People Enablement Capability Lead

4 weeks ago


Wellington City, New Zealand New Zealand Government Full time

Te kāinga iho pūmanawa - A Place Where Talent Wants to Live
- Work alongside & learn from some of the best and brightest thinkers in Aotearoa
- Make a real difference in the innovation journey of our country
- Use your experience and expertise to create a culture in which our creative people can thrive
- Auckland or Wellington based

About the Role
In your role as People Enablement Capability Lead for Callaghan Innovation, you will join an organisation passionate about growing and developing its people, to enable them to grow Aotearoa's Innovation Ecosystem. You will lead a team of awesome, agile People professionals with responsibility for the breadth and depth of all things HR. We've productised our People offerings and now need someone to come in and design a People strategy which will deliver the 20 year vision at the same time as continuously improving our innovative People products.
Reporting to the Chief Innovation Enablement Officer you'll be a key leader in the Innovation Enablement team, with responsibility to support the whole organisation in agile ways of working and build a system to deliver the best possible outcomes for the future of Aotearoa.
Working closely with the Chief Executive and Executive team, you will coach and support them, providing quality strategic advice, so we achieve our vision of creating a New Zealand where talent wants to live.
About You
To be successful in this role you will have;
- The desire and creativity to make Callaghan Innovations approach to People Enablement the most innovative and effective in its field.
- A leadership style that cultivates and empowers autonomy with accountability and engenders trust
- A strategic mindset and systems thinking approach, to enable cross organisational team prioritisation and collaboration
- A depth and breadth of HR knowledge; DEI, Employee Experience, Future of Work, People Operations and ER.
- An agile mindset and ability to drive engagement through a rapid feedback culture
- A 'can do' and solutions focused mindset that encourages innovation, fosters risk management and tackles the hard stuff
- Coaching and mentoring skills, with a people first approach

About Us
Callaghan Innovation is New Zealand's innovation agency. We activate innovation and help businesses grow faster for a better New Zealand. To do this we partner with ambitious businesses of all sizes, delivering a range of innovation and research and development (R&D) services to suit each stage of their growth. Our staff - including more than 200 of New Zealand's leading scientists and engineers - empower innovators by connecting people, opportunities and networks, and providing tailored technical solutions, skills and capability development programmes, and grants co-funding.
Rukuhia te wāhi ngaro, hei maunga tātai whetū
Explore the unknown, reach for excellence

**Applications close**: 27 January 2023.
You must be legally entitled to work in New Zealand to be considered for this opportunity.



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