Advisor Environment Restoration

We're looking for an Environment Restoration Advisor to join our dedicated and friendly team. This full-time position is fixed term for two years, based in our Cuba Street office in Wellington.

As Advisor, Environment Restoration, you will promote, educate, and advise on good management practices and environment restoration activities on small/ lifestyle blocks, mainly within the Porirua catchment.

With responsibility for direct engagement with community groups and small block owners, you will be developing and delivering workshops and resources on best practice, providing advice and encouraging restoration activities focussing on soil conservation, water quality, and biodiversity outcomes. Working work closely with the Environment Restoration Advisor responsible for that geographic area you'll identify, connect, and facilitate potential restoration projects.

About the role:

• Deliver a targeted education and engagement programme for small block owners, focused on improving land management practices and reducing sediment, nutrient and pathogen losses, particularly from high-risk land users and increasing biodiversity.
• Work collaboratively with other Environment Restoration Advisors to complement existing farm engagement, utilising incentive funding where appropriate to support priority restoration projects.
• Build partnerships with community groups, recreational groups (e.g. pony clubs) and other stakeholders to increase awareness and uptake of good land management practices across the small block sector.
• Deliver engagement at scale through workshops, field days, digital resources and targeted communications.
• You will be a part of the Environment Restoration Team reporting to Senior Restoration Advisor- Program Lead.

Skills and experience required:

• Relevant tertiary qualification (e.g., environmental science, agricultural science, geography, earth science or equivalent).
• Experience in education, preferably in an environmental, rural or related field will be an added advantage.
• Strong relationship-building, communication and facilitation skills, including confidence speaking to groups and working individually with landowners.
• An understanding of behaviour change and practical approaches to encouraging the adoption of good land-use practices.
• A sound understanding of good rural land-use practice, farming systems and the causes and management of sediment loss.
• Experience with equine properties, horse grazing systems or small-block management, and/or a rural background will be an advantage.
• An understanding of environmental restoration and waterway protection.
• The ability to translate technical information into clear, relevant advice and educational resources for people with varying levels of rural experience.
• The ability to organise engagement activities, work independently and maintain relationships across a dispersed area.

What we offer:

• Work to suit your life and whānau with our flexible working policy.
• We'll encourage you to grow and prosper with a range of learning and development opportunities, internal secondments and career progression.
• Your wellbeing is our priority - we'll provide medical and trauma insurance support through our employee assistance programme, including Rongoā Māori partner providers, generous annual leave, along with Tangihanga leave and support.
• We want you to have a sense of belonging, where you can reflect your personal and cultural identity in the way that you work.
• Social clubs, staff networks and a friendly and inclusive culture.
• Great working environments across our beautiful region.

Come help treasure and grow our rohe together

Our rohe and its lands, waterways, animals, plants and people can only grow stronger if they are nurtured.

To join our team is to step up and commit to playing an active part in this important mahi. That means restoring nature, connecting people and places, reducing environmental impacts, and helping this rohe and its people prosper.

We are committed to Te Tiriti o Waitangi and support mana whenua as Kaitiaki. We're also part of a collective movement alongside our community members whose hopes for the future of this region are just as high as your own.

Our efforts across environmental management, public transport, flood protection, regional parks and water supply are interconnected and integral to treasuring our rohe and growing our future.

How to apply:

Greater Wellington is proud to be a member of Te Uru Tāngata Centre for Workplace Inclusion. We value diversity and are committed to an inclusive, flexible, and supportive workplace. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds and welcome the unique talent and experience you will bring to our team.

We are passionate about ensuring our recruitment processes are fair and equitable. Please let us know if you have any accessibility needs or adjustments that need to be made so we can offer a recruitment process that is more accessible to you.

Click on the Apply link to view the job description and to apply for the role with a cover letter and CV. All applicants will be required to provide proof of their eligibility to work in New Zealand as we are unable to provide sponsorship for this position.

For further information, please contact: Lindi Eloff 021 536 098.

Applications close: 5.00pm, Monday, 9 November 2026. However, we will be shortlisting applications as they come in and will interview as soon as possible to secure the right person

The total remuneration for this position, including all benefits, is $85,551 to $128,327 per annum, with a midpoint of $106,939. Starting remuneration will depend on the skills and experience of the successful applicant.