Administration Officer - Building Compliance

Richmond, Tasman

Richmond, New Zealand

Reference: 6938066

Permanent - Full-time position

Richmond, Tasman Region

  • Do you thrive in a varied environment
  • Base salary, generous benefits package, a paid day off on your birthday & Health Insurance
  • Employing great people for a thriving Tasman - will you be one of them?

About the role:

Do you want a job where you can add value to our customers every day?

Our building team located predominantly in Richmond, operate in a fast-paced environment, which isn't for the faint hearted! We're looking for a vibrant team orientated person who will thrive on challenge, is systematic and achievement orientated. If you meet this brief, then this could be the rewarding career opportunity you've been looking for.

Your workflow will cover a broad and varied range of administration tasks associated with processing of COA's, and building warrant of fitness's. You will also carry out reviews and update technical, and legislative rules and regulations within our procedures manuals. In conjunction with the Team Leader you will also assist with monitoring, allocating or completing service requests and inspections, while ensuring building assurance statistics and systems are accurate, comprehensive and up to date.

About you:

We need someone who can think on their feet, has excellent digital literacy skills, including a good understanding of databases and has solid administration credentials. Your ability to change your focus on a regular basis and be adaptable is a must.

You may have a background in the building, construction or trade industries and possess a good grasp of building codes and regulations, quality assurance, computer-aided records management and/or legislative compliance, but if not, don't worry we will train you! What's really important to us is your high degree of aptitude and ability to collaborate effectively with others.

The perks:

In return we will offer you:

  • A comprehensive induction and training program
  • Ongoing professional development opportunities
  • A supportive team culture that values collaboration and teamwork
  • Flexible working arrangements
  • A benefits package suited to your preferences, an extra day of leave to celebrate your birthday and Medical Insurance

Making great communities takes great people. Join us and become one of them. If this sounds like you, apply now!

For more information contact the People & Wellbeing Team on 03 543 8988.

Applications Close: 22 Oct 2026

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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 submitted 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).