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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

You’ll play a key role in establishing and maintaining a healthy and vibrant team culture, supporting our consent planners with their workloads, growth, and development whilst maintaining key stakeholder relationships.  You are pivotal to enabling our people to thrive. You’ll be leading and inspiring the next generation of consent planners. No two days are the same, the work is exciting and plentiful.  

More about the role:

• Foster a strong team culture by living and promoting the Environment Canterbury values and supporting team well-being
• Deliver an effective programme of training for team members and wider section
• Collaboratively manage the consents workload, including the allocation of work
• Effectively resolve complex problems
• Identify and successfully manage risks including environmental; reputational; legislative; organisational; and financial
• Help facilitate a growth in the understanding of Te Ao Maori in the consents section
• Assist in strengthening stakeholder relationships
• Help shape how we engage with the community and external stakeholders

Mōu │ About You

You’ll love to grow and develop to see people flourish, using your strong coaching and mentoring skills and experience. You will love to lead teams and inspire high performance.  You’ll bring your passion for people, communities, and the environment and be excited by the opportunities that resource management within Waitaha | Canterbury has to offer you.  You’ll have a solid understanding of Resource Management, ideally with a tertiary qualification.  A thorough understanding of how local government undertakes its resource management functions is desirable.  You’re a confident communicator with well-developed interpersonal skills. You’re solutions-focused and enjoy a positive outcome along with the skills to inspire and develop our people. You’re driven, can work independently, and love to achieve targets and goals.   

You’ll have an interest in ensuring that mana whenua aspirations are reflected in our regulatory framework. 

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 Nadja McLean (027 379 6574). 

Applications close on Wednesday, 17 September.  Applications will be reviewed as we receive them, and interviews may take place before the close date. We reserve the right to close 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.   

We are committed to creating a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. If you're excited about this role but don't meet every qualification in the job description, we still encourage you to apply. 

Hours of work – Permanent Full-Time – 40 hours per week 
Location - This role is based at 200 Tuam Street 
Salary - The indictive salary range for role is $101,839 to $125,801 per annum based on skills and experience.

Me mahi tahi tātou - Together we can