FINDING PLANNING EMPLOYMENT IN NEW ZEALAND

1) There is a shortage of qualified and experienced planners in New Zealand and employers are likely to look kindly on applications from UK planners.

2) Planning Magazine has carried articles by Institute members Stuart Mearns and Emma Langmaid, who have gone to New Zealand: Stuart succeeded in finding temporary work, while Emma went on a planning exchange.  

3) For reports by members who have emigrated permanently, please contact the International Affairs Officer. The advice they give also applies to someone hoping to spend a year or so in the country.  It covers preparation for a research visit, sources of information on vacancies, and some background information about NZ planning.

4) Members recommend these web-sites for further information about NZ planning: the City of Auckland, the Ministry for Environment, Quality Planning which promotes best practice in the development of plans under New Zealand’s Resource Management Act (RMA), and the EDS Guide to the RMA. 

5) Click here to read the separate RTPI briefing on exchanges.  Emma Langmaid's article describes her experience on a planning exchange.

6) Jobs in Planning is a weekly e-mail bulletin dedicated to communicating employment opportunities in professional planning disciplines, (Town/Urban, Statutory, Regional, Transport, Social, Environmental, Economic). The service began in Australia, but now extends to New Zealand.  There is no subscription cost for job-seekers - employers pay a moderate charge to advertise. The weekly e-mail bulletin is in the form of a plain text message without attachments listing employment opportunities according to location. Recent opportunities are also on their web-site (click "Browse Jobs" tab).

7) Contact the New Zealand Planning Institute
E-mail   Web-site

Author:

Judith Eversley

Publisher:

The Royal Town Planning Institute

Date:

22-Aug-08

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