• Import/Wholesale Company with bullish view
• NZ and Australian responsibility
• But still hands-on in role

• Business Unit Management and People Leadership
  
• Career succession step with work-life balance!
• Influential role with meaningful impact within the region

This “Smart Little City” is at the heart of the region.  Nelson City Council is a Unitary Authority responsible for providing key infrastructure, community facilities, economic development, a range of regulatory functions and managing natural resources.

The role provides operational leadership of the Environmental Planning business unit, who is responsible for the development and review of Environmental bylaws and resource management plans. The new generation Nelson Plan is a key focus that focuses on the future in terms of environmental protection and enhancement, climate change resilience, development, and growth.

We need an energetic leader with sound judgment to support and lead a passionate professional team of planners, all at differing stages in their career, who will highly value your mentoring and coaching style. Aligned to the organisation culture will be your values-based, action-orientated approach to engage with the integrated Council operations and you will lead with exceptional technical nous, whilst keeping an eye on future trends and the changing landscape of the RMA.

In this role, you will be responsible for the overall integrity, quality assurance and delivery of the complex Planning work programme ensuring work is delivered from a Council-wide perspective.  Therefore, in addition to your strong partnering and people leadership qualities, you will bring a proven background in senior planning advice, expertise and technical leadership in key planning and policy areas.

Critical to success in this political environment will be your ability to engage with and manage expectations through building productive, collaborative relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including proactively participating in community facilitation and engagement on planning and policy matters. This will require you to possess advanced political astuteness.

You will have a minimum of 10+ years' environmental planning experience that underpins your proven business unit management and people leadership experience, and your career history may span working in local government or consultancy (Planning, Policy, Resource Consents), with a relevant professional qualification in Environmental Management, Resource Management or related discipline.

For an articulate and motivated professional, we offer you this enviable career step and lifestyle opportunity in a fabulous location, and a supportive and collaborative work environment, with an attractive remuneration on offer.

To register your interest in this superb opportunity, please submit your details in absolute confidence via our registration process attaching both an up-to-date CV and cover letter (in Word please).   For a confidential conversation, you can contact Amanda Scott, Consulting Director at talentnow! on 021-784483.

Applications close Friday 20th December 2019.

PLEASE NOTE:

To apply for this role you must have New Zealand RMA experience and have the legal right to be able to work in New Zealand.

• Masterclass and Trusted Advisor approach to recruitment methodology
• Opportunity to reset how recruitment will help our NZ economic recovery
• Regional representation alongside a national presence

For us, during this crisis,our existing business model has meant we continue to operate business as usual!

Our expertise and success have spanned many decades through crises similar to the one that we are currently facing.  Innovation has seen us reverse industry trends, where we have experienced growth during difficult times when the rest of the recruitment sector has faced contraction.  Our Recovery Register is an example of proactivity during economic upheaval.

Our ‘virtual or remote based’ model, our focus and long term experience  in contracting, aligned with the unparalleled sector experience of our Associates, means that the next few years present an unprecedented opportunity.

It is quite clear that “talent conversations” going forward will need an entirely different “language”. We believe that recruitment’s “new normal” will be a constant and adaptable change of resource, and what we offer clients will have to align with this.  This is something we can respond to.

The Opportunity

In line with this, we are seeking Expressions of Interest from recruitment sector professionals to become part of our “hub” and present services we believe will offer relief and recovery resources to those wanting to engage the skills they need to move forward in the new economic environment.  We want to talk to those who may be part way on this “curve” and do not want to flatten it, but make it rise exponentially!

Criteria

There are proven criteria we need for success in our environment, so you’ll need the following:

• Have your own home office with the right technology
• Be financially resilient
• Possess a minimum of 10 years’ (preferably more) experience in external recruitment
• Have experience across all aspects of recruitment – permanent, contracting, etc.
• Have operated at a professional and executive level
• Be experienced in the end-to-end process of recruitment, right from BD through to fulfilment
• Bring value with strong connections and networks
• Be entirely self-motivated and be a self-starter
• Be comfortable working the hours you need – full or part-time
• Be a “mature” operator who can identify with all working generations

Attributes

Amongst the personal attributes, you’ll need are the following:

• Strong ethics and professional integrity, transparency, accountability, and reliability
• Ability to conceptualise and problem-solve, with a consistent and structured approach
• Have a flexible and adaptable approach to resourcing solutions
• Possess exceptional communication and relationship management skills
• Be able to influence resourcing decision-making with sound commercial advice
• Not be afraid to challenge convention
• Have broad commercial skills applicable to both the public and private sectors

Action

We are seeking genuine enquiries from experienced recruiters who may either be operating on their own and perhaps feel an “association” may be the best way forward, or perhaps high performers within larger operators who may find the prospect of heading out on their own somewhat daunting in the uncertainty of today’s recruitment climate.

