Date: 30 Jan 2024 Location: Wellington, NZ, 6011 Christchurch, NZ, 8013 Auckland, NZ, 1010 Auckland, NZ, 1010 Discover a career with purpose at MBIE Join the Determinations leadership team as a Principal Advisor Permanent opportunity - can be based in either Auckland, Wellington or Christchurch Bring your passion for the building system or for interpreting and applying legislation to this challenging operational role Make a positive impact on how the building system operates in this exciting team Start solving some of the more complex issues within the building sector Provide advice to others who care just as deeply about NZ's building industry Salary range: $132,417-$160,472 Tnei tranga - About the Role: The Principal Advisor, Determinations is a leadership position in the Determinations team. They proactively provide high quality and timely thought leadership and decision making as well as strategic, tactical and specialist technical advice to the National Manager and team. The Principal Advisor Determinations is responsible for issuing decisions on determinations under delegated authority.

They execute a leadership role in the team and work to ensure the overall effectiveness and efficiency of the determinations function, maintain a high standard of quality and decision making in determinations, and ensure that any systemic issues identified in determinations are communicated to key stakeholders in the building regulatory system. Principal members of the team, contribute to best practice both from a technical and process perspective. An important part of the role will be the coaching, training and mentoring of advisors and senior advisors.

This is your opportunity to step up and utilise your extensive building and/or legislative knowledge to solve some complex issues and support compliance with building regulation. You'll be dealing with others who care just as deeply as you do about New Zealand's building industry to help them better understand the building code. As part of the Determinations team you will provide customers with binding decisions, guidance and clarity about the application of building legislation.

Our customers include building owners, building consent authorities (e.g. local councils), agents for building owners (e.

g. lawyers and consultants) and industry professionals (e.g.

engineers). Play your part in shaping one of New Zealand's leading sectors that employs 250,000 workers and is set to contribute more than $41 billion to New Zealand's economy in 2023. The Determinations team are looking to source the right candidate/s to help them contribute to MBIE's stewardship/kaitiakitanga of NZ's building system.

We do this by developing determinations on matters of doubt or dispute about the application of building legislation. Ng pukenga me ng wheako e hiahiatia ana - Skills and Experience Required An excellent understanding of the building code and a strong desire to resolve disputes and help those in the building industry to ap.