Manager Regulatory Implementation

Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role

• Come and join us to influence a regulatory land transport system that is fit for purpose, efficient, effective, and in the public interest.
• We are looking for an experienced and empathetic leader with excellent risk-based decision-making skills to lead our Regulatory Implementation team.
• This is an opportunity to work in a complex, challenging and rewarding environment that impacts all New Zealanders
• Permanent role, based in Auckland/Christchurch/Wellington

In this role you will provide leadership, direction, coaching, and mentoring for your team members as well as oversee the team's the various work and programmes.

Te Whiwhinga mahi | The opportunity
The Regulatory Implementation team sits within the Regulatory System Design (RSD) team and are responsible for facilitating the implementation and operationalisation of new and existing policies, legislation, and regulatory settings to effectively deliver our regulatory functions. At the heart of the team's success is a keen problem-solving mindset, policy thinking, and working collaboratively and in partnership with our operational teams, industry, and their RSD colleagues. The team members are operational policy experts, generalists, and problem solvers who know how to get the right people around the table to enable and deliver great outcomes.

Your role will be to embed a culture of kotahitanga (unity) and collaboration. You will take a strategic and future-focused systems view of problem solving, operational policy, and regulatory implementation, and focus on risks, harm, and outcomes to enable good regulatory decision making.

The creation and maintenance of a safe, empowering, and enabling environment and culture that aligns with our Regulatory strategy, Tū ake, tū māia, and organisational strategy, Te Kapehu, is key to the team's success. Furthermore, this role is accountable for engaging collaboratively internally, and externally to:

• Ensure the team's focus and resourcing is in the right areas according to our prioritisation framework and work programme which are guided by risk, intelligence, evidence, and insights.
• Ensure our operational policy advice underpins, mitigates, and addresses, risks, harm, and barriers in the land transport system, and we are agile and keeping pace with domestic and international developments.

Ko koe tēnei | About you
As well as your leadership attributes, you will need to bring your 'know how':

Knowledge and experience:

• Strong people leadership skills with an empathetic approach and a passion for developing others.
• Proven track record of leading and building highly engaged teams with a safe, trusting, and enabling culture, managing performance, and supporting people to succeed.
• Proven situational, organisational and political nous.
• Proven experience in high level strategic, analytical, and conceptual thinking in a complex environment.
• Ability to make good risk-based regulatory decisions.
• Significant experience in the design and delivery of policy, implementation strategies and policies, frameworks, and service delivery models within a large, complex organisation.
• Ability to think at a national and system-wide level and translate it into future-focused deliverables.
• Proven experience in leading and developing successful future focused projects to inform and guide system change.
• Experience with genuine collaboration and bringing others along on a journey.
• Proven experience in leading, influencing and building credibility across a range of stakeholders.
• Previous experience of local and/or central government is preferred but not required.

Qualifications:

• Tertiary qualifications at preferably post graduate level in a related discipline or equivalent experience.

There is an expectation that the role accountabilities may evolve over time. You may also be involved in other activities as part of a career and development plan. These will be reflected in your performance and development goals that are set in discussion with your People Leader.

You will demonstrate knowledge of, or a willingness to gain an understanding of Te Ao Māori and promote tikanga and Te Reo Māori. You will also have knowledge of, or a willingness to gain an appreciation of te Tiriti o Waitangi (the Treaty of Waitangi) as it applies in the public sector.

View the position description here.

Ko wai mātou | About us
At Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency, it all starts with our people. The organisation's performance and success depends on the people who choose to make this a great place to work and make a difference for Aotearoa. Waka Kotahi has a strong future focus, understanding that new technologies and changing customer expectations mean the transport system we know today will not be the one we deliver in ten years' time.

This is an exciting time for the Regulatory Services group as we set ourselves up for future success delivering end-to-end regulatory services that are sharply focused on outcomes and delivering our regulatory purpose and objectives. We have a rare opportunity to drive positive change that will make a difference to the way we work and the outcomes we can deliver for the public. Safety is a top priority for Waka Kotahi and we, as the Regulatory Services group, aim to improve safety and reduce the risk of harm by being a firm and fair regulator ensuring compliance - it is the essence of why we do what we do. For more information, please visit www.nzta.govt.nz/regulatory/

To view our regulatory strategy : please visit Tu Ake, Tu Maia - Stand Up, Stand Firm

Along with our other benefits we also have new Waka Kotahi Life, Income Protection and Critical Illness Insurance scheme available for permanent employees.

Rā Katinga | Applications close: 9 October 2024

For further information, email: careers@nzta.govt.nz

To be considered for this position you must have a legal right to live and work in New Zealand.

NZTA| Waka Kotahi is an equal opportunity employer (EOE). We recognise the importance of diversity and inclusion and are committed to providing a working environment that embraces these values. Please let us know if you need any support or have any access requirements that will help you through the recruitment process.

Please note that we may begin shortlisting as we receive applications. We encourage early applications as we may withdraw the advertising at any time.