Senior Strategist, Natural Environment

• Influence long term environmental outcomes
• Enjoy a diverse range of projects
• Flexible working and option to purchase an extra week of leave

He angitūtanga: The opportunity

Auckland Council’s Policy department has an opportunity for a Senior Strategist to join the Natural Environment Strategy (NES) team.

This is a key role for the Council and will focus on providing high quality and influential strategic advice to internal and external decision-makers across environmental domains. Use your strategy and policy skills and environmental knowledge across a wide breadth of topics.

You could expect to work on:

• determining how we manage our natural environment over the longer term and how to get there in an integrated way
• forming and translating policy positions for environmental outcomes across the Council
• promoting resilience to natural hazards through improved recognition of nature-based solutions within council’s policy, regulatory and non-regulatory programmes
• spatial representation of natural environmental issues and nature-based solutions and how the use of geospatial tools supports strategic approaches to achieving effective and durable outcomes
• evaluating central and local government legislative and operational proposals against organisational and community / sector expectations for environmental management   

He kōrero mōu: About you

This role requires experience in the natural environment policy and strategic space, where environmental challenges and integration with other policy drivers are often seen as challenges, and require strategic and tactical thinking to achieve better outcomes. 

We are looking for people who come from technical disciplines such as policy development, environmental legislation or spatial planning frameworks, with a focus on environmental resilience across land, water and coastal.

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

• sound understanding of environmental issues in the Auckland context, given other policy drivers (such as productivity and growth, and land use in general)
• strategic thinking and analysis and evaluation techniques
• ability to produce quality written reports and other collateral
• influential approaches for resource management where non-regulatory options will play a significant role
• excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• geospatial experience and a practical understanding and use of geospatial tools

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: Sunday, 15 June 2025

Find a copy of the position description HERE (note that the formal job title of this role is Senior Analyst NES)

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 $110,000-$125,000

Our employer Kiwisaver contribution is additional to base salary offered. 

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.