Senior Solicitor Jobs in New Zealand

The Company

Is a multi-disciplinary consultancy offering Planning, Engineering, and Surveying expertise to a national client base.

With six offices throughout the central North Island and over 80 years in the industry, they know what it takes to deliver exceptional outcomes to their clients.

The company that acknowledges and appreciates the work and time our employees put into their work and are proud of their team culture and workplace ethics.

They are seeking an Senior-level Planner to join their team. This position is based in their Rotorua office. However, within this role, you will also work closely with the other planners across the group.

The Role

Prepare, lodge, and manage regulatory approvals and actions as required under the Resource Management Act 1991, local bylaws and national statutes on behalf of clients for subdivision and land use consents, including discharge permits, water takes, earthworks consents, outline plan approvals, Notices of Requirement, Private Plan Change Requests etc

• Undertake special planning tasks such as DOC Concessions, Policy, Management Plans
• Pre-application preparation, attendance at meetings and guidance.
• Provide due diligence, feasibility and planning advice to clients.
• Providing internal planning advice to Engineers and Surveyors within the business as relevant and appropriate on multi-disciplinary projects.
• Producing reports, preparing and presenting expert evidence for hearings.
• Establish and maintain working relationships quickly and effectively within the team and clients.
• Consultation and negotiation with affected parties, stakeholders and the general public.
• Preparation of submissions on resource consent applications, district or regional plan changes.
• Local government services, including consent processing.

About You

• A Degree in Environmental Planning or similar
• Experience within either the Consulting or Local/Regional Council sectors
• At least 5 years’ experience within the New Zealand planning environment
• Excellent written & verbal communication skills
• Presentation Skills
• General understanding of Maori cultural values, tikanga and treaty of Waitangi
• Ideally, some experience in consultation

The Benefits

• Career development opportunities, including annual training budgets, tertiary study programs and payment of professional membership fees
• A mentoring system with some of NZ’s top professionals
• Commitment to wellbeing, including flexible working environments
• Long service reward system
• Solid staff recognition programs
• They are big enough to have exciting projects but small enough to feel like a family company, their people are their biggest asset, and they love to see them excel.
• Hours are flexible between 30 and 40 per week.