Help Wellington be ready when it matters most.
Wellington is a creative, connected capital, but we're also a city that faces natural hazards, severe weather events and unexpected disruptions. We're looking for a Readiness Advisor to help ensure WCC is prepared to respond effectively when emergencies occur. This role is responsible for strengthening our readiness capability across planning, training, exercising, operational preparedness and continuous improvement.
Working within our City Resilience and Emergency Management team, you'll play a key role in supporting the Council's emergency response capability, helping ensure our people, systems, facilities and processes are ready to support the city before, during and after an emergency
Āu ake mahi | What you'll do
You'll bring together planning, coordination and relationship management to strengthen the Council's emergency management readiness by:
- Coordinating emergency response training and exercise programmes
- Supporting the readiness of the Council's Emergency Operations Centre (EOC)
- Developing and maintaining procedures, checklists and operational documentation
- Leading debriefs, lessons management and continuous improvement activities
- Analysing readiness information and providing practical advice and recommendations
- Building strong relationships across the organisation and with regional emergency management partners
- Supporting Public Information Management (PIM) readiness and activation preparedness.
Ngā tohu me ngā wheako | Qualifications and experience
You'll be an organised and analytical professional who enjoys turning plans into action and building capability across a diverse organisation.
We're looking for someone with:
- Experience developing and delivering emergency management, readiness, training or exercise programmes
- Strong analytical skills and the ability to provide clear, evidence-based advice
- Experience developing operational procedures and supporting continuous improvement initiatives
- Excellent stakeholder engagement and relationship management skills
- The ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining high attention to detail
- Experience working within emergency management, resilience, business continuity or related environments (highly desirable)
- Knowledge of CIMS and emergency response frameworks, or the ability to quickly build this capability.
This is an opportunity to make a meaningful contribution to the resilience of New Zealand's capital city. You'll work alongside passionate professionals dedicated to helping Wellington prepare for, respond to and recover from emergency events, while contributing to a safer and more resilient future for our communities.
We are looking to appoint between $84,977 and $99,972 per annum, for this role, depending on relevant skills and experience.
Nōu te rourou | What's in it for you
Working for the Council offers you a range of benefits including 5 weeks annual leave, flexible working options, health and wellbeing support, Council staff discounts and a range of learning and development programmes and opportunities.
View our Employee Value Proposition Video to see what our employees say about working at WCC.
Diversity:
We want your application to enable you to portray the real you. Skills are gained across many areas of our life, not just formal employment. If you can demonstrate the skills listed in the advert through whānau life, community or mahi aroha (volunteering) we encourage you to apply and share your story with us in your cover letter.
We welcome applications from all people and like our workforce to reflect the diverse communities we serve.
Accessibility Support:
We want to make sure any accessibility requirements you may have, are well supported so the selection process is equitable for everyone. Please let us know if there are any adjustments or support, we can offer to make our process more accessible to you by emailing: [email protected]
Applications close 15 November 2026. Please note that we may engage with applicants prior to the vacancy closing and/or close applications ahead of this date so we encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible.
All applications must be submitted online and must have the right to work in New Zealand – we will not accept emailed applications.
Pre-employment Checks: All employees must undergo a Criminal Conviction Check, the results of which will be held on your employee file if employed.
If you have questions, please contact Phil Becker, Manager City Resilience & Emergency Management, [email protected]