Team Lead, National Conservation Planning

Department of Conservation (DOC); Christchurch; On-site; NZD 94,000 - 127,000; Full time

Job summary

Department of Conservation (DOC) in Christchurch is seeking a Team Lead to head one half of a geographically dispersed team delivering the national management planning programme. You will enable eight colleagues, balancing people leadership, strategic delivery and trusted advice in a dynamic conservation and regulatory environment.

This role focuses on enabling others to succeed, prioritising workload, developing capability, partnering with policy and operations to deliver planning outcomes that

Qualifications

• Proven leadership experience managing complex work programmes and coaching teams to build trusted relationships across iwi, government and other stakeholders.
• Experience in planning, policy, regulatory or natural resource environments would be valuable.
• Your ability to lead teams, influence outcomes and drive continuous improvement will set you apart.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of national management planning programmes and priorities.
• Promote Māori engagement with our work in collaboration with Treaty partners.
• Build strong relationships with iwi, stakeholders, Conservation Boards, government agencies and internal partners.
• Provide strategic advice and navigate complex conservation, policy and regulatory issues.
• Drive continuous improvement through better systems, planning tools and AI-enabled approaches.
• Manage risk, competing priorities and programme delivery across multiple workstreams.

Skills

Team leadership

Programme leadership

Strategic judgement

Stakeholder engagement

Communication

Government experience

Process improvement

Māori learning

Job description

Department of Conservation (DOC) in Christchurch is seeking a Team Lead to head one half of a geographically dispersed team delivering the national management planning programme. You will enable eight colleagues, balancing people leadership, strategic delivery and trusted advice in a dynamic conservation and regulatory environment.

This role focuses on enabling others to succeed, prioritising workload, developing capability, partnering with policy and operations to deliver planning outcomes that