Engagement and Research Specialist

2 weeks ago

Hamilton, New Zealand Waikato Regional Council Full time

We are looking for a community engagement superstar
- Fixed term role for two years
- Join a great team providing social and economic science across the organisation

**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.

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.

Our work is as diverse as the region we care for; from the tip of the Coromandel Peninsula to the slopes of Ruapehu. We’ve got ambitious goals and there are some tricky issues, but that’s what makes it so interesting.

Looking for flexible ways of working options, at Waikato Regional Council we are committed to working more creatively to ‘get work done’ in a way that is of mutual benefit to you, the organisation and our communities.

**About you**:
We are looking for a social scientist who has a passion for community engagement and can demonstrate previous experience based on IAP2. You will be working in a great team supporting the Resource Management Policy team to achieve some pretty ambitious goals. In order to achieve these goals we need to engage with our communities through community events and our online engagement tool Engagement HQ.

**The ideal applicant will have**:

- Proven experience in community engagement
- High level of skills in research and data analysis
- Technical experience with managing online content
- Cool head under pressure
- Confident team member working in a political environment
- Strong community and customer focus
- Excellent written and communication skills
- Expertise in reporting with attention to detail

**Qualifications**:
Degree level tertiary qualifications in a social science discipline

Certificate in IAP2 Foundations in Public Participation preferred or willingness to train

**Experience**:
Demonstrated experience in facilitation and community engagement, including iwi engagement.

Experienced in Granicus Engagement HQ, or similar online engagement software

**About the role**:
You will be responsible for:

- Working closely with Engagement Leads and internal teams to support analysis and reporting of community, stakeholder, and iwi engagement for the Resource Management Policy section
- Participating in engagement planning meetings and advising on the use of Engagement HQ to support engagement requirements, including events, surveys, reference groups and spatial mapping.
- Managing all aspects of the online engagement software - Engagement HQ and assisting with Community, iwi and stakeholder engagement for the freshwater and coastal policy reviews
- Providing research support to the social science team undertaking evaluation research, survey design, data collection, analysis and reporting
- Recording, storage and reporting processes for information received from community engagement events, online forums and surveys is in accordance with organisational and legislative requirements

Waikato Regional Council offer a range of staff benefits including flexible working options, health & wellbeing benefits, and a great social club. We are committed to working more creatively to ‘get work done’ in a way that is of mutual benefit to you, the organisation and our communities.

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