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 team.

This is a key role for the Council and will focus on providing high quality 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:

• recommending how we manage our natural environment in an integrated way
• forming and communicating policy positions for environmental outcomes across the Council in a way that is easily understood by all stakeholders
• promoting resilience and environmental enhancement through recognition of nature-based solutions within the Council’s strategy and policy frameworks
• spatial representation of natural environment issues and nature-based solutions, using geospatial tools
• evaluating central and local government legislative and operational proposals against organisational and community expectations for environmental management 

He kōrero mōu: About you

This role requires experience in natural environment policy and strategy, in large, complex or political organisations, where environmental challenges and integration with other policy drivers make integration a challenge. 

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

• technical disciplines such as policy development, environmental legislation or spatial planning, including environmental resilience across land, water and coastal domains
• sound understanding of environmental issues in the Auckland context given other policy drivers (such as productivity and growth, and land use in general)
• influential approaches for resource management where non-regulatory approaches play a significant role
• excellent interpersonal and communication skills, including the ability to produce quality written reports, presentation material and strategic analysis
• geospatial experience and a practical understanding and use of geospatial tools (including geospatial or graphics skillsets)

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 government 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 30 September 2025 

Find a copy of the position description HERE.

This role has a remuneration range of $110,000-$123,000

Our employer Kiwisaver contribution is additional to base salary offered. 

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

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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.