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**About the company**:
Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) is a territorial authority in Te Waipounamu South Island of Aotearoa New Zealand. QLDC has a central role to play in maintaining and enhancing the quality and liveability of the outstanding environment of the district.

Employing over 500 staff in one of the most stunning locations in the country, Queenstown Lakes District Council is at the very heart of a dynamic community. Our services are essential to the people in our region and include infrastructure development, community recreational facilities and planning, building and other regulatory services.

With a collaborative internal culture and positive external image, the QLDC has a solid pipeline of work and projects, and as such, has reinstated this role for someone who has experience and maturity to help make change

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Lead internal technical training and mentor juniors
- Lead Resource Consent team input to District Plan review and other planning policy matters, including Resource Management reforms.
- Collaborate with Team Leaders and Manager across the resource consenting department

**Key Requirements**:

- 10 + years in a planning/resource management environment.
- Strong leadership experience/people management.
- Council experience or private consultancy would be advantageous.
- Experience a senior resource consenting role with comprehensive knowledge of the planning and resource consenting process within the RMA.
- Environment Court/Environment Protection Agency (EPA) experience highly desirable.
- Track record of developing and maintaining relationships across the stakeholder community and having political awareness.
- Ability to lead others, encourage collaboration and work positively in a team environment.

This opportunity would suit someone who can add value culturally, has great technical knowledge, can make immediate impact and is looking for a role with relative autonomy and flexibility, but also larger responsibility.

About the role:
The Principal Planner role assists the Manager and Team Leaders in growing the wider resource consents team capability through technical leadership and driving best practice. It is responsible for overseeing resource consent appeals and other matters before the Courts and providing...