Senior Community Resilience

7 days ago

Hamilton, New Zealand Waikato Regional Council Full time

**Mō te tūranga | About the role**
- To develop, implement and maintain consistent PIM processes and plans.
- Provide CDEM technical advice and input to the strategies, policies and plans of our key agency partners, relating to risk reduction and hazard mitigation.
- Through multiple communications channels and platforms, use marketing to raise awareness of potential risks and hazards in communities.
- Be able to effectively communicate hazard and risk science to the community.
- Develop, coordinate and support the implementation of policies, plans and processes that identify hindrances that limit communities’ response and recovery from emergencies based on risk exposure/vulnerability.
- Work with the GEMO Operational Readiness Team (Training and Exercise) to ensure a consistent level of training is provided to volunteers within the community and within Community Response Plans.
- Available to be included in an on-call 24-hour/7-day GECC Public Information Manager roster.
- Build and maintain relationships with a range of stakeholders throughout the Waikato.

**Mō te tangata | About you**
- Exceptional relationship management and influencing skills.
- Excellent knowledge of the Treaty of Waitangi.
- Knowledge of mātauranga Māori.
- Good knowledge of Te Ao Māori.
- Highly developed interpersonal skills.
- Politically confident and able to understand local and regional government.

**Mō ngā pūkenga | Qualifications and experience**
- Experience in communications and marketing
- Min 7 years of relevant experience.
- Previous experience leading a team, including the ability to coach and motivate people.
- Experience in building and managing cross-agency engagement.
- Experience in working with iwi in partnership contexts.
- Tertiary qualification in communications, public relations or a related field.
- IAP2 (International Association for Public Participation) or equivalent.
- Civil Defence Emergency Management - Integrated Training Framework (ITF):
- Foundation
- Intermediate
- Public Information Management.

**Mō te tīma | About the team**
- You will be working with a broad range of stakeholders across the Waikato Region Civil Defence Emergency Management Group that comprises a consortium of:
- 11 local authorities,
- Iwi
- Emergency services
- Lifelines utilities
- Welfare organisations
- Government departments and non-government organisations operating in the central area of New Zealand’s North Island, referred to as the Waikato region.
- Our risks are as diverse as the region we care for; from the coastlines of the Coromandel Peninsula to the ‘super-volcano’ in Taupō.

**Mō mātou | 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.
- 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 more resilient sustainable future that will make a positive difference to people’s lives.
- We’ve got ambitious goals and there are some tricky issues, but that’s what makes it so interesting.

**Mō te tuku tono | How to apply**
- Applicants will be reviewed as they come in and this role will close on **Sunday 1 September 2024.**:

- For a copy of the **role description **, please click here

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