Rma Duty Planner

7 months ago


Hamilton, New Zealand Waikato Regional Council Full time

**Mō te tūranga | About the role**

This is a great opportunity to work within the regulatory and planning functions of Council’s Resource Use Directorate. Working as an RMA Duty Planner your work will focus on providing legislative and planning advice to our customers on an interesting and diverse range of environmental planning matters. Core responsibilities include:

- Provision of Resource Management Act (RMA), Waikato Regional Plan and Waikato Regional Coastal Plan information and advice to our customers. Working with council staff to ensure timely response to information requests.
- Respond to ‘complicated’ enquiries and requests for RMA and planning advice.
- Facilitate discussions/meetings with other staff or teams to ensure customers are provided with accurate and appropriate advice.
- Assist with and respond to Permitted Activity whitebait stands queries and transfers.
- Oversight of Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act (LGOIMA) requests coming into the directorate, working with the Democracy Services team to action.

**Mō te tīma | About the team**

You will have the support of a professional team of varying skillsets and expertise across the Regional Consents Section, while helping support their work with their consenting and monitoring functions.

**Mō te tangata | About you**
- A high level of computer skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Be results and solution-focused
- Good organisational skills including time management, prioritising and multi-tasking

**Mō ngā pūkenga | Qualifications and experience**
- A tertiary qualification or equivalent industry knowledge in resource management or related field e.g. environmental planning, science
- High level of oral and written communication skills; the ability to communicate sometimes complex technical information in a way that is easily understood.
- Ability to understand, analyse and evaluate the Resource Management Act and planning information, and provide sound advice to council’s customers.

**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 mahi is as diverse as the region we care for and the people who share it.

Wellbeing is 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.

**Mō te tuku tono | How to apply


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