Job Description
Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role
Kaiwhakahaere Kaupapa Matua | Senior Project Manager
Join an organisation contributing to meaningful outcomes, About Aotearoa, for Aotearoa - data that improves lives today and for generations to come.
- Opportunity to manage and deliver projects that aim to improve outcomes for all New Zealanders.
- Flexible work environment including family-friendly hours.
- Permanent position based in either Wellington or Christchurch supported by an Enterprise Portfolio Office that adapts and responds to the organisation needs.
About Us | Ko mātou
Stats NZ | Tatauranga Aotearoa is a Central Government employer of 1200+ people across Aotearoa. We provide data and statistics to support the decisions of Government, Māori and Iwi organisations, businesses, NGOs, and New Zealanders. Our work is About Aotearoa, for Aotearoa - data that improves lives today and for generations to come. We welcome every gender, ethnicity, ability, religion, age, and background and encourage all our people to be their authentic selves.
What's in it for you? | Ngā hua ka riro ki a koe
We encourage you to go to our careers site to learn more about the Way We Work at Stats NZ and also check out our benefits. We want working for us… to work for you!!
Starting salary: $118,052 to $138,158 + superannuation
Other benefits of joining Stats NZ include:
- Balance life and work commitments
- Develop and grow your career (coaching, training, study support, secondments)
- Contribute to meaningful work that makes a difference to all people in Aotearoa
- 3 extra annual leave days (taken during Christmas office closure)
- City based offices that cater to a variety of working styles and needs
- State of the art, 6-star green building in Wellington
The role | Te tūnga
This is an opportunity for you to play a key part in improving information/data services and processes that support our staff to ensure New Zealanders have quality data and statistics.
- Opportunity to manage and deliver projects that aim to improve outcomes for all New Zealanders.
- Flexible work environment including family-friendly hours.
- Permanent position based in either Wellington or Christchurch supported by an Enterprise Portfolio Office that adapts and responds to the organisation needs.
We are recruiting for two Senior Project Managers to work with teams and stakeholders across the organisation, to deliver work which will contribute to a successful next Census. The role will be based in our Enterprise Portfolio Office team, whilst working closely day to day with our Census Design and Delivery kaimahi, Project Executive, and Programme Director.
Alongside your significant experience of successfully leading large projects within the government sector, your strengths will include the ability to actively listen, learn and foster collaboration to effectively operate within a complex environment. You will be confident building positive and productive relationships across the organisation, and demonstrate the interpersonal skills required to enable, support and lead others to deliver priority outcomes, whilst also bringing new perspectives.
You will be highly organised yet flexible when necessary, detail orientated, self -managing, and able to work independently as well as part of a cross functional team. You will be highly experienced with Project Management techniques and frameworks, and be comfortable applying these as relevant to the unique context of a project and its operating environment.
The Senior Project Manager role requires SFIA Competency Level 6 (initiate) indicating a high level of organisational impact and influence, and the critical nature of this role within the wider business.
You will:
- have significant experience as a Senior Project Manager leading complex projects
- be a trusted advisor to a diverse stakeholder base
- have Agile SCRUM experience
- have a relevant project management qualification e.g. PRINCE2, PMI, SCRUM
- think strategically to drive the development and implementation of a workplan to deliver to timeframes
- have led large project teams, managing risks, dependencies, timelines, reporting and budgets
- work collaboratively to find effective solutions to challenges
- communicate clearly, conveying idea's, expectations, and feedback
- be resilient and remain calm under pressure, managing unexpected events effectively
- understand the public sector governance lifecycle and have the ability to produce high quality governance documents
What you bring | Nōu te rourou
We understand transferable skills can come from experience gained from outside of work. We encourage you to be you in your application.
We are committed to diversity, equity, inclusion and lifting our cultural capability. You don't need to be knowledgeable in all these areas already, but you do need to be on board with learning and have a genuine interest and willingness to grow on this journey with us.
Tell us about yourself in your cover letter, what attracted you to this role, and what you would bring to Stats NZ.
How to apply | Me pēhea te tuku tono
If this sounds like you, click on the Apply now button to be redirected to the application page on our careers site. The position description is located on the right-hand side of the page.
We will be screening applications as we receive them to move swiftly to interview. You may be asked to complete a pre-interview screen via phone or video. Please let us know in your application if we need to make any specific accommodations during our process.
Please reach out to recruitment@stats.govt.nz if you have any questions.
You must have the right to live and work in Aotearoa New Zealand. Background and various pre-employment checks are part of our recruitment process.
Note to Recruitment Agencies: unsolicited CVs will not be accepted.