During the GFC, talentnow! grew year on year, and we believe this experience is a strong foundation that will allow us to do something similar in the environment we are currently facing.

If any aspect of this opportunity has aroused your interest, then please call in confidence to Kevin Chappell, Principal Director, 0295-974739, or Amanda Scott Consulting Director, 021-784483 for more details.

You can also register your interest by following our Registration process.

• Become part of our Recovery Register
  
• Professional contractor level expertise sought
  
• Innovative thinking and reshaping of business a necessity
  

The talentnow! team is recognised as one of the most experienced in this category.

Our ‘”game changing” brand has been operating in a virtual capacity, without corporate offices, since inception, so during this lock-down, for us it is BAU! For you that means an easy and assured process and communication.

In addition, our highly experienced leadership team has operated during previous radical events (’87 crash, 9/11, SARS, GFC), and know how to recognise the best talent for the recovery charge!  Understanding this is crucial, so we make no excuses when we "interrogate" your expertise, so as to support nationwide businesses who have been dramatically affected by this worldwide event.

In preparation for the necessary recovery, we need to broaden our talent register and have created a "Recovery Register" and invite interest from professional experts and proven independent professional contractors and consultants, who believe they have the skills, knowledge and experience to be considered for the imminent resourcing needs NZ will require to recover post the Covid-19 challenge. If you have backgrounds in the following, then we would like to hear from you:

• Programme or Project Management
• Business Change Management Strategy
• Business and Process change
• Business Intelligence and Data analytics
• Marketing and Communications
• Infrastructure planning, project management
• Accounting, Finance, Financial Planning, Budgeting
• Strategic Planning and Business Development
• CEO Level Recovery Management
• Change Management consulting

By registering your details with us, you will maximise your opportunities to be considered for contract or interim roles, as we are leaders in the business of being the “link” to the market where clients are looking to engage contractors in a “just in time” manner.

We anticipate huge demand for expertise in re-start, change, and recovery, for a broad range of companies and entities.

Please note that at this point in time, this is a call to register for upcoming opportunities and not advertising for specific roles.

So we invite interested applicants to submit their details by the following procedure:

1. Please submit your details in absolute confidence via our registration process attaching both an up-to-date CV and cover letter (in MS Word please).

2. Please complete all the forms within the application process, including the mandatory questions so your complete information is available for evaluation.  Please do not put "as in CV" or shortened versions, as this will be the primary information your application will be categorised on.

APPLICATIONS WILL ONLY BE ACCEPTED VIA OUR REGISTRATION PROCESS.  PLEASE DO NOT EMAIL YOUR CV DIRECT.

Should you wish to make contact with one of our team, feel free to email any questions you may have:

Kevin Chappell: kevin@talentnow.co.nz

Amanda Scott: amanda.scott@talentnow.co.nz

John Keesing: john@talentnow.co.nz

Teresa Curd: teresa.curd@talentnow.co.nz

AND FURTHER NOTE THAT ONLY THOSE IN NZ ARE ABLE TO BE CONSIDERED FOR OUR "RECOVERY REGISTER".

OPPORTUNITIES WILL ONLY ARISE AS BUSINESS ACTIVITIES RECOMMENCE, AND BUSINESS DECISIONS ARE MADE IN THE NEW ENVIRONMENT.

• Become part of our Recovery Register
  
• Professional contractor level expertise sought
  
• Innovative thinking and reshaping of business a necessity
  

The talentnow! team is recognised as one of the most experienced in this category.

Our ‘”game changing” brand has been operating in a virtual capacity, without corporate offices, since inception, so during this lock-down, for us it is BAU! For you that means an easy and assured process and communication.

In addition, our highly experienced leadership team has operated during previous radical events (’87 crash, 9/11, SARS, GFC), and know how to recognise the best talent for the recovery charge!  Understanding this is crucial, so we make no excuses when we "interrogate" your expertise, so as to support nationwide businesses who have been dramatically affected by this worldwide event.

In preparation for the necessary recovery, we need to broaden our talent register and have created a "Recovery Register" and invite interest from professional experts and proven independent professional contractors and consultants, who believe they have the skills, knowledge and experience to be considered for the imminent resourcing needs NZ will require to recover post the Covid-19 challenge. If you have backgrounds in the following, then we would like to hear from you:

• Programme or Project Management
• Business Change Management Strategy
• Business and Process change
• Business Intelligence and Data analytics
• Marketing and Communications
• Infrastructure planning, project management
• Accounting, Finance, Financial Planning, Budgeting
• Strategic Planning and Business Development
• CEO Level Recovery Management
• Change Management consulting

By registering your details with us, you will maximise your opportunities to be considered for contract or interim roles, as we are leaders in the business of being the “link” to the market where clients are looking to engage contractors in a “just in time” manner.

