»Unique planning opportunity to be involved with all elements of a unitary plan » Senior Planning function for a "Smart Little City", with the opportunity to mentor other professionals » Greater flexibility for work/life balance within an exceptional lifestyle environment - escape to the regions! About the Organisation: At the heart of the region, Nelson City Council is a Unitary Authority responsible for providing key infrastructure, community facilities and services, economic development, and a range of regulatory functions including land use and resource management. The Council focuses on delivering a high-quality service to enable a sustainable regional future for its vibrant environment, current, and future communities during a time of significant regional growth. About this function: You will work on a range of planning projects across a very diverse portfolio, and you will be required to demonstrate your depth and breadth of technical skills and practice as this is a fast-paced work environment. We are seeking for a Senior Planner who is dynamic, shows initiative, and will take responsibility for delivering results within a customer-centric environment. Reporting to the Team Leader within the Environmental Planning team but also planning a supporting and mentoring function to the Planning Advisers in the team. Strong technical skills working with the Resource Management Act will be fortified by your capability to deliver high-quality work and decisions through exceptional time management, and advanced expertise and application of the various legislative frameworks, underpinned by your project management skills and capability to present to a wide variety of forums, including engagement and consultation with the community and elected Members. This challenging function will allow you to extend your policy development and resource management skills at a time where changes to legislation and will provide fresh opportunities and greater potential for innovation in planning.
About you: You will bring exceptional interpersonal communication, strong stakeholder engagement, and relationship management skills, with sound judgment and problem-solving abilities. You will possess a tertiary qualification in resource management, planning or policy analysis or similar, and continued professional development such as professional NZPI membership would be advantageous. this function can flex to suit a Professional Planner that is already operating at this level within consultancy or within another NZ Council looking to escape to the regions, or a Senior Manager (looking to return to a hands-on technical function without staff management responsibilities), or for an practiced Planning Adviser (ready to step up to a broader focused function), who possesses the mix of technical, leadership abilities and relationship management essential to succeed in this function.
compensates: In return, Nelson City Council offers an inclusive and supportive working culture, opportunities for flexible work arrangements (work in the house, part-time, flexible hours), comprehensive remunerations package (income, KiwiSaver, relocation assistance, and more), and these functions provide a career establishment or career development step with depth and diversity. Nelson is a thriving city set within a diverse region with amazing weather, and easy access to beautiful natural environment which provides a wonderful backdrop for businesses and communities in which to live, work and play. As this beautiful city and region continue to grow, there is a constant vibe generated by a buoyant economy, exciting future development, a wealth of arts, cultural, sporting and hospitality activities, and the tourism gateway to numerous regional attractions.
Action: To register your interest in this superb opportunity, please submit your details in absolute confidence via our registration process attaching both an up-to-date CV and cover letter (in Word please). Alternatively, for a confidential conversation, you can contact Amanda Scott, Consulting Director at talentnow! on 021784483.
Applications close midnight on 3 October 2021. We cordially invite candidates that havethe significant outlined practice and are eligible to work in New Zealand. Short description.
