Job Description
Your next adventure: Rotorua Lakes Council beckons!
Are you seeking an adventure that combines professional growth with community enrichment? Look no further than Te Kaunihera o ngā Roto o Rotorua | Rotorua Lakes Council. With a team of just under 500 staff, we're the driving force behind iconic projects that define the Rotorua landscape – from the Sir Howard Morrison Centre to the Rotorua Lakefront Redevelopment. Immerse yourself in the unique blend of nature and culture that Rotorua offers, with lakeside tranquility, world-class mountain biking, and captivating geothermal wonders. Our commitment to biculturalism through collaboration with Te Arawa, our local iwi, is hugely important as is your appreciation for Māori values, te reo, and tikanga Māori. Join us and embark on a journey where your passion meets purpose.
Whakarongo ki te Tūī e karanga mai ana, Tihei Mauriora e! Hear the call of the Tūī, Behold there is life!
We’re looking for a capable, collaborative Strategic Advisor to join our small, high-performing team for a 12-month parental leave cover. This role supports the delivery of our key corporate planning and performance activities while helping maintain alignment with Council’s strategic direction.
You’ll work closely with the Team Lead – Corporate, Strategy & Compliance to ensure our major planning and reporting commitments stay on track, including the Annual Report, Long-term Plan, non-financial performance measures, and audit processes.
While this role sits within a strategic function, during the fixed term period the emphasis will be on supporting the practical delivery and coordination of our corporate planning activities to keep our work programme's moving.
What you’ll be involved in
• Leading the drafting and detailed quality checking of the Annual Report, working closely with the Team Lead and our design team to ensure timely delivery.
• Assisting with the development of our Long Term Plan by completing specific tasks as directed by the Team Lead.
• Leading the operational delivery of non financial performance measures, including data collation, working with responsible teams, preparing audit responses, and drafting of reports to Council on non-financial performance measures.
• Assisting with the timely audit response for our Annual Report and Long-term plan.
• Co ordinating the LTP consultation process, in partnership with our engagement and communications teams.
• Co-ordinating the hearings process for the LTP, including preparing the submissions pack and leading the thematic analysis of submissions to inform the deliberations report to Council.
What do you bring
• Knowledge of Local Government legislation, processes, and planning cycles.
• Experience working in a public sector environment and understands how government organisations operate.
• Comfortable working with audit processes, and performance reporting.
• Highly organised with excellent attention to detail.
• A calm, steady approach and works well in a busy, fast-moving team environment.
• A collaborative team member who builds strong working relationships.
• Strong written communication skills, with the ability to write clearly and with purpose.
• Understands the LTP and Annual Report environment.
• Someone who brings professionalism, integrity, and respect to their work, and contributes positively to a collaborative and inclusive team culture.
Based in beautiful Rotorua, you’ll enjoy a lifestyle that blends lakeside serenity with vibrant community energy.
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Te Kaunihera o nga Roto o Rotorua (Rotorua Lakes Council) is committed to working in partnership with Te Arawa, our local iwi. We aspire to being a bicultural organisation and we value staff who speak te reo Maori, have an appreciation of Maori values, and a working knowledge of tikanga Maori.
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