Advisor Emergency Management and Business Continuity

5 days ago

Wellington City, New Zealand New Zealand Government Full time

Work with various teams across the organisation
- Work in a dynamic environment
- Based in our Petone office close to the beach and shops

This is a full-time position of 40 hours per week.

The remuneration for this role is $86,230 to $121,736 p.a (including KiwiSaver) depending on skills and experience.

**The opportunity**

The focus of this role includes developing capability across people, systems, process and plans; all designed to assist Wellington Water be ready and able to respond to any disruption and in an emergency. In this position you will be involved in the response and recovery of business continuity and service delivery incidents and emergencies. You will form a core part of the response team. We are looking for someone who makes steady progress on tasks and has an aptitude for responding to situations in a dynamic environment.

**You will get to**:

- Work across the organisation ensuring readiness for any disruptive events
- Work within Business Continuity and Emergency Management frameworks
- Build, foster and manage effective working relationships
- Lift internal competency of emergency management in the organisation
- Work closely with operational teams.

**About you**

**To be successful in this role you will bring the following**:

- A tertiary level qualification in Emergency Management or related discipline (desirable)
- More than three years in Emergency/Response Management or a related environment
- Experience in leading a concept through to delivery
- Proven experience of working in a collective and collaborative leadership work environment
- An understanding of the nuances of the political operating environment
- Strong presentation, negotiation, and advocacy skills.

**Benefits**

At Wellington Water, our purpose extends beyond delivering great water services for the region; we foster a thriving community, support a diverse workforce, and offer supportive development opportunities. We genuinely care about your safety and wellbeing.

**Our benefits include the following**:

- Flexible working arrangements including up to two days working from home
- Comprehensive wellbeing programme, including one paid wellbeing day annually
- Formal and informal professional development opportunities
- Five weeks annual leave accrual will be available following two years of continual service.

For a full list of our employee benefits: click here.

**About us**

Wellington Water is the professional water services provider across Greater Wellington and South Wairarapa. Our job is to provide safe and healthy drinking water, collect and treat wastewater, and ensure the stormwater network is well managed. We're a multi-council owned entity, tasked to manage the infrastructure and deliver water services to our communities.

The value of water (a precious taonga) sits at our organisational heart. Our people are passionate about providing waters services for our communities and environment which is reflective in our values; Tangata Tiaki, Whanau and Mana.

**Applications close on Thursday, 2 October 2025.**

**How to apply**

To view a copy of the position description: click here

Applicants for safety sensitive roles will be required to undergo drug and alcohol testing prior to commencing employment with Wellington Water. You must also be legally entitled to work long-term in New Zealand.

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