• Once-in-lifetime opportunity to put people at the heart of how we transform our growing city
• Play a key role in enabling Wellington to become carbon neutral by 2050
• Multiple new permanent and fixed-term roles for motivated and passionate project managers, urbanists and mode shift movement nerds!

Me Hiki Ki Pōneke - Wellington City Council has declared an ecological and climate emergency as it adopts a blueprint for becoming a zero-carbon city - Our City Tomorrow. It's an exciting time to join our team of city shapers and play a key role in transforming how people live, work, play and travel across the city!

Kia mahi ngātahi mō Pōneke mō tōna āpōpō - Working together for Wellington's future.

People love living in Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington. We are a vibrant, connected, and compact city that frequently tops global city quality-of-life surveys. So, it's no wonder more people want to live here. By 2050 we're expecting 50,0000 to 80,000 more Wellingtonians, and 25% more people coming into the central city each workday from across the region.

To ensure our city continues to thrive as a healthy, safe and sustainable creative capital, where people live, work and play, we have committed to delivering an ambitious, exciting Long-term Plan. This Plan includes a number of key strategies that put people and innovation at the heart of how we design and deliver a more creative, prosperous, and greener capital. Our Planning and Environment group is leading many of these strategies, from delivering more affordable housing, installing new bike networks, to helping our capital become a net zero-carbon city by 2050.

As a Council, we will be enhancing our city so:

• It becomes greener, healthier and safer
• People of all ages and accessibility needs can enjoy our city's spaces
• Young people can get themselves to school
• People can enjoy a range of vibrant, diverse neighbourhoods to live, work and play
• Our local suburban centres are:
  - inviting spaces where people are encouraged to spend time
  - connected by safe, viable transport options.

Our journey

We are beginning the journey of delivering several programmes that will move us towards the city we need, and the city our people have told us they want through engagement on the "Our City Tomorrow" and Paneke Pōneke - the Bike Network Plan.

The City Design Business Unit's role (within the Planning and Environment Group) is influencing and implementing the vision for how our city looks and feels in the future. We are the Council's 'design studio' who uses a creative, design-led approach to delivering outcomes for Wellington. The team focuses on developing and implementing people-centred, strategic planning around urban regeneration, transport and urban design. This includes creating safer streets for walking and biking, urban greening, inclusivity, place-based regeneration and creating great spaces for, and with, people. We want a people-oriented city that tells its stories, is dynamic, creative, thriving, and sustainable.

Our team

We come from a range of professional backgrounds, ages and ethnicity - all with a passion for Wellington and for creating great city and streetscapes for, and with, people. You will be part of a fun, collaborative and fast-paced environment who focus on working better together. We embrace design thinking, innovation and good project management practice. Our office has an informal, creative and flexible atmosphere.

Leading the City Design group is Vida Christeller, who is known for her open leadership and championing of multi-disciplinary approaches to create better solutions. She is driven by her high values, forward thinking and not afraid to push the boundaries to deliver on outcomes for the city. She genuinely cares about people and their wellbeing and is excited about leading this new team in transforming our city in a pivotal time and championing density done well. We are team that really embraces flexible working, investing in our people and offer a range benefit for their wellbeing. Learn more on our website.

How could you contribute?

To set ourselves up for success, we are recruiting for a number of new permanent and fixed-term roles to join our team to make the city's plans into reality!

• Activation Lead
• Principal Communications and Engagement Advisor
• Project Lead - Transitional Programme
• Transitional Delivery Lead
• Senior Engagement Specialist
• Team Leader Project Development
• Development Project Managers
• Graduate role

Keen to learn more?

Please tune into our virtual open evening session to hear more about the Our City Tomorrow plans/work from some of the leaders in the Planning and Environment Group. This will be held at 5:30pm on Thursday, 10 February 2022. please click here to register your interest for this session. Registration will close on Wednesday, 08 February 2022 at 12.00am.

To apply

Please use the links for each job to learn more about them and to apply. All applications must be submitted online. Please submit a separate application for each role if you are interested in more than one. Unsolicited CVs from agencies will not be accepted.

Applicants must be legally eligible to work in New Zealand or must be at least in the process of obtaining one with a set date to come to NZ.