Senior Advisor, National Planning Type: Permanent Location: Wellington or Christchurch Are you looking for a role that makes a real difference in the national emergency management planning space? If so, nau mai, haere mai! NEMA is looking for an experienced and dynamic planner who can collaborate across the emergency management system, use initiative, and develop planning products to address readiness across Aotearoa's vast hazardscape. Ko wai mtou | About us The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) provides national leadership to New Zealand's distributed emergency management system. NEMA's primary focus is on the performance and capability of the emergency management system as a whole, across all hazards and all risks and the 4 Rs of risk reduction, readiness, response and recovery.

NEMA values diversity and inclusion. We want our workforce to reflect the diversity of our communities. We value and respect the contributions of our people with diverse backgrounds, experiences, skills and perspectives.

We support flexible ways of working that bring out the best in you. We are committed to doing our part to deliver on the Crown's commitments to Mori under Te Tiriti o Waitangi. We strive to actively build te Ao Mori perspectives and capability into our day to day work, values and practices.

M tnei tranga mahi | About this role The position sits with the Planning and Sector Partnerships Unit, responsible for the development and maintenance of New Zealand's national emergency management planning framework and partnering with social and infrastructure sectors to build resilience across the 4 Rs of risk reduction, readiness, response and recovery in support of communities. As NEMA is an operational agency, there may be a requirement to respond to emergency activations in the event of a national emergency response. This may include potentially long hours and challenging working conditions, e.

g. an emergency could occur at any time of the day or night and may require working shifts and/or working weekends. NEMA provides thorough training prior to you being required to assist in a response.

NEMA will do all in its power to support staff in meeting their work and family responsibilities during an emergency. The welfare and wellbeing of our staff is of utmost importance. The response role for this position is with the National Planning Function.

Due to the nature of our role in Emergency Management, NEMA has a very dynamic work environment and as a small agency, staff are often required to pivot and change focus on their work at short notice. Attributes of adaptability, agility, resilience and curiosity are all required on a daily basis, in and out of times of emergency response. Ko wai koe | About you We are looking for a candidate with the following attributes: * Demonstrates resilience, agility and curiosity, * Dynamic thinking, able to quickly adapt in constantly changing circumstances, * Comfortable working in a highly collaborative work environm.