Property Assessor (Lower Hutt)

New Zealand Government Joba; Upper Hutt; On-site; NZD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Five weeks of annual leave

Insurance benefits

Job summary

Kāinga Ora - Homes and Communities is seeking a Property Assessor to conduct residential property assessments across your region, identify issues, and perform minor maintenance to ensure homes meet health, safety, and building code standards. You will engage with tenants, manage your schedule, and contribute data to inform asset decisions.

This hands-on role requires building maintenance or construction experience, strong customer focus, and the ability to travel.

Qualifications

• Ideally, a relevant National Certificate (Level 4) building and/or design qualification. Alternatively, you will have relevant experience within the building maintenance sector
• Ideally, a Diploma (Level 6) in Building Control Surveying and/or a recognised qualification in building design and/or construction (Advanced Trade Certificate, NZCB, NZCD or equivalent)
• A minimum of 2 years of experience in building construction, maintenance or an inspections role
• Demonstrated people skills to achieve outcomes and sound customer approach when in homes
• Good building technical knowledge, application, and awareness
• Strong relevant legislative knowledge, application, and understanding
• You’ll have a wealth of experience working with iwi and rōpū Māori at a regional/national level
• A current, full clean New Zealand Driver's Licence

Responsibilities

• Conduct residential property assessments across your region
• Identify condition-based issues and complete minor maintenance tasks
• Ensure compliance with health, safety and building code standards
• Manage own daily schedule and work directly with tenants in their homes
• Engage effectively with tenants to gather reliable property data for asset decisions
• Travel across the region to support housing outcomes

Skills

People skills

Building knowledge

Driver's Licence

Education

National Certificate Level 4 (building/design)

Diploma Level 6 (Building Control Surveying)

Job description

Use your property expertise to ensure our homes meet health, safety, and building code standards. Play a key role in improving housing quality and the lives of our customers living in our homes. Full time permanent role + 5 weeks' annual leave and insurance benefits.

Te whiwhinga mahi -Our opportunity

As a Property Assessor, you'll be supporting the delivery of warm, dry, and safe homes across New Zealand. Reporting to the Team Leader - Property Assessment, this hands‑on role is responsible for conducting residential property assessments, identifying condition-based issues, completing minor maintenance tasks, and ensuring compliance with health, safety and building code standards. Working independently across your region, you'll draw on your experience in construction or maintenance to assess the condition of our homes, engage effectively with tenants, and contribute reliable property data that informs asset decisions.

This role blends technical skill with strong relationship management, making it ideal for those with a practical background and a customer-focused approach. With increasing demand, the work is fast-paced and high volume, and offers opportunities to work autonomously, travel, and contribute meaningfully to public housing outcomes.

In this role you'll be responsible for managing your own daily schedule and working directly with tenants in their homes. This is a hands-on, practical position which will see you carrying out minor maintenance works such as servicing heat pumps as well as completing formal assessments for more significant maintenance repairs. You'll be able to speak both the building and construction language, as well as communicating effectively and respectfully with our tenants to get the job done.

Ngā pūmanawatanga ōu - What you will bring

Here’s what you will bring to the role:

• Ideally, a relevant National Certificate (Level 4) building and or design qualification. Alternatively, you will have relevant experience within the building maintenance sector
• Ideally, a Diploma (Level 6) in Building Control Surveying and / or a recognised qualification in the building design and / or construction (Advanced Trade Certificate, NZCB, NZCD or equivalent)
• A minimum of 2 years of experience in building construction, maintenance or an inspections role
• Demonstrated people skills to achieve outcomes and sound customer approach when in homes
• Good building technical knowledge, application, and awareness
• Strong relevant legislative knowledge, application, and understanding
• You’ll have a wealth of experience working with iwi and rōpū Māori at a regional/national level
• A current, full clean New Zealand Driver's Licence

Nōu te rourou - What's in it for you?

We offer competitive salaries, five weeks' annual leave and a benefits package including a range of insurances, flexible working arrangements and career development. These benefits are described in more detail here https://careers.kaingaora.govt.nz/a-great-place-to-work/benefits As a Kāinga Ora - Homes and Communities employee, we want to make sure that you have all the tools and support you need. We want to ensure you are healthy and have work-life balance. We also want to support and grow your personal and career development through on-the-job learning, training courses, secondments and study opportunities.

Ō tātou uara - Our values

Our values were developed by us, for us. They unite us as an organisation and guide how we work every day. Our values are: Manaakitanga – People at the Heart Mahi Tahi – Better Together Whanake – Be BoldTūhono mai - Join us

If you have any questions about this role, please contact [e-mail]

Applications close on Sunday, 11 October 2026 at 11:55pm. As part of our commitment to supporting employees through organisational change, affected Kāinga Ora employees will be considered for vacancies in the first instance. We value diversity and are committed to working with each other and our customers in an inclusive and respectful way. We welcome applicants from all walks of life and appreciate the richness of experience that your point of difference brings to the organisation.