About the role:

As a senior member of the Asset Management Team, the Asset Management Lead ensures that Council's asset management strategies, systems and plans are forward-thinking, community-centered, and aligned with Selwyn's long-term vision for sustainable growth, resilience, and wellbeing.

This role is 30 hours per week, some of the key areas of responsibilities include:

• Strategic and Technical Leadership, Leading the preparation and periodic review of strategic documents including the Asset Management Strategy, the 30-Year Infrastructure Strategy and Activity Management Plans for all asset groups. Monitoring and reporting on asset performance and condition to inform strategic investment decisions.
• Driving alignment between Council's Long-Term Plan (LTP), 30-Year Infrastructure Strategy, Development Contributions Policy, Asset Management Strategy and Activity Management Plans (AMPs
• System and Process Improvement, Leading development and implementation of the Asset Management Improvement Programme
• Collaboration and Engagement, fostering collaboration across Council departments to embed best practice asset management
• Compliance and Governance, ensuring asset management practices comply with legislative requirements (including the Local Government Act 2002) and Council policies

About you:

You will have a proven track record of partnering with and leading multi-disciplinary teams including external contractors, consultants, Iwi, landowners and other stakeholders. You will excel at problem solving and have excellent analytical skills.

You will also have:

• Strong technical skills with at least 15 years' experience in asset management or infrastructure planning, preferably within local government.
• Proven experience leading the development of asset management strategies, policies, or plans across multiple asset types
• An ability to write clear and concise written material and verbal presentations that convey technical information in non-technical language
• Excellent understanding of lifecycle asset management principles and infrastructure investment modelling.
• Ability to rationalise technical information, think strategically and deliver to required timeframes

What we can offer:

• Great work-life balance with flexibility
• Career coaching and development
• Life insurance
• Wellbeing and volunteer leave
• Three days paid leave between Christmas and New Year
• Two weeks paid Partners Leave
• Sick leave from day one
• Continued KiwiSaver contributions during savings suspension
• Discounts with local and national businesses

About us:

Selwyn is one of the fastest-growing districts in New Zealand. We have a fantastic quality of life, great communities, and a thriving economy. Our Council works actively with residents to provide the services and facilities that help our communities to thrive and grow.

Our head office is located in Rolleston (only 25km from Christchurch), which offers an enviable family lifestyle, outstanding local facilities and an easy drive to the ski fields, rivers and hills that make up Canterbury's stunning landscape.

Our values are important to us and represent the way we work: · Be a good human · Be brave - Think differently · Better together- Make it happen for Selwyn.

We honour Te Tiriti o Waitangi and we are committed to working with our Treaty partner to deliver on our obligations under Te Tiriti o Waitangi.

If you'd like to play a part in making Selwyn the best place to live, work and play, join us today!