Team Leader Biosecurity

Porirua City is a happening place. Porirua is a diverse, well-connected city and has a lot to offer, with awesome cultural and recreational opportunities. The future is bright – we need skilled people like you to join our team and help shape our growing and developing city.

About the role

In this busy and diverse role, your action oriented approach and focus on quality will be a real asset.

You will:

• Lead, motivate and manage a small team of biodiversity rangers to implement pest plant and pest animal control
• Provide guidance and maintain oversight of monitoring and auditing programmes for pest plants and pest animals.
• Prepare, plant and maintain revegetation areas.
• Work collaboratively with community groups, and Greater Wellington Regional Council to align programmes of work
• Work alongside our Parks Volunteer Advisor to develop and implement a programme to meet training needs of volunteers undertaking plant and animal pest control.
• Provide friendly, positive and professional customer service excellence at all times.
• Bring a strong knowledge of health & safety requirements and risk management to your work

About you

This role offers a diverse range of daily activities and will keep you on your toes. 

You’ll need to show us that you have:

• A qualification in Ecology, Conservation, Biodiversity, Biosecurity or land management or equivalent experience.
• Recent experience in a similar role.
• Demonstrated knowledge of best practice in pest, plant and pest animal control.
• Proven effective leadership experience.
• Experience in safely and efficiently operating small plant and machinery.
• Experience with dealing with customers/members of the public
• Good interpersonal skills combined with great written and verbal communication skills
• Understanding and commitment to health and safety in the workplace
• Understanding and commitment to diverse workplaces
• The ability to meet the physical demands of the role
• A NZ unrestricted Full drivers’ licence
• A Growsafe Certification
• A current first aid qualification

What you need to do now

Come and join our Urban Ecology Team and be part of our welcoming and engaging environment. Please contact Dave Stone on 021 673 823 for more information.

Porirua City embraces and values diversity and inclusion. We actively encourage applications by people from all backgrounds and are a member of Diversity Works. If you have any support or access requirements during our recruitment process, please let us know when you apply, and we’ll do our best to get you sorted.

You will need to apply via our careers centre: www.poriruacity.govt.nz/careers.

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Applications close on Wednesday 29 January 2025.