Senior Officer Education and Compliance / Te Apiha Matua Matauranga me te Tautukunga

Full job description
The Dunedin City Council (DCC) takes great pride in delivering a broad range of services to the communities of this unique and fascinating city. From our roads to recycling, public libraries and pools, water supply to walking tracks, and everything in between, DCC's people are talented and committed to serving their city.

Our Building Services team provides guidance, approval, inspection and monitoring services for building applications to ensure compliance with the Building Act, regulations, and associated codes, bylaws and other legislation. We have an exciting opportunity to join our Building Services team as a Senior Officer Education and Compliance.

Things you will be doing in this exciting new role includes:

Delivering staff technical training
Undertaking staff technical and competency assessments
Delivering customer education sessions
Supporting compliance activities across the team where workflow demands require it including providing 2IC support to the Team Leader
Provide support to the four semi-autonomous compliance roles within the team including: Building warrant of fitness (BWOF), Earthquake-prone buildings (EPB) Building and Drainage investigations.
What you will bring to the role includes:

A proven track record of building and maintaining strong stakeholder relationships.
Experience of undertaking training, presentations and engaging others
Communication skills; ability to effectively communicate (verbal and written) complex issues
A minimum of ten years' experience in one or more building industry disciplines.
An appropriate NZQA qualification as per regulation 18 of the Building (Accreditation of Building Consent Authorities) Regulations 2006.
What we will provide for you in return:

A competitive salary
5 weeks annual leave
Matched Kiwi saver contributions of up to 5%
Flexible working
Ongoing training and development
Salary range: $86,428 - $101,680

The DCC is committed to the Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi and our work serving the citizens of Dunedin will reflect this.

How to Apply

If this exciting opportunity sounds like you and you would enjoy supporting DCC to deliver value to our communities, we look forward to hearing from you.

For more information about this role, or if you have any questions, please contact Cam Allum - Team Leader Support, Education and Compliance.

You can learn more about this role by clicking on the 'apply now' button, or visiting www.dcc.jobs website.

Applications for this role may be considered as they are received, and suitable candidates may be progressed through the recruitment prior to the closing date.

Job Details

Reference #
7544

Posted on
09 Jul 2026

Closes on
22 Jul 2026 17:00

Location(s)
Civic Centre

Expertise
Building Services

Work type(s)
Permanent Full Time

Benefits

Salary/Compensation

Additional superannuation

Career development

Secondment and promotion opportunities

Work/Life balance

Five weeks annual leave, additional paid parental leave, wellbeing support

Make a difference

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