Environmental Protection Authority NZ

Compliance

• We are looking for regulatory practitioners with experience in carrying out a range of compliance, monitoring and enforcement activities and initiatives to ensure compliance across the EPA’s legislative mandate.
• This includes the delivery of our CME functions as well as providing quality technical and procedural advice, and maintaining professional relationships with regulated parties.
• You will be responsible for conducting and assisting with compliance activities within technically complex facilities whilst adhering to health and safety policies and procedures to mitigate risk.
• You will be solution focused, able to identify system improvements and support the delivery of training within CME whilst adhering to organisational values and behaviours.
• In the Compliance team you will be acting on notifications of non-compliance from the public and from your colleagues, triaging and looking in this information, and taking the appropriate response to resolve any non-compliances identified.
• In the Monitoring team you will be ensuring compliance across a range of approved activities and ensuring that duty holders are meeting the obligations of those approvals.
• This team is particularly focused on the higher risk activities and the minimising the potential environmental harm from them.
• In the Proactive Campaigns team you will be tasked with finding innovative solutions to fix environmental issues at a system level.

Compliance Officer

• Lead and enhance our regulatory compliance, monitoring, and enforcement functions
• Provide high-quality technical and procedural advice
• Support compliance activities and maintain professional relationships with regulated parties
• Conduct inspections and investigations within technically challenging areas, including hazardous substances, ozone-depleting gases, and the emissions trading scheme
• Mentor team members, develop processes, and ensure quality assurance of outputs
• Lead and contribute to projects aimed at enhancing and improving our internal systems and processes.

Senior Compliance Officer

People Operations

• Partner with leaders to lift capability, performance, and engagement
• Provide expert advice on employment relations and complex people issues
• Lead or support organisational change and workforce planning
• Deliver and contribute to P&C projects and initiatives
• Coach leaders to build confidence and self-sufficiency
• Ensure HR practices align with legislation and best practice

Senior Advisor, People & Capability

Procurement

• lead the strategy, systems, and people that power our procurement success
• champion best practice, guide risk-based decision making
• ensure our procurement activity delivers real public value
• meaningful collaboration and complex sourcing challenges
• supplier engagement and opportunities to lift procurement capability across the organisation.

Team Leader, Procurement

Financial Planning and Analysis

• lead a talented financial accounting team
• oversee financial processes and controls
• provide trusted advice on our organisation’s budget
• help strengthen management reporting and business partnering across the EPA
• focus on delivering accurate financial insights
• build capability within your team
• ensure our finance function is proactive and reliable

Compliance Officer

Senior Compliance Officer

Senior Advisor, People & Capability

Team Leader, Procurement

Team Leader, Finance