Senior Community Resilience

2 weeks ago


Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand Waikato Regional Council Full time

Mō te tūranga | About the role


Waikato Regional Council is looking for someone to develop, implement and maintain consistent Public Information Management systems, processes and plans to greater benefit and support our communities.


  • Work with the GEMO Operational Readiness Team (Training and Exercise) to ensure a consistent level of training is provided to community roles, within Community Response Plans.
  • Contribute to long term and annual planning processes, budget preparation, forecasting and reporting.
  • Provide CDEM technical advice and input to the strategies, policies and plans of our key agency partners; relating to risk reduction and hazard mitigation.
  • Be able to effectively communicate science to the community.
  • Develop coordinate and support the implementation of policies, plans and processes that identify those communities that are least prepared to respond to and recover from emergencies.
  • Available to be included in an oncall 24hour/7day GECC Public Information Manager roster.
  • Build and maintain relationships with a range of stakeholders throughout the Waikato.

Mō te tangata | About you

  • Previous experience leading a team, including the ability to coach and motivate people.
  • Min 7 years of relevant experience.
  • Experience in building and managing crossagency engagement.
  • Experience in working with iwi in partnership contexts.
  • Exceptional relationship management and influencing skills.
  • Excellent knowledge of the Treaty of Waitangi.
  • Knowledge of mātauranga Māori.
  • Good knowledge of Te Ao Māori.
  • Highly developed interpersonal skills.

Mō ngā pūkenga | Qualifications and experience

  • Tertiary qualification in communications, public relations or a related field.
  • IAP2 (International Association for Public Participation) or equivalent.
  • Civil Defence Emergency Management
  • Integrated Training Framework (ITF):
  • Foundation
  • Intermediate
  • Public Information Management.

Mō te tīma | About the team


You will be working with a broad range of stakeholders across the Waikato Region Civil Defence Emergency Management Group that comprises a consortium of 11 local authorities, iwi, emergency services, lifelines utilities, welfare organisations, government departments and non-government organisations operating in the central area of New Zealand's North Island, referred to as the Waikato region.


Mō mātou | About us
We want more good people to come and do great things with us.

We love where we live.

That's why we work so hard to look after our region and the people who live and work in the Waikato region.


By partnering with iwi and working with many others in our communities, our collective kaitiakitanga will make the Waikato region even better.

Together, we'll create a more resilient sustainable future that will make a positive difference to people's lives.

We've got ambitious goals and there are some tricky issues, but that's what makes it so interesting.


Our risks are as diverse as the region we care for; from the coastlines of the Coromandel Peninsula to the 'super-volcano' in Taupō.

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