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Posted 16 July, 2026

Compliance Officer

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Wellington, WGN, NZ Full Time
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Job Description

Responsibilities Regulatory practitioners with experience in carrying out a range of compliance, monitoring and enforcement activities and initiatives to ensure compliance across the EPA’s legislative mandate. Delivery of our CME functions as well as providing quality technical and procedural advice, and maintaining professional relationships with regulated parties. Conducting and assisting with compliance activities within technically complex facilities whilst adhering to health and safety policies and procedures to mitigate risk. Solution focused, able to identify system improvements and support the delivery of training within CME whilst adhering to organisational values and behaviours. In the Compliance team, acting on notifications of non‑compliance from the public and from your colleagues, triaging and looking into this information, and taking the appropriate response to resolve any non‑compliances identified. In the Monitoring team, ensuring compliance across a range of approved activities and ensuring that duty holders are meeting the obligations of those approvals. This team is particularly focused on the higher risk activities and the minimising the potential environmental harm from them. In the Proactive Campaigns team, tasked with finding innovative solutions to fix environmental issues at a system level. Requirements Experience in regulatory compliance, monitoring and/or enforcement, ideally within central or local government. Demonstrated ability to communicate complex information in a clear and logical manner ensuring key messages are clear for the audience. Ability to analyse complex technical and scientific data and an ability to identify non‑compliance with legislation. Applied knowledge of regulatory compliance approaches, principles and processes. Sound judgement, common sense, and a calmness under pressure. #J-18808-Ljbffr

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