Environmental Impact Scientist — Hybrid (Queenstown)

Placements24; Queenstown; On-site; NZD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

37.5hr working week

Flexible work opportunities

5 weeks annual leave

Life insurance and superannuation

Annual wellbeing programme

Job summary

Otago Regional Council (ORC) seeks a Manager Environmental Delivery Data and Systems to lead the Regulatory Data and Systems function. You will drive data quality, strategic delivery, and continuous improvement while guiding a high-performing team.

You will provide expert advice for planning and regulatory activities, build stakeholder relationships, and lead system enhancements to support sustainable resource management across Otago.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's qualification in Environmental Management, Science, Information Science or a related field with SQL reporting services.
• Significant experience managing data and databases.
• Significant leadership experience developing and supporting teams.
• Experience in local government.
• Experience leading process improvement, quality assurance or systems enhancement initiatives.
• Experience collecting and analysing environmental data.
• Strong communication, reporting, and organisational skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and encourage the development of the Regulatory Data and Systems team, fostering a collaborative culture.
• Ensure the quality, integrity, and effective management of environmental and regulatory data.
• Provide expert advice and insight to support organisational planning, decision making, and regulatory activities.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with team members and stakeholders.
• Contribute to strategic planning, budgeting, and continuous improvement initiatives across the environmental delivery function.
• Ensure resource consent monitoring reflects consent conditions and organisational priorities.

Skills

Leadership

Data management

Communication

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Environmental Management/Science/Information Science or related field

Tools

SQL Reporting Services

Job description

Manager Environmental Delivery Data and Systems

Lead a high performing team and drive the future of environmental data and regulatory systems across Otago Platinum Recruitment are supporting the Otago Regional Council (ORC) to find a manager Environmental Delivery Data and Systems. Through science, policy, consents, compliance and environmental monitoring, ORC works to support thriving communities and sustainable resource management across the region.

About the Role

The successful candidate will provide strategic and operational leadership across ORC's Regulatory Data and Systems function. Leading a team, you will encourage continuous improvement, innovation, high data quality management while supporting the effective delivery of ORC's regulatory activities.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and encourage the development of the Regulatory Data and Systems team, fostering a collaborative culture
• Ensure the quality, integrity, and effective management of environmental and regulatory data
• Provide expert advice and insight to support organisational planning, decision making, and regulatory activities
• Build and maintain strong relationships with team members and stakeholders
• Contribute to strategic planning, budgeting, and continuous improvement initiatives across the environmental delivery function
• Ensure resource consent monitoring reflects consent conditions and organisational priorities

About you

You are a people focused leader, this is a key component of the role, and you thrive on building and leading teams. You bring a strategic mindset, strong commercial awareness, and the ability to translate complex information into practical solutions. You are equally comfortable working at both a strategic level, balancing leadership responsibilities with hands on involvement in systems, reporting and process improvement.

Skills & Experience

• Bachelor's qualification in Environmental Management, Science, Information science or a related field with SQL reporting services
• Significant experience managing data and databases
• Significant leadership experience developing and supporting teams
• Experience in local government
• Experience leading process improvement, quality assurance or systems enhancement initiativesExperience collecting and analysing environmental data
• Strong communication, reporting, and organisational skills

Benefits

• 37.5hr working week
• Flexible work opportunities
• 5 weeks annual leave
• Life insurance and superannuation
• An annual wellbeing programme

This is an opportunity to combine leadership, strategy, technology and environmental stewardship in a role that contributes to the future of Otago, with development opportunities. If you are passionate about leading people, improving systems and using data to drive better outcomes, we'd love to hear from you.

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