Regulatory Specialist – Regulatory Services

Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment

Regulatory Specialist in Building System Delivery at MBIE responsible for compliance, monitoring, and assurance. Seeking critical thinkers to work collaboratively in a regulatory compliance environment.

Posted 7/2/2026full-timeWellington • 🇳🇿 New ZealandMid-LevelSenior💰 NZ$85,537 - NZ$101,911 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

An opportunity has arisen for a Regulatory Specialist to join the Building System Delivery and Assurance (BSDA) team with Te Whakatairanga Service Delivery Branch.
The BSDA team is responsible for a range of building regulatory functions involving regulatory compliance, monitoring and assurance, and service delivery.
These functions include monitoring of Building Consent Authorities and Territorial Authorities, building product assurance and oversight of the CodeMark/MultiProof/BuiltReady and approved products certified overseas schemes.
This role calls for a focus on supporting our regulatory delivery functions across the team and experience working independently within a virtual, geographically dispersed team is required.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Experience working in a regulatory compliance environment and/or the building system
Experience applying the policies and procedures associated with the regulatory processes that are relevant to this role
Experience using your knowledge and judgment to give advice and influence decision making
Ability to understand and apply knowledge of the Building Act and other relevant legislation to decision making
Experience managing internal and external stakeholders, including undertaking projects with representatives from sector organisations
Good technical writing ability
Ability to work well under pressure and adapt to changing priorities
Must have the legal right to live and work in New Zealand.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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Hard Skills & Tools

Regulatory ProcessesBuilding Act KnowledgeProject ManagementPolicy ApplicationCompliance Monitoring

Soft Skills

AdaptabilityPressure ManagementJudgment