Emission Trading Register Modernisation Executive Lead

About our group | Mō te roopu 

The Corporate Services Group works in close partnership with the wider business to lead, support, and enable the EPA to achieve its strategic intentions and effectively and efficiently deliver its core functions.  

There are five key functions within the Corporate Services Group. These are:  

Information Management and Technology, People and Capability, Communications and Customer, Finance and Business Services and Enterprise Projects. 

About the role | Mō te tūnga 

 
This is a fixed term role. 

This role can be onsite or based remotely, with flexibility as required to enable effective engagement with Ministers, central agencies, and key stakeholders. 

• Typical day in the life of this role 
  Providing decisive executive leadership to the ETR modernisation project, engaging at senior levels across government, and ensuring strategic alignment, pace, and clarity of direction across a complex, multi-agency environment. 

• Current areas of primary focus 
  Contributing to governance and cross-agency engagement; working as a technical subject matter expert with delivery partners and consultants; shaping and testing strategic, technical, and investment advice and collateral; and ensuring the business case is robust, defensible, and aligned to Treasury expectations and Government priorities. 

• What success looks like 
  A high-quality, investment-ready business case delivered within tight timeframes; strong alignment and confidence across Ministers, the EPA Board, and central agencies; risks and dependencies actively managed; and clear, authoritative advice guiding decision-making at the highest levels. 

About you | Mōhou 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. 

Required skills and experience 

• Proven executive-level experience working with Ministers, central agencies, and senior leaders across government 

• Deep subject matter expertise in the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) and Emission Trading Register (ETR) environments 

• Demonstrated ability to lead complex, high-profile programmes or business case development in compressed timeframes 

• Exceptional stakeholder leadership, with the credibility to influence across agency, governance, and political interfaces 

• Strong commercial and strategic acumen, including experience shaping investment cases and navigating public sector funding processes 

• Experience directing and challenging external delivery partners to ensure high-quality, fit-for-purpose outputs 

• Ability to operate with authority in ambiguity, balancing strategic priorities, risks, and delivery constraints 

‘Nice to have’ but non-essential skills 

• Experience developing Treasury-aligned business cases or investment logic frameworks 

• Experience leading large-scale system modernisation or technology-enabled transformation 

• Experience in cross-agency system design or regulatory system leadership 

What’s in it for you | Ngā āhuatanga kei a mātou 

There are extra benefits to working at the EPA: 

• flexible working culture 

• three additional paid leave days between Christmas and New Years in addition to four weeks’ annual leave 

• $200 non-taxable payment to help you set up working at home 

• an annual paid EPA Environment Day to support the community with environmental initiatives 

• in-house Māori cultural capability building programme  

• learning opportunities, including the annual EPA Symposium  

• active and lively social club, and diverse groups and support networks  

• EPA awards recognising individual and team effort 

• relocation help for those moving to New Zealand from overseas.