Principal Advisor, Planning

**Principal Advisor, Planning**

**Type**: Permanent
**Location**:Wellington

Are you ready to lead in the national emergency management planning space? If so, nau mai, haere mai NEMA is looking for an experienced and dynamic planning lead who can see the big picture, use initiative, and drive the delivery of the National CDEM Plan review and other key initiatives.

**Mo tenei turanga mahi | About this role**

In this role you will:
Provide thought leadership, development, maintenance, and evaluation of the strategic national CDEM planning framework, supporting doctrine and guidance, lead planning relationships with a range of CDEM stakeholders, including the other government agencies and planning sector, and provide Planning Manager capability to the Planning Function as required.

This position sits in the Planning and Sector Partnerships Unit that is responsible for developing and maintaining New Zealand's national emergency management planning framework and partnering with social and infrastructure sectors to build resilience across the 4 Rs of risk reduction, readiness, response, and recovery in support of communities.

As NEMA is an operational agency, there may be a requirement to respond to emergency activations in the event of a national emergency response. This may include potentially long hours and challenging working conditions, e.g. an emergency could occur at any time of the day or night and may require working shifts and/or working weekends**.** NEMA provides thorough training prior to you being required to assist in a response. NEMA will do all in its power to support staff in meeting their work and family responsibilities during an emergency. The welfare and wellbeing of our staff is of utmost importance.

**Due to the nature of our role in Emergency Management, NEMA has a very dynamic work environment and as a small agency, staff are often required to pivot and change focus on their work at short notice. Attributes of adaptability, agility, resilience and curiosity are all required on a daily basis, in and out of times of emergency response.**

**Ko wai koe | About you**

- Flexibility of approach/thinking, able to adapt in constantly changing circumstances,
- Comfortable facilitating a collaborative work environment, with a constant eye on completing the objective and goals of the business unit
- An ability to deliver high quality work output under pressure,

The discretion and tact to handle confidential and private information,

- High level of judgement with the ability to make effective decisions in complex situations,
- Able to manage without authority and ensure work gets completed effectively and on time

**Huanga Whaiaro | Key requirements**

- A relevant tertiary qualification or an equivalent body of knowledge and experience, including a knowledge of emergency management processes and planning,
- Significant experience in the development of planning products or management of programmes to deliver outcomes,
- Experience leading and chairing multi-agency committees, or working groups
- Ability to identify, manage and minimise risk,
- Experience in persuading, influencing, building and maintaining effective collaborative relationships,
- Experience working in an emergency management environment,
- Experience with planning processes that involve key stakeholder engagement, including populations disproportionately impacted by emergencies

**Ko wai matou | About us**

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) provides national leadership to New Zealand's distributed emergency management system. NEMA's primary focus is on the performance and capability of the emergency management system as a whole, across all hazards and all risks and the 4 Rs of risk reduction, readiness, response and recovery.

NEMA values diversity and inclusion. We want our workforce to reflect the diversity of our communities. We value and respect the contributions of our people with diverse backgrounds, experiences, skills and perspectives.

We are committed to doing our part to deliver on the Crown's commitments to Maori under Te Tiriti o Waitangi. We strive to actively build te Ao Maori perspectives and capability into our day to day work, values and practices.

**Ta matou e tuku | What we offer**

We pride ourselves on the quality of our staff and understand the importance of fostering a working environment where excellence is recognised and where staff are encouraged to develop their own talents and potential. We welcome diversity, in all its forms and we believe it is a strength.

NEMA values staff health, safety and wellbeing, and a positive work life balance is encouraged.

The indicative BASE salary range for this role is $147,686 - $161,266. NEMA offers a variety of benefits on top of the base salary.

**Whakaritenga Haumaru | Security Requirements**

Due to the security requirements of this role, applicants must be a New Zealand citizen or New Zealand Permanent Resident.

**Me pehea te tono | How