Rural Compliance Officer

3 weeks ago


Hamilton, New Zealand Waikato Regional Council Full time

This role represents an exciting opportunity for a regulatory officer to join our team to deliver compliance, monitoring and enforcement (CME) functions relating to rural based activities, under the Resource Management Act 1991 and other environmental functions.

**Mō te tūranga | About the role**

The role primarily involves monitoring dairy farm effluent management, production forestry harvesting operations, new regulation relevant to the agricultural sector concerning freshwater management and resource consents issued for rurally based activities.

The role includes a mix of field work and office-based tasks, so a reasonable level of physical fitness and mobility are required as the role can involve walking over rough terrain, requiring light to medium physical exertion.

The role has a significant regulatory component to it, so you must be comfortable undertaking the functions of an enforcement officer pursuant to the Resource Management Act 1991.

**Mō te tangata | About you**

The successful applicant will be able to demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills and ideally have a background in regulatory and primary sector fields.

A practical understanding of dairy farming practices, forestry harvesting operations or other rural based activities would be an advantage but is not essential.

**Mō ngā pūkenga | Qualifications and experience**

A tertiary qualification in Science, Forestry Science or Operations, Agriculture and or Resource Management; or

A relevant qualification in a primary industry or law enforcement field; and

An advantage would be applied experience in working with the Resource Management Act, including compliance monitoring.

You will also have:

- Excellent written & verbal communication skills
- Proven ability to build positive relationships and the ability to work with a wide range of people to achieve positive outcomes.
- Good organisational skills including time management, prioritising and forward planning, with an eye for detail.

**Mō te tīma | About the team**

The Rural Compliance Team is part of the Regional Compliance Section and work closely with the Incident Response, Maritime Safety and Investigations teams.

You will have the support of three Senior Rural Compliance Officers and report to the Team Leader - Rural Compliance.

**Mō mātou | About us**

We work hard to care for the mighty Waikato, so current and future generations will benefit from a healthy environment, strong economy, and vibrant communities.

Our work is as diverse as the region we care for and the people who share it. Our work helps look after our region's water, soil, air, geothermal areas and coasts - so we can all enjoy these precious resources for generations to come.

Customers sit at the heart of everything we do, and all staff have an important role to play in the delivery of exceptional customer service. If you’d like to understand more about what we do please click here The work we do | Waikato Regional Council.

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 sustainable future that will make a positive difference to people’s lives.

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