Senior Building Advisor

Taituarā — Local Government Professionals Aotearoa; Selwyn; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A local government body in Ontario is looking for a Senior Building Advisor. The role involves providing guidance, vetting building consents, and ensuring excellent customer service in a team-driven environment. This position is ideal for candidates with experience in building regulations and strong communication skills. Join a dedicated team working to support community needs in Selwyn.

Benefits

Great work-life balance with flexibility

Career coaching and development

Life insurance

Wellbeing and volunteer leave

Paid leave during holiday seasons

Sick leave from day one

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience working as a Building Advisor or similar role.
• Good knowledge of Building legislation and ability to adapt to changes.

Responsibilities

• Vetting of Building consents to ensure quality of applications.
• Supervising Building Advisors in on-the-job training.
• Responding to internal and external queries.

Skills

Customer service

Attention to detail

Digital literacy

Communication skills

Education

Experience as a Building Advisor

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Senior Building Advisor

About The Role

The Building Advisory team is the first point of contact for Selwyn District residents for all building matters and are pivotal to the internal function of the building department. In this role you will showcase excellent customer service to the community while carrying out a variety of administrative tasks. The Senior Building Advisor provides support and guidance to their colleagues and assists in the co-ordination of the team's functions. Your daily tasks will include, but are not limited to;

• Vetting of Building consents
• Ensuring consistency in the quality of applications received
• Providing technical support to colleagues
• Supervising Building Advisors in their on-the-job training
• Responding to internal and external queries
  
  

About You

Ideally you will be a team player, customer focused and comfortable working towards results in a team environment. It is essential that you have demonstrated experience working as a Building Advisor (or a similar role) and knowledge of the Building Act. As a Senior Advisor, you will enjoy training and providing supervision as required in the team. You will be adept to change and pivot appropriately however, training will be provided.

Additional to this, the successful person will also demonstrate;

• A good knowledge of Building legislation and adapt to relevant changes
• High attention to detail and process driven with the ability to identify and initiate improvements
• A high level of digital literacy and ability to adapt to changing technology
• Articulate communication skills (verbal and written)
• Ability to be proactive and have initiative
  
  

What We Can Offer

• Great work-life balance with flexibility
• Career coaching and development
• Life insurance
• Wellbeing and volunteer leave
• Three days paid leave between Christmas and New Year
• Two weeks paid Partners Leave
• Sick leave from day one
• Continued KiwiSaver contributions during savings suspension
• Discounts with local and national businesses
  
  

About Us

Selwyn is one of the fastest-growing districts in New Zealand. We have a fantastic quality of life, great communities, and a thriving economy. Our Council works actively with residents to provide the services and facilities that help our communities to thrive and grow.

Our head office is based in Rolleston (only 25km from Christchurch), which offers an enviable family lifestyle, outstanding local facilities and an easy drive to the ski fields, rivers and hills that make up Canterbury's stunning landscape.

Our values are important to us and represent the way we work:

• Be a good human
• Be brave - Think differently
• Better together- Make it happen for Selwyn.
  
  

We honour Te Tiriti o Waitangi and we are committed to working with our Treaty partner to deliver on our obligations under Te Tiriti o Waitangi.

To apply for this job go to: https://sdcjobs.co.nz/Vacancies & enter ref code: 6765323.

Applications close 08 June 2025

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Permanent Full Time

Job no: 6765323

Location: Selwyn

Closing Date: Saturday, 7 June 2025

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