Advisor Infrastructure Strategy

• Intermediate level strategic role
• Career growth opportunities
• Flexible working and option to purchase an extra week of leave

He angitūtanga: The opportunity

Auckland Council’s Policy department has a fantastic intermediate level opportunity for an advisor to join the infrastructure strategy team. 

This is a critical role for the council and will focus on providing analysis and advice to management and elected members on important issues such as: the alignment of Auckland Council’s  infrastructure investment with its broader regional goals, the efficient integration of land use and infrastructure, responding to climate change, addressing equity, and enabling improved strategic asset management at Te Kaunihera o Tāmaki Makaurau.

You could expect to work on:

• coordinating input on issues from varied council and non-council infrastructure stakeholders into written reports, submissions, advice and presentations
• evaluating infrastructure investment performance against Auckland’s biggest infrastructure issues 
• data analysis and presentation for diverse audiences
• working on strategic asset management improvements, including contributing to the Infrastructure Strategy

Based at the Auckland city centre, your team is at the heart of some of Auckland’s most important future decisions, both strategically and financially. You will work closely with council’s growth and transport strategy teams, and our operational departments, to ensure infrastructure decision making is integrated.

He kōrero mōu: About you

We welcome applications from individuals of diverse backgrounds such as infrastructure strategy or infrastructure planning, engineering, finance, or asset management planning. You have experience in similar roles within large, complex, or political organisations, and would have worked with at least one of the infrastructure asset classes that Auckland Council owns.

We will be looking for specific experience with the key role requirements:

• ability to synthesise complex ideas to diverse audiences
• knowledge or experience in the infrastructure decision-making tools (CBA, MCA, etc)
• modelling skills using at least Microsoft Excel
• geospatial analysis would be beneficial
• excellent interpersonal and writing skills

We still encourage you to apply if you have some but not all these requirements.
 

Ngā āhuatanga kei a mātou: What we offer

Auckland Council is the largest local goverment council across Oceania, serving over 1.7 million people and contributing towards making  Tāmaki Makaurau a world-class city.

We offer a range of employee benefits and proudly support flexible working options where possible.

View a snapshot of some of our employee benefits HERE.  

Help us make a difference to Tāmaki Makaurau.

Me Tono Ināianei!: Apply Now!

Applications close: Tuesday, 3 June 2025

Find a copy of the position description HERE.

If you have any support or access requirements, please advise us when submitting your application so we can assist you.

This role has a remuneration range of $90,000-$95,000

Our employer Kiwisaver contribution is additional to base salary offered. 

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Auckland Council is an equal opportunity employer (EOE) and we are committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion. If you have any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at the time of application to assist you through the recruitment process.

Employees in receipt of salary protection and/or on the predecessor Council terms and conditions of employment, please note that the salary protection and/or predecessor Council terms and conditions, including relocation, apply to your current position. Should you change to a new position (other than any secondment) you will be issued with a new employment letter of offer with current Auckland Council terms and conditions.