Vacancies

Current vacancies at the National Emergency Management Agency and in the Civil Defence and Emergency Management sector (CDEM).

National Emergency Management Agency vacancies

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) provides national leadership to New Zealand’s distributed emergency management system. NEMA’s primary focus is on the performance and capability of the emergency management system as a whole, across all hazards and all risks and the 4 Rs of risk reduction, readiness, response and recovery. We are going through an exciting phase of growth and there will be more opportunities with NEMA over the coming months.

NEMA values diversity and inclusion. We want our workforce to reflect the diversity of our communities. We value and respect the contributions of our people with diverse backgrounds, experiences, skills and perspectives. We support flexible ways of working that bring out the best in you.

NEMA recognises the continuing partnership Te Tiriti o Waitangi between Māori and the Crown. We are committed to doing our part to deliver on the Crown’s commitments to Māori under Te Tiriti. We strive to actively build te Ao Māori perspectives and capability into our day to day work, values and practices.

This page will be updated with information on new roles and opportunities to work at the NEMA.

NEMA vacancies

CDEM sector vacancies

Applications close 27 August 2021

We are seeking a positive-minded Senior Emergency Manager Advisor (Group Welfare) to join our tight-knit team of emergency management staff. The key focus of the team is working across councils and other partner organisations to increase our region’s collective ability to respond to emergencies. Our staff operate at a level that requires the monitoring of hazard events as they evolve and responding as a team at short notice.

Based in Hastings, this is the senior role of the operational readiness team and holds the response role of Group Welfare Manager. The primary focus of the Senior Emergency Management Advisor is to lead and coordinate the development of welfare strategies and programmes across the group. An important part of this role is to lead the coordination of central government and NGO welfare response during the overall readiness, response and recovery phases of emergency management.

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To list a role please email our communications team at emergency.management@nema.govt.nz

Vacancies

National Emergency Management Agency vacancies

NEMA vacancies

CDEM sector vacancies

Senior Emergency Management Advisor, Group Welfare - Hawke's Bay Regional Council