BUILDING ADVISORY PANEL – MEMBER POSITION DESCRIPTION
Skills, Experience, and Attributes Required
The Chief Executive of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (the Ministry) is seeking
candidates who wish to become a member of the Building Advisory Panel (the Panel). The Panel is
established under section 172 of the Building Act 2004. The panel comprises of up to eight members
appointed by the Chief Executive.
Ideally, candidates will have some or all of the following:
building and construction industry experience
thorough knowledge of regulatory frameworks, preferably including experience with the building
regulatory system
proficient at building and maintaining effective networks and relationships in the wider building
and construction sector and ability to utilise these networks to inform advice
able to test assumptions around decisions from a strategic perspective.
The Panel should have a breadth of experience and expertise in the building and construction sector,
including, without limitation, consumer, cultural, disability, energy efficiency, health and safety, heritage,
or sustainable development issues.
Members can be based anywhere in New Zealand. Building Advisory Panel meetings will predominantly
be held in Wellington, but may be held in other locations around New Zealand if necessary for the work
of the Panel.
Meetings of the Panel are held quarterly. Members are expected to spend 2-3 days per quarter (including
travel and preparation time). Panel members receive a standard $540 per day or $123.75 per an hourly
pro-rata rate as required, plus reasonable travel and accommodation expenses.
Members are appointed for a term of three years.
The Building Advisory Panel’s functions
The Panel supports the Deputy Chief Executive of Building, Resources & Markets with independent,
specialist and evidence-based advice on strategic issues facing the building and construction sector The
Panel’s functions are to:
identify emerging risks and opportunities to the performance of the sector, and advising on the
shape the regulatory response;
provide strategic advice on current and emerging trends in building design, building technologies
and other factors that may affect the building and construction system;
provide leadership of the regulatory parts of the sector;
ensure MBIE’s work programme and priorities create a regulatory environment that supports, and
drives innovation in the sector;
provide a channel for constructive dialogue between MBIE and the sector, and identifying critical
stakeholders for engagement on specific initiatives.
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The Ministry administers the panel. The Panel and the Ministry are collectively accountable for
performance and work together towards a shared purpose and outcomes.
Examples of matters on the building regulatory system work programme include:
Building System Legislative Reform Programme
Biannual Building Code Updates
Climate change in the built environment
Further information about the building regulatory system is available at
https://www.mbie.govt.nz/cross-government-functions/regulatory-stewardship/regulatory-
systems/building-regulatory-system/
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