Team Leader Proactive Campaigns

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About our group | Mō te roopu 

Compliance, monitoring and enforcement (CME) is an integral part of the EPA’s work to protect the environment and the health outcomes of New Zealanders. Activities undertaken by the CME Group sit alongside decision-making and engagement and are fundamental to the overall strategic direction of the EPA.  

The Compliance, Monitoring and Enforcement Group helps everyone – from small businesses to big organisations - understand and comply with environmental regulations to help protect communities, the environment and people. 

We do this through educating, engaging, monitoring and investigating, and taking enforcement action when necessary. This approach benefits the environment, the economy and communities, and means we can focus our resources (including our enforcement powers) on tackling the most important environmental issues.  

Our multi-disciplinary team of compliance, monitoring and enforcement officers work together, supporting each other to carry out this essential role in maintaining and upholding New Zealand’s environmental regulatory regime for the good of all of Aotearoa today, and for future generations. 

About the role | Mō te tūnga  

The Team Leader Proactive Campaigns is a new role that has been recently created to increase our focus on addressing the complex environmental compliance challenges. In this role you will: 

• Oversee the day-to-day management of a team of five delivering high-impact proactive campaigns that proactively identify and then fix the important environmental compliance problems across a broad range of environmental legislation. 

• Be responsible for coaching, mentoring and development of your team members, and fostering a positive culture across the CME group and wider EPA. 

• Work across our CME group to champion best practice in regulatory delivery, balancing strong compliance with great outcomes  

• Play a key role in our assurance systems making sure training, HS&W, and continuous improvement are an integral part of what we do. 

• Deliver measurable success—strong engagement from our regulated parties, improved compliance across many industries, and a team that’s proud of the impact they make 

This role is based in our Wellington office. While we're happy to consider work-from-home arrangements, this role is not designed for full-time remote working.  

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. 

• Experience leading and developing high-performing teams. 

• Experience utilising a full spectrum of CME tools, and applying targeted interventions to fix important problems.  

• Sound understanding of regulatory behaviour change principles. 

• Strong analytical reasoning and judgment.  

• An understanding of project management frameworks and approaches. 

• Working knowledge of NZ’s environmental legislation. 

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 

• $400 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.