Vacancies

Manawatū District Council is based in one of the best rural communities in New Zealand offering an envied and attractive lifestyle - ask anyone who lives here. We strive to be a successful, future-oriented Council with a focus on providing services to our communities to support a connected, vibrant, and thriving Manawatū.

Over the last couple of years, the Manawatū District Council has successfully undertaken several responses - COVID-19, snow event, flood events and are keen to add more committed individuals to improve the resilience of Manawatū to future events.

We are looking for someone who can lead a direct report as part of the organisations senior leadership team. Who has a strong comprehension of emergency management systems and legislation, such as CIMS and the CDEM Act with the ability to translate that information into structured learning outcomes and comprehensive advice.

You'll need to bring the ability to prepare organisations for emergency activities with a strong strategic direction and planning focus for relevant hazards while also coordinating effective decision making in ambiguous emergency response and recovery environments. With proven networking and relationship management to influence positive stakeholder engagement for increased whole of organisation outcomes. With an excellent focus on building and maintaining positive collaborative relationships with partner organisations and communities of interest while developing te ao Māori interconnectedness and engaging in mātauranga Māori.

This role will offer a number of interesting opportunities for the successful applicant:

• Working with a council that is fully committed to enabling emergency management
• Be part of a team with an enthusiastic culture toward building emergency management best practices

We are seeking a person who can:

• Bring at least 4 years of experience in emergency management or related discipline.
• Lead readiness and response initiatives across the organisational work programme with a focus on locally significant disasters.
• Build and maintain readiness and response capability and capacity within Manawatu District Council and the District to ensure we are ready to respond to and recover from emergencies.
• Provide emergency management subject matter expertise to internal and external stakeholders across a diverse portfolio of work.
• Effectively undertake operational actions and provide Civil Defence Emergency Management (CDEM) advice, guidance and support during and recovering from local emergencies

You'll also need to be comfortable being available for on call rosters or working weekends and/or after hours shifts during events.

The salary range for this role is $78,100 - $105,700, plus a range of benefits including flexibility, a family-friendly environment, and support for fitness/wellness.

View the job description and apply online

Closes: 4 December 2022

An exciting opportunity at Wellington City Council to establish our Enterprise Emergency Management Office At the helm will be our Manager Emergency Management, empowered to make a difference at an enterprise level.

It's the role where you get to develop and embed our council-wide emergency management system that supports planning, response and recovery.  With the support of senior leadership, you'll have a pivotal role in determining how things are going to be in the emergency response space.

In leading the way, you'll ensure readiness and recovery are at the heart of our planning; and deal with emergencies as they happen. The first big task is to develop our strategy, create a change plan and implement it. This challenge involves engaging with the Council and leading the organisational behaviour change along the way.

You'll lead an experienced team, who understand the business and are ready to be part of this next stage of emergency management for Wellington.

The Waste Water & Resilience business unit is relatively newly formed - Manager Waste Water & Resilience Chris Mathews has been building a team to take on the challenges of a city in transition and knows what needs to be achieved. He manages four key streams for the council, and has no time to micro-manage. He has set the direction - you will have the autonomy to get on and do the job.

A job description that spells out everything the person in the role to bring in a perfect world, but what we're really looking for is someone who has: 

• Experience delivering significant organisational change
• A systems-thinking approach
• An ability to engage within an organisation and lead behavioural change
• Excellent planning and logistical skills
• A team player with excellent relationship management skills

To find out more about this role email Wesley Hutton (Talent Acquisition Partner) - wesley.hutton@wcc.govt.nz or see our job description for more details.

Please submit applications online via the Wellington careers website: https://careers.wellington.govt.nz/jobdetails/ajid/AU0p8/Manager-Emergency-Management,37528.html