Job Description
Job description
Job Type: Permanent - Full Time
Location: Christchurch, New Zealand
Job Category: Government, Defence & Emergency
Provide engaging and dynamic leadership driving performance.
Align your mahi with positive environmental outcomes for the future.
Develop and maintain collaborative relationships whilst becoming a treaty partner of excellence.
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
Reporting to the General Manager-Regulatory Implementation, this role will play an active role engaging in the senior leadership team to collaborate with other senior leaders and kaimahi to ensure alignment of strategy, projects, policies, processes, and systems.
As a people leader, this role will provide engaging and dynamic leadership, integrating operational and functional alignment to drive high performance and outcomes that ensure quality services are delivered to our communities in accordance with our values, strategies, ways of working and Long-Term/Annual Plan commitments.
More About The Role
Leading people and embedding fresh ways of working.
Designing, implementing, and monitoring annual work programmes to achieve the long term operational and organisational deliverables.
Delivering financial, project and external contractor operational management.
Leading the development of budgets, project and resource plans, while managing and monitoring allocated expenditure and budgets.
Contributing to the Long-Term Plan (LTP), annual plans, Resource Management Act plans.
Design and lead the implementation of work programmes with a focus on statutory requirements through education, monitoring, and enforcement services.
Mōu │ About You
You’ll be a confident engaging leader, with a proven ability to develop and nurture strong relationships with staff/kaimahi, stakeholders and tangata whenua, and influence senior leaders across the organisation.
You’ll be a strategic and big picture thinker, with demonstrable experience in the alignment of strategy, projects, policies, processes, and systems to deliver results.
To Enjoy This Role You Have The Following
A Tertiary qualification - Bachelor’s Degree (or higher) in Science, Environmental Management / Planning or Law) is essential.
At least 7 years’ experience working in regulatory implementation of the Resource Management Act and other legislation associated with the role of a regional council, particularly in compliance obligations.
Financial management expertise, including risk management, budgets, fiscal plans and forecasting skills.
Leading, developing and managing people, culture, capability, change and operational excellence.
A commitment to and an understanding of te ao Māori, awareness of the evolving obligations under the Treaty of Waitangi, together with experience of applying this in a workplace setting.
A customer centric and a solution focus focussed approach.
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 Paul Hulse on 027 XXXXXX+.
To find out more about us and the mahi we do - click here.
Applications close on Sunday 2 February 2026. 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.
Job Type: Permanent - Full Time
Location: Christchurch, New Zealand
Job Category: Government, Defence & Emergency
Provide engaging and dynamic leadership driving performance.
Align your mahi with positive environmental outcomes for the future.
Develop and maintain collaborative relationships whilst becoming a treaty partner of excellence.
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
Reporting to the General Manager-Regulatory Implementation, this role will play an active role engaging in the senior leadership team to collaborate with other senior leaders and kaimahi to ensure alignment of strategy, projects, policies, processes, and systems.
As a people leader, this role will provide engaging and dynamic leadership, integrating operational and functional alignment to drive high performance and outcomes that ensure quality services are delivered to our communities in accordance with our values, strategies, ways of working and Long-Term/Annual Plan commitments.
More About The Role
Leading people and embedding fresh ways of working.
Designing, implementing, and monitoring annual work programmes to achieve the long term operational and organisational deliverables.
Delivering financial, project and external contractor operational management.
Leading the development of budgets, project and resource plans, while managing and monitoring allocated expenditure and budgets.
Contributing to the Long-Term Plan (LTP), annual plans, Resource Management Act plans.
Design and lead the implementation of work programmes with a focus on statutory requirements through education, monitoring, and enforcement services.
Mōu │ About You
You’ll be a confident engaging leader, with a proven ability to develop and nurture strong relationships with staff/kaimahi, stakeholders and tangata whenua, and influence senior leaders across the organisation.
You’ll be a strategic and big picture thinker, with demonstrable experience in the alignment of strategy, projects, policies, processes, and systems to deliver results.
To Enjoy This Role You Have The Following
A Tertiary qualification - Bachelor’s Degree (or higher) in Science, Environmental Management / Planning or Law) is essential.
At least 7 years’ experience working in regulatory implementation of the Resource Management Act and other legislation associated with the role of a regional council, particularly in compliance obligations.
Financial management expertise, including risk management, budgets, fiscal plans and forecasting skills.
Leading, developing and managing people, culture, capability, change and operational excellence.
A commitment to and an understanding of te ao Māori, awareness of the evolving obligations under the Treaty of Waitangi, together with experience of applying this in a workplace setting.
A customer centric and a solution focus focussed approach.
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 Paul Hulse on 027 XXXXXX+.
To find out more about us and the mahi we do - click here.
Applications close on Sunday 2 February 2026. 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.
💡 Quick Summary
Seeking a career-building opportunity? The Manager Compliance position is now open for candidates interested in the Government Job Alert sector. This role in Akaroa offers a professional environment and growth potential.
Requirement Snapshot: Candidates should possess basic communication skills, a proactive attitude, and the ability to work in a team. Experience in Government Job Alert is a plus.
