Job Description
Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role
- Leave your mark on digital improvement initiatives
- Build relationships and work in a collaborative environment
- Fixed-term position, based in Petone
This is a position covering parental leave through to the end of November 2025.
The remuneration range for this role starts from $90,763 (including KiwiSaver) and will depend on skills and experience.
The opportunity
The Portfolio Analyst will guarantee efficient utilisation and continual improvement of portfolio management practices that ensure effective delivery of business outcomes. They are a pivotal part of the Portfolio Management team responsible for delivery support of digital and business change at Wellington Water. The Portfolio Analyst plays a key role in fostering, integrating, and enhancing these portfolio management practices.
Responsibilities include conducting portfolio planning, generating reports, managing risks, issues, and dependencies, as well as fulfilling the secretariat duties for portfolio governance meetings. Additionally, the role may involve occasionally assuming the responsibility of a delivery lead for initiatives within the portfolio.
Day to day responsibilities:
- Support delivery leads in effective portfolio management processes and tools for project planning and execution
- Lead the collation and publication of portfolio reporting, managing dependencies, risks, and issues
- Coordinate triage process for digital products and service requests
- Support financial and commercial aspects of portfolio management
- Act as a subject matter expert, providing guidance on portfolio practices and driving continuous improvement
About you
To be successful in this role, you will bring at least four years experience working in ICT project or product delivery roles and have:
- a good understanding of delivery or project methodologies (ideally with Agile or Prince2 certification)
- considerable experience working on digital portfolios and complex projects or work programmes
- great collaboration and relationship management skills, with the ability to coordinate and lead activity
- subject matter expertise across a wide range of digital products and services
- excellent planning and analysis process experience to develop change project schedules
- proficient reporting capabilities with good written and verbal communication.
Benefits
At Wellington Water, our purpose extends beyond delivering great water services for the region; we foster a thriving community, support a diverse workforce, and offer supportive development opportunities. We genuinely care about your safety and wellbeing.
Our benefits include the following:
- Flexible working arrangements including up to two days working from home
- Comprehensive wellbeing programme, including one paid wellbeing day annually
- Formal and informal professional development opportunities.
- Five weeks annual leave accrual will be available following two years of continual service
For a full list of our employee benefits: click here
About us
Wellington Water is the professional water services provider across Greater Wellington and South Wairarapa. Our job is to provide safe and healthy drinking water, collect and treat wastewater, and ensure the stormwater network is well managed. We're a multi-council owned entity, tasked to manage the infrastructure and deliver water services to our communities.
The value of water (a precious taonga) sits at our organisational heart. Our people are passionate about providing water services for our communities and environment, which is reflective in our values; Tangata Tiaki, Whānau and Mana.
Applications close: Monday, 7 April 2025.
How to apply
To view a copy of the position description: click here
To apply for the role, click on the 'apply' button or visit the Wellington Water Careers site. Please note if you are a Wellington Water employee, please apply using your work email.
For further information, email: JoinUs@wellingtonwater.co.nz
Applicants will be required to undergo drug and alcohol testing prior to commencing employment with Wellington Water. You must also be legally entitled to work long-term in New Zealand.