Community Compliance Officer

Richmond, New Zealand

Reference: 6764267

  • Are you passionate about making a difference in your community?
  • Base salary + benefits + health insurance
  • Varied and active work

About the role:

In this role, you'll be at the forefront of maintaining a safe, welcoming, and well-managed environment across the Tasman District. You'll be responsible for delivering timely and effective enforcement services across a wide range of regulatory functions including dog and animal control, freedom camping, parking enforcement, abandoned vehicles, and dog registrations.

You'll also play an important role in promoting and educating the public on responsible animal ownership and local bylaws, as well as responding professionally and respectfully to customer enquiries and service requests.

About you:

This is a practical, hands-on role where every day brings something new. To succeed, you'll need excellent communication skills, sound judgement and the ability to stay calm and professional when handling a wide range of situations.

You'll bring proven experience in a regulatory, compliance, or similar role, along with a strong understanding of animal behaviour and agricultural environments—particularly when dealing with dog or stock-related matters. Confidence in applying relevant legislation such as the Dog Control Act, Freedom Camping Act, and Transport Act is essential.

Digitally confident and comfortable with Microsoft 365, you're also highly organised and able to work independently or collaboratively as part of a team. With a high level of physical fitness, you're ready to work outdoors in all weather conditions.

This role requires flexibility, adaptability, and a readiness to respond as needed—including availability for after-hours, weekend, and public holiday rostered work.

The perks:

At Council we offer:

  • A collaborative team environment
  • Flexible working arrangements
  • Ongoing professional development
  • Additional paid time off through our benefits package

If you're looking for a career that keeps you active and involved in your community, we'd love to hear from you!

Applications Close: 19 Jun 2025

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What to expect after you apply

Once the vacancy closes you'll be contacted within 7 days as to whether or not your application has been successful.  If you've been shortlisted for an interview, you'll be contacted by one of the People & Wellbeing team to arrange a time to come in and meet with some of the team. 

We typically only do one interview, however depending on the seniority of the role or the role itself, we sometimes require two interviews.  For mid-senior level and team leader/manager roles, you may also be required to undertake psychometric testing.

In your interview, there will be a member of the People & Wellbeing team, the Hiring Manager and either their Manager or one of the senior member's of their team.  Our interview questions are predominantly behavioural and skills-based.

Summer Student Internships

Every year we employ a number of Summer Students across the Council to work for a period of 12-16 weeks over the summer months (mid-November to February). This is a great opportunity to gain work experience in your field of study, advertising begins early July, All applications are to be sumbitted via our website in July.

We typically have vacancies in Engineering, Environmental Information (Hydrology, Resource Science and Biosecurity), Information Services and Regulatory (Compliance Monitoring).

If you're an Engineering student interested in a Rivers Engineering career/Summer Student position, check out this website for more information - Careers | Resilient River Communities - Careers | Resilient River Communities (resilientrivers.nz).