Regulatory Specialist Compliance & Assurance

Discover a career with purpose at MBIE

• Utilise and grow your regulatory compliance  experience
• Use your ability to influence and build relationships with both internal and external stakeholders
• Wellington based permanent position
• Salary range:  $85,537 - $101,911 - KiwiSaver + Wellness Benefits

Tēnei tūranga - About the Role:

We have an exciting opportunity available for an experienced regulatory specialist to join the team. 

The Building System Delivery & Assurance team is responsible for a range of building regulatory functions involving regulatory compliance, monitoring and assurance, and service delivery.  These functions include contributing to customer education, maintenance of assurance schemes, contributing sound judgment and technical knowledge and informing decisions on product investigations, warnings and bans. 

Reporting to the Manager Compliance and Assurance, you will be responsible for providing subject matter expertise input into the delivery of an online earthquake-prone building register, as well as monitoring, reviewing and reporting on the performance of territorial authorities, building consent authorities and regional councils. 

We are looking for someone who has an existing knowledge of the earthquake-prone building system, legislation and the related online register. 

What You’ll Do:

• Work on compliance initiatives that enhance regulatory oversight across the building system
• Collect, analyse, and interpret regulatory data to identify and report on trends and risks
• Investigate complaints that relate to the performance of building control functions  
• Implement assurance frameworks that support robust regulatory decision-making 

Ngā pukenga me ngā wheako e hiahiatia ana -

Skills and Experience Required
 

• Proven experience in regulatory compliance
• Strong data collection, analysis, and reporting skills to support evidence and risk-based regulation
• A strategic thinker who can navigate complex regulatory environments
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills

Join us and you’ll work alongside and have support from a highly engaged and capable team.  No two days will be the same.

Ētahi kōrero mō MBIE - About MBIE:

MBIE's goal is to create a resilient and high-performing economy that delivers real and ongoing quality of life for all New Zealanders.

We do this by working with others to create an environment that supports businesses to be more productive and internationally competitive, enables all New Zealanders to participate in the economy through improved job opportunities and by working to ensure quality housing is more affordable.

People are at the heart of our mahi, our way of working is guided by our values which shape our behaviours.

• Mahi Tahi – Better Together
• Māia – Bold and brave
• Pae Kahurangi – Build our Future
• Pono Me Te Tika – Own It

Our aspirations are echoed in our Māori identity – Hīkina Whakatutuki – which broadly means ‘lifting to make successful'.

MBIE recognises the partnership founded under Te Tiriti o Waitangi between Māori and the Crown and is committed to giving effect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi. We will do this through enduring, meaningful and effective partnerships with iwi, Māori, other Māori groups/organisations and the Crown, as this is critical to enable economic and social development, both for Māori and for wider Aotearoa New Zealand. We are committed to continuing to partner with iwi in order to find new sustainable solutions to address long standing systemic and cross-cutting issues facing Māori and wider Aotearoa New Zealand and we are also committed to identifying opportunities for iwi to lead and creating an enabling environment for iwi to leverage these opportunities.

E mōhio ana a Hīkina Whakatutuki i puea ake te kōtuinga I waenganui i a ngāi Māori me te Karauna i Te Tiriti o Waitangi, ā, kei te whai ia ki te whakaū ake i Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Mā te whai kiko o ngā kōtuinga ahungaroa o ngāi wi, o ngāi Māori, me ētahi atu rōpū Māori ki te Karauna, katutuki tēnei. He āhuatanga nui tēnei e āhei ai ngā mahi whanaketanga ā-ohanga, ā-pāpori hoki ki a ngāi Māori me Aotearoa whānui. E whai tonu ana mātou ki te kōtui atu ki ngā iwi mō te rapu huarahi hou ki te whakaara i ngā kaupapakua roa nei e tāmi ana i a ngāi Māori me Aotearoa whānui, ā, e whai ana hoki ki te tautohu i ngā āheinga kōkiritanga mā ngā iwi, me te tautoko i ngā iwi kia whai mana ake ai ēnei āheinga.

Me pēhea te tono - How to Apply:

Click here to view a position description. 

When you are ready to apply please send a CV and cover letter telling us why you're the perfect fit for this role.

All applications must be submitted via our online process.

We can't wait to hear from you!

Email Sarah Hutcheson at sarah.hutcheson@mbie.govt.nz quoting ref MBIE/19275 if you have any further questions.

Applications close on Wednesday 1 April 2026.