Senior Business Partner

2 weeks ago


Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand Land Information NZ Full time
Do you want to be our champion for the partnership approach between Toitū Te Whenua and our key IT Suppliers?

  • Are you a great negotiator, very good listener and highly analytical?
  • Are you a team player and can work across teams?
  • You'll be part of a team centred on delivery of services.
Kōrero mō te tūranga - About the role

You will manage the delivery of the Toitū Te Whenua IT supplier contract performance and compliance and maintain best practice governance model.

This will include preparation for and conducting, regular reviews of the contracts with our IT suppliers.

Negotiating and agreeing any amendments necessary, to ensure they deliver their intended benefits and looking for opportunities for continuous improvements.

This will include preparation for and conducting, regular reviews of the contracts with our IT suppliers.

Negotiating and agreeing any amendments necessary, to ensure they deliver their intended benefits and looking for opportunities for continuous improvements.


This position does not entail managing a team: rather, you will be in charge for the IT commercial and contract delivery.
Te Tākinatanga - Our Story

At Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand, our key role is to ensure New Zealanders have accurate information about where people and places are, that people have confidence in their property rights and that Crown property is well managed for future generations.

From the best way to develop farmland, build a new suburb, manage a high-country farm or navigate on land or at sea, our work and location information help people make better decisions and create economic, social, environmental and cultural value for New Zealand.

The IT Contract and Commercial Manager, as champion for the partnership approach between Toitū Te Whenua and our key IT suppliers, oversees overall IT contract performance to ensure technology effectively enables Toitū Te Whenua business outcomes to be met.

This includes monitoring Service Level Agreements (SLAs), negotiation of variations, and commercial service assessments to ensure business needs are met.


He pūkenga tou - Skills & Experience:

  • Having previous experience in an IT Contract and Commercial Manager role or similar preferably for a government agency. Craft, evaluate, negotiate and execute a wide variety of different contracts covering a range of transactions.
  • Being a great negotiator, a very good listener and highly analytical. The ability to be personable and tenacious is also key to the position. You have to know how to deal with people and make evaluations based on what's right instead of what you like
  • Experience of writing technical documentation, memo's. Maintain records for correspondence and documentation in relation to established I.T. contracts and those in progress.
  • Understanding of DIA marketplace procurement process and maintaining CMS pipelines
  • Has experience implementing and following best practice contract management methodology. Create and maintain relationships with suppliers and serve as the singular point of contact for matters concerning I.T. contracts.
  • Producing plans and estimating budgets and timescales
  • Monitor contracts and move forward with closeout, extension or renewal according to what's best for the company.
Ngā mea e tukuna ana e tātau - What we offer our employees

  • Interesting work which impacts Aotearoa as we care for whenua, moana and arawai
  • Eye & ear care reimbursements
  • Annual Flu Vaccinations
  • Reduced Health Insurance Premiums
  • Diverse groups and networks
  • If eligible for paid parental leave, you will be entitled to a top up payment for the first 18 weeks of the 26 weeks
  • A minimum of four weeks and three days annual leave


As an organisation Toitū Te Whenua embraces diversity, encourages work life balance and we have a flexible approach to the way we work which means you will quickly feel connected and valued.

Toitū Te Whenua is one of the most engaged organisations in the public sector and people always say what a great place Toitū Te Whenua is to work.

Te Tākinatanga - Our Story

At Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand, our key role is to ensure New Zealanders have accurate information about where people and places are, that people have confidence in their property rights and that Crown property is well managed for future generations.

From the best way to develop farmland, build a new suburb, manage a high-country farm or navigate on land or at sea, our work and location information help people make better decisions and create economic, social, environmental and cultural value for New Zealand.

Tono mai - How to Apply

At Toitū Te Whenua we design our roles around shared capabilities (rather than focusing on tasks) and so you'll notice our role profiles are broad.

This allows us to be responsive to our customers and to strengthen the connections across our organisation. It also gives us the flexibility to provide wider opportunities to our people, t

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