Property Assessors

Use your property expertise to ensure our homes meet health, safety, and building code standards Play a key role in improving housing quality and the lives of our customers living in our homes Multiple permanent opportunities, salary $96,227 + 5 weeks' annual leave and insurance benefits Te whiwhinga mahi - Our opportunity As one of our new Property Assessors, you'll be supporting the delivery of warm, dry, and safe homes across New Zealand.

Reporting to the Team Leader - Property Assessment, this hands-on role is responsible for conducting residential property assessments, identifying condition-based issues, completing minor maintenance tasks, and ensuring compliance with health, safety and building code standards.

Working independently across your region, you'll draw on your experience in construction or maintenance to assess the condition of our homes, engage effectively with tenants, and contribute reliable property data that informs asset decisions.

This role blends technical skill with strong relationship management, making it ideal for those with a practical background and a customer-focused approach.

With increasing demand, the work is fast-paced and high volume, and offers opportunities to work autonomously, travel, and contribute meaningfully to public housing outcomes.

In this role you'll be responsible for managing your own daily schedule and working directly with tenants in their homes.

This is a hands-on, practical position which will see you carrying out minor maintenance works such as servicing heat pumps as well as completing formal assessments for more significant maintenance repairs.

You'll be able to speak both the building and construction language, as well as communicating effectively and respectfully with our tenants to get the job done.

We currently have vacancies available across the following Kainga Ora regional offices : Dunedin Nelson Wellington Palmerston North Hawkes Bay Tauranga Rotorua Hamilton New Plymouth Nga pumanawatanga ou - What you will bring If you have on-the-tools experience in a residential construction or maintenance role coupled with a friendly and calming customer-focused approach, then we would like to hear from you.

Here's what you will bring to the role : Ideally, a relevant National Certificate (Level 4) building and or design qualification.

Alternatively, you will have relevant experience within the building maintenance sector Ideally, a Diploma (Level 6) in Building Control Surveying and / or a recognised qualification in the building design and / or construction (Advanced Trade Certificate, NZCB, NZCD or equivalent) A minimum of 2 years of experience in building construction, maintenance or an inspections role Demonstrated people skills to achieve outcomes and sound customer approach when in homes Good building technical knowledge, application, and awareness Strong relevant legislative knowledge, application, and understanding A current, full clean New Zealand Driver's Licence Nou te rourou - What's in it for you?

We offer competitive salaries, five weeks' annual leave and a benefits package including a range of insurances, flexible working arrangements and career development.

These benefits are described in more detail here As a Kainga Ora - Homes and Communities employee, we want to make sure that you have all the tools and support you need.

We want to ensure you are healthy and have work-life balance.

We also want to support and grow your personal and career development through on-the-job learning, training courses, secondments and study opportunities.

Mo matou - Our Organisation At Kainga Ora, ours is the important responsibility of transforming New Zealand's housing choices, outcomes and the entire housing sector by creating homes and communities that allow New Zealanders to thrive.

What is exciting about working for Kainga Ora is getting the chance to make a real and positive impact on New Zealanders' lives.

With skills, planning and purposeful action, our people are creating the homes and neighbourhoods that will build the future of Aotearoa.

We are passionate about transforming New Zealand for the better.

That includes being a trusted partner for Maori and iwi, protecting and enabling their rights, interests and aspirations under the guidance of Te Tiriti o Waitangi.

O tatou uara - Our values Our values were developed by us, for us.

They unite us as an organisation and guide how we work every day.

Our values are : Manaakitanga – People at the Heart Mahi Tahi – Better Together Whanake – Be Bold