Community Risk Manager – Waitemata – Permanent

* Create an environment that enables and reinforces high performance
* Utilise your risk management and problem-solving skills
* Salary band $146,344 – $162,604, actual salary dependent on skills & experience



We are looking for a proactive and experienced Community Risk Manager to identify, assess, and mitigate risks within the community.




Mo tenei turanga - about the role

As a member of the District Leadership Team (DLT) the Community Risk Manager is collectively accountable for ensuring service delivery (the 4Rs of risk reduction, readiness, response and recovery) for the built and natural environment across the district.

You will need to be a strategic thinker to lead our team and drive positive change. This individual will be responsible for developing and implementing innovative strategies, fostering collaboration, and ensuring impactful progress towards our goals. The ideal candidate will have strong leadership skills and a passion for continuous improvement.




* You will lead all risk reduction and community readiness and recovery functions and activities across the district and contribute to the development and delivery of National work programs.
* Ensure a strong two-way connection between the Risk Reduction and Community Readiness and Recovery Teams, Group Managers and Brigades to create a common understanding of each other's programmes of work and shared commitment to delivery.
* Form and foster a cohesive and high-performing team that ensures people are well led at all levels.
Demonstrate strong qualitative and quantitative analytical ability, strong judgement, and decision-making.
* Be able to distil complex and competing information to identify key themes and issues and takes a strong evidence-based approach to decision-making.




Ko tau na i tenei turanga - What you'll bring to the role:

The Community Risk Manager will deliver accountability through ensuring the effective leadership of all risk reduction and community readiness and recovery functions and activities in the district.

This includes the robust management of resources, the development, implementation and monitoring of work programs and the development and maintenance of relationships with key partners, stakeholders and communities in a way that provides information and intelligence to ensure that service and support needs are met. These relationships are critical to ensuring shared capability and the understanding of shared outcomes.




To be successful in this role, we'd expect you will:

* Demonstrate a proven ability to work effectively with the organisation's key stakeholders, partners, and communities of interest.
* Identify and maintain effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders to achieve organisational outcomes, and co-ordinate and collaborate with and across internal functions to ensure alignment of functions.
* Build and maintain relationships with a wide range of people to achieve organisational outcomes.
* Demonstrate effective written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills and the ability to convey complex or technical information both verbally and in written form to a range of audiences.
* Demonstrate collective leadership, think, and act strategically, lead with influence and achieves through relationships.
* Demonstrate a drive for results and delivery of outcomes; promote a culture of high performance.
* Have the qualifications, skills, knowledge, attributes, and experience required to successfully undertake the position (detailed in the person specification section of the position description.)




He aha nga painga o tenei mahi mou? – Why you will enjoy working here

As an employer, Fire and Emergency New Zealand is committed to providing an enjoyable and challenging work environment with a focus on ongoing personal development.




Benefits

* Matched Kiwi Saver employer contributions of up to 6%
* Hybrid working options available
* Life and income protection insurance for eligible employees
* A wellness policy that allows for generous sick leave provisions so you can look after yourself




The salary range for this role is $146,344 – $162,604 dependent on skills and experience relevant to the role.



Ko wai matou - who are we?

Fire and Emergency New Zealand is a Crown Entity responsible for reducing unwanted fires, responding to structural and vegetation fires and other emergencies including motor vehicle crashes, medical emergencies, hazardous substance related incidents, natural disasters, and supporting increased community resilience.

Our vision is to build stronger communities and protect what matters most to the people within them. We are proud to be recognised as New Zealand's most trusted public sector agency. Our values reflect what our people believe is core to who we are and the organisation we aspire to be.

* We Do the Right Thing – Kia Tika
* We Serve and Support – Manaakitanga
* We Are Better Together – Whanaungatanga
* We Strive to Improve – Auahatanga




Ko te tono mai - How to apply:

Come join us - we are excited about the future of Fire and Emergency New Zealand, and we'd love you to be part of it! We value diversity as a strength and welcome applicants that can help bring a difference to our organisation.

If this sounds like you, apply now. To download a copy of our position description please visit our vacancy page on our FireJobs website.

If you have any specific questions about this role please email ******

However please note, applications sent via email will not be accepted.

Applications close 28th April 2025

Please note: Eligibility to work in New Zealand is mandatory for this role.