysis, production of business cases, requirements, & functional specification documentation
• Ability to develop strong effective relationships
• Experience in guiding strategic change across diverse services and stakeholder groups
• Proven results with problem and outcome definition, & project delivery

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

Our mahi is underpinned by our values:

• Kaitiakitanga (stewardship)
• Pononga (integrity)
• Manaakitanga (people first)
• Whanaungatanga (collaboration)
• Māiatanga (can 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

Ko ētahi atu kōrero | Additional Information

For a confidential chat about this role, please contact Bikramjit Singh, 0800 324 636

Applications close on Wednesday, 18 June. 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