Application Lead

About our group | Mo te roopu

We regulate activity across the climate, land ocean environments to enable New Zealand to sustainably utilise its natural resources, protect its environment and meet its international obligations.

We manage applications and decision-making processes and operate the register that allows carbon units to be traded. We ensure that obligations are met through our confident application of the legislative frameworks we operate under.

We do all of this effectively, efficiently, fairly and transparently, in order to be a trusted independent regulator.

About the role | Mo te tunga

Application Lead, Land and Oceans Applications is responsible for ensuring the successful planning and delivery of application decisions from pre-lodgment to completion, within statutory timeframes and budget. Key responsibilities include:

• Guiding application teams across various types of applications and legislation.
• Effectively delegating tasks and providing support to team members to set them up for success.
• Ensuring processes and templates are maintained.
• Providing or facilitating the provision of specialist consenting process expertise and advice to various key stakeholders.
• Support teams to achieve compliance with statutory timeframes and budget constraints.
• Assist the Principal Advisor to identify areas for improvement/ training requirements.

About you | Mohou ake

We are looking for someone with a range of skills and experience - if you have some or all of the below, we would love to hear from you.

• Excellent knowledge of resource management sector, legislation and case law and its application
• Understanding of machinery of government processes and systems including cabinet guidelines, rules and conventions (desirable)
• Ability to work under pressure, set priorities and achieve results in tight deadlines
• Ability to manage conflicting workloads and statutory deadlines across multiple projects by demonstrating good risk-based prioritisation of workflow including adapting to emerging issues in a logical and rational manner.
• Experience providing planning advice and evidence relating to large applications to decision makers and the Environment Court
• Proven experience/or aptitude for operating regulatory systems, preferably in the management of natural resources
• Experience facilitating meetings, including conferencing and caucusing of experts (preferable)

Salary range

$100,779 - $151,169 per annum (midpoint $125,941).

How to apply | Me pehea te tuku tono

Complete the online application form and submit your CV and a covering letter.

Please note: your covering letter is an important part of our assessment process. Please highlight how your experience relates to this role, and why you applied. Tell us about you, your values and/or whakapapa.

View the Position Description for further information, please contact [email protected] or check out the careers section of our website www.epa.govt.nz/careers.

Applications close | Ra Katinga

5pm, Thursday 3 July 2025.