Graduate Consents Officer

2 weeks ago

Hamilton, New Zealand Waikato Regional Council Full time

**Mō te tūranga | About the role**

As Graduate Consent Officer, you will get a wide range of exposure to:

- Processing resource consents for water takes, wastewater discharges, coastal activities, air discharges and land development.
- Prepare consent evaluation reports.
- Provide information and advice on the consenting process.
- Prioritise and manage your time effectively to achieve practical timely outcomes across multiple projects within statutory timeframes.
- Present at consent hearings.

**Mō te tangata | About you**
- The ability to demonstrate and evaluate RMA policy and technical information on environmental effects.
- A strong understanding of natural resource management issues and processes, whether that be in water allocation, wastewater management, land development, farming practices or others
- Be a confident communicator with a strong customer focus.
- A high level of organisational skills including time management and prioritisation.
- An understanding of Te Ao Māori, which will be beneficial to this role.

**Mō ngā pūkenga | Qualifications and experience**
- 0 - 2 years’ applied experience in resource consent processing.
- A tertiary qualification in a Science-related discipline or Resource Management.
- Applied experience in resource consent processing will be beneficial.

**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 having the responsibility and independence to work on your own projects.
- 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. Our work helps look after our region's water, soil, air, geothermal areas and coasts - so we can all enjoy these precious resources for generations to come.
- 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**
- Applications will be reviewed as they come in, and this role will close on Sunday 11 February.
- For a copy of the role description, please click here.

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