We anticipate huge demand for expertise in re-start, change, and recovery, for a broad range of companies and entities.

Please note that at this point in time, this is a call to register for upcoming opportunities and not advertising for specific roles.

So we invite interested applicants to submit their details by the following procedure:

1. Please submit your details in absolute confidence via our registration process attaching both an up-to-date CV and cover letter (in MS Word please).

2. Please complete all the forms within the application process, including the mandatory questions so your complete information is available for evaluation.  Please do not put "as in CV" or shortened versions, as this will be the primary information your application will be categorised on.

APPLICATIONS WILL ONLY BE ACCEPTED VIA OUR REGISTRATION PROCESS.  PLEASE DO NOT EMAIL YOUR CV DIRECT.

Should you wish to make contact with one of our team, feel free to email any questions you may have:

Kevin Chappell: kevin@talentnow.co.nz

Amanda Scott: amanda.scott@talentnow.co.nz

John Keesing: john@talentnow.co.nz

Teresa Curd: teresa.curd@talentnow.co.nz

AND FURTHER NOTE THAT ONLY THOSE IN NZ ARE ABLE TO BE CONSIDERED FOR OUR "RECOVERY REGISTER".

OPPORTUNITIES WILL ONLY ARISE AS BUSINESS ACTIVITIES RECOMMENCE, AND BUSINESS DECISIONS ARE MADE IN THE NEW ENVIRONMENT.

• Become part of our Recovery Register
  
• Professional contractor level expertise sought
  
• Innovative thinking and reshaping of business a necessity
  

The talentnow! team is recognised as one of the most experienced in this category.

Our ‘”game changing” brand has been operating in a virtual capacity, without corporate offices, since inception, so during this lock-down, for us it is BAU! For you that means an easy and assured process and communication.

In addition, our highly experienced leadership team has operated during previous radical events (’87 crash, 9/11, SARS, GFC), and know how to recognise the best talent for the recovery charge!  Understanding this is crucial, so we make no excuses when we "interrogate" your expertise, so as to support nationwide businesses who have been dramatically affected by this worldwide event.

In preparation for the necessary recovery, we need to broaden our talent register and have created a "Recovery Register" and invite interest from professional experts and proven independent professional contractors and consultants, who believe they have the skills, knowledge and experience to be considered for the imminent resourcing needs NZ will require to recover post the Covid-19 challenge. If you have backgrounds in the following, then we would like to hear from you:

• Programme or Project Management
• Business Change Management Strategy
• Business and Process change
• Business Intelligence and Data analytics
• Marketing and Communications
• Infrastructure planning, project management
• Accounting, Finance, Financial Planning, Budgeting
• Strategic Planning and Business Development
• CEO Level Recovery Management
• Change Management consulting

By registering your details with us, you will maximise your opportunities to be considered for contract or interim roles, as we are leaders in the business of being the “link” to the market where clients are looking to engage contractors in a “just in time” manner.

We anticipate huge demand for expertise in re-start, change, and recovery, for a broad range of companies and entities.

Please note that at this point in time, this is a call to register for upcoming opportunities and not advertising for specific roles.

So we invite interested applicants to submit their details by the following procedure:

1. Please submit your details in absolute confidence via our registration process attaching both an up-to-date CV and cover letter (in MS Word please).

2. Please complete all the forms within the application process, including the mandatory questions so your complete information is available for evaluation.  Please do not put "as in CV" or shortened versions, as this will be the primary information your application will be categorised on.

APPLICATIONS WILL ONLY BE ACCEPTED VIA OUR REGISTRATION PROCESS.  PLEASE DO NOT EMAIL YOUR CV DIRECT.

Should you wish to make contact with one of our team, feel free to email any questions you may have:

Kevin Chappell: kevin@talentnow.co.nz

Amanda Scott: amanda.scott@talentnow.co.nz

John Keesing: john@talentnow.co.nz

Teresa Curd: teresa.curd@talentnow.co.nz

AND FURTHER NOTE THAT ONLY THOSE IN NZ ARE ABLE TO BE CONSIDERED FOR OUR "RECOVERY REGISTER".

OPPORTUNITIES WILL ONLY ARISE AS BUSINESS ACTIVITIES RECOMMENCE, AND BUSINESS DECISIONS ARE MADE IN THE NEW ENVIRONMENT.