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The Central Hawke’s Bay District Council is a Local Authority in the thriving Hawke’s Bay Region, situated in Waipawa approximately 40km south of Hastings. We are committed to providing a safe and great place to work, that values diversity and inclusion, and develops skilled people who can lead our community to thrive.

We are now seeking a Compliance Officer to join our 3 Waters team. Reporting to the 3 Waters Asset & Compliance Manager, this is an existing role working in the compliance space for Councils 3 Waters activities. The role interacts with 3 waters assets, operational activities, internal and external customers and of course our environment. This is a full-time role (40 hours per week) Monday to Friday.

About the role:

• Monitoring, measuring, analysing and reporting compliance data (Quality, Safety, Cultural, Environmental) to internal and external Stakeholders in the 3 waters space
• Contributing to investigations into non-conformances and subsequent reporting and systems improvements

• Development / review of annual compliance reports and performance reporting
• Managing sampling plans and schedules
• Contributing to continual improvements for achieving regulatory compliance and data visibility
• Maintaining Relationships with regulators and stakeholders both internal & external to Council

About you:

• You are an enthusiastic person with a can-do attitude
• Relationship management is easy for you
• You have excellent communication and data management skills
• Previous Council knowledge is preferred, but not essential
• You have experience in previous compliance roles or in the regulatory space
• You have a strong desire to achieve customer excellence
• A current Driver’s Licence is essential

To be successful in this role, you will also need to share the Council’s THRIVE values and its commitment to customer excellence and smarter thinking.

With a thriving district and strong connected community, Central Hawke’s Bay is in a period of exciting growth and development. With some of the best beaches, fishing and diving spots, water sports, cycling, family friendly places and events, and so much more, there are plenty of great reasons to live and work in Central Hawke’s Bay.

Please include your CV and Cover Letter with your application. Applications for this role can be made via Seek and will close 29 November 2024.

• Key leadership position within one of NZ’s most progressive Councils
• Significant pipeline of transformational 3 Waters & transport projects
• Lead the Programme Delivery Team to deliver the capital programme in Central Hawke’s Bay

The Director, Programme Delivery is an existing role and will lead Central Hawke’s Bay District Councils (CHBDC) significant pipeline of work. We are looking for an experienced and progressive leader to lead the Programme Delivery Team (PDT) and ensure quality delivery of varying infrastructure projects across the district. Current programmes of work underway include a range of 3 waters upgrades and renewals, land transport recovery programme and urban development projects.

Seeking:

•  An experienced people leader with a background in infrastructure project and programme management and/or asset management
•  Proven track record for taking ownership and accountability for delivery
•  Your background could be in consulting, contracting or municipal infrastructure
•  You are a team player with great communication skills and have the drive and ability to shape a positive team culture for our community Ideally you will have project and/or asset management qualifications

The role:

• You’ll inherit a passionate delivery team who have the aspirations to be high performing.
•  The team structure has recently been refined into programme and project functions with this role having 4 direct reports and a total of 12 people in total
•  Main functions of the role:
•  A member of the Community Infrastructure and Development Leadership Team
•  Delivery of agreed programmes of work in accordance with Council’s long term plan
•  Leading engagement and key stakeholder and iwi partner relationships
•  Managing commercial relationships with consultants and contractors
•  Strong financial nous, and the ability to understand complex budgeting arrangements involving external funding agencies
•  Managing project resources to ensure agreed project timeframes are achieved
• Managing a variety of diverse, interrelated and complex capital projects
•  Developing people in their roles and a strong culture of accountability
•  Providing accurate and insightful progress reports to the Executive Leadership Team and Council on a regular basis

For confidential enquiries and more information, please contact Mark Kinvig Group Manager, Community Infrastructure and Development. To apply for this role please apply via Seek along with your cv and cover letter by 20 January 2025.

• Do you have experience in Community Infrastructure, Roading, 3 Waters, Land Development and/or Environmental Engineering?
•  Do you thrive in a busy, fast-paced environment – where you enjoy delivering outcomes?
•  Are you an inquisitive, people & solutions focused leader?
•  Looking for a role where you can lead projects that will have positive, transformational and lasting impact on communities?

We are seeking a Principal Project Manager to join us at Central Hawke’s Bay District Council. This is an existing role reporting to the Director Programme Delivery and will play a key leadership role within our Council to successfully lead and deliver a variety of externally funded projects, leading our Project Management team. This role is a unique opportunity for an energetic, innovative person to join the CHB Whānau and support the Central Hawke’s Bay District Council to THRIVE.

About the opportunity:

This is a fantastic role that will suit someone who is outcome focused, enjoys a challenge and is able to take the initiative whilst building great relationships with our team and many stakeholders. You will join an established Programme Delivery team with some projects well developed, and some to be developed. You will have the opportunity to utilise your skills and experience to influence and lead Council projects to successful delivery for our community. At Central Hawke’s Bay District Council, we pride ourselves in creating career pathways so this could be your next step! This is an opportunity to demonstrate your ability to achieve results and succeed.

We have seen significant success with the delivery of projects across our infrastructure programme, no two days will be the same, we are a small council punching above our weight, with a passion to deliver excellence to our communities, recently heralded through our AA council mark rating.

The programmes above are not exhaustive, and given the fluid nature of opportunities, we expect further exciting opportunities will arise for the right proactive leader.

About you:

As the Principal Project Manager, you will lead a diverse project team to deliver outcomes, you will need to be able to work across projects and develop scope while meeting and exceeding the expectations of stakeholders. You will need to a self-starter that learns quickly and takes the initiative, you will be customer focussed and bring an energy to the team.

To be successful in your application, we expect you will have;

•  Demonstrated success in the management and coordination of infrastructure design project and/or programme management
•  Team management experience is desirable
•  A clean full driver’s licence.
•  Have the legal right to work in New Zealand.

How to apply:

 If you think you might be the person we’re looking for, apply in confidence with your CV and Cover Letter via seek. Applications close 20 January 2025.

 With a thriving district and strong connected community, Central Hawke’s Bay is in a period of exciting growth and development. With some of the best beaches, fishing and diving spots, water sports, cycling, family friendly places and events, and so much more, there are plenty of great reasons to live and work in Central Hawke’s Bay.

You will have project / programme management experience, with specific expertise in managing community-focused infrastructure projects. You may have a technical background, or you may be a great project/ programme manager. Your excellent communication and relationship management skills will be vital in your day-to-day dealings with project teams, consultants, contractors, key stakeholders, community groups, and the public.

You will be managing a team of project managers so having the ability to lead a team and provide direction will be critical to your success. However, we are open to hearing from project and programme managers who are ready for their first step into team leadership as you will be given support and mentoring to grow your career in CHBDC.

In this full-time role, you will need to have a collaborative nature and share the Council’s THRIVE values and its commitment to ‘smarter thinking’ so we can plan for tomorrow to futureproof Central Hawke’s Bay.