Compliance Account Lead at Environment Canterbury

Job Description:

Latest job information from Environment Canterbury for the position of Compliance Account Lead. If the Compliance Account Lead vacancy in Christchurch matches your qualifications, please submit your latest application or CV directly through the updated Jobkos job portal.

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Overview

Job Category: Government, Defence & Emergency

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.

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.

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

Our compliance service works with resource users to help them to comply. An account management approach is required to work with our largest customers throughout the region who are operating within complex rules and consents. This newly created role will work with a portfolio of complex regulatory customers to enable them to successfully comply.

Make no mistake – this is a compliance role but with our largest and most complex consent holders and your ability to maintain a relationship while keeping a firm eye on meeting regulations will be the key to your success. The ability to think strategically and at higher levels of the organisation is also required.

This role will integrate 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.

• Provide specialist technical analysis and develop alternative approaches to resolve issues that are complex/ high risk.
• Manage day to day communications with our largest customers and be the single point of contact for compliance.
• Develop an in-depth understanding of the customer, consent conditions, obligations, background, key contacts and history.
• Work with the consent holder/customer to ensure an understanding of the standards of good regulatory practices
• Provide technical leadership, to coach and mentor the compliance monitoring and enforcement staff, to grow knowledge and develop skills

You’ll be a naturally resilient person, capable of guiding, influencing, persuading, forming and maintaining robust working relationships with our largest customers, kaimahi, stakeholders including regular connection and collaboration with Nga Runanga.

You’ll bring significant experience working in resource management, and an in-depth knowledge of the Resource Management Act and the implementation of resource management plans.

In depth knowledge of Soil Conservation and Rivers Control Act 1941, Natural Built Environment Act 2023, and other relevant legislation is essential.

• A minimum of ten years practical experience in an environmental regulatory implementation role, one related to the work of compliance functions (auditing, quality assurance etc) that relates to the work of a regional council.
• An understanding of irrigation schemes (advantage) and nutrient discharge allowances
• Demonstrated experience in leadership or project management over the scope of operations, planning, resource allocation, and coordination of people and resources.
• Highly effective at operating within political, community focused, democratic, local government or public processes.
• Experience in effective customer and stakeholder engagement and communication with a diverse range of people.

Our mahi is underpinned by our values: 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.

Applications close on Sunday 25 January. 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.

We understand and note that Environment Canterbury offices are closed until Monday 5 January 2026. Any enquiries will be answered after this date. #J-18808-Ljbffr

Job Info:

• Company: Environment Canterbury
• Position: Compliance Account Lead
• Work Location: Christchurch
• Country: NZ

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