Design Assistant

3 weeks ago


Christchurch, New Zealand Ryman Healthcare Full time

Be the backbone of our Design team, handling key coordination tasks, and streamlining processes to enhance team success
- Unlock your full potential in a supportive environment that values your expertise.
- Thrive under leaders who champion respect and support your success.
- Shape your future with us - a place where every day is an opportunity to excel

**About Ryman Healthcare**

At Ryman, we believe the measure of a full life is one that gets richer with age.

Ryman Healthcare is a leader in retirement living and aged care. Our driving purpose is to enhance freedom, connection and well-being for people as we grow older. We own and operate 48 villages in New Zealand and Australia and we employ approximately 7,700 team members across a range of different sectors. Additionally, we are proud to be the first healthcare company to receive the Wellbeing Tick.

Care is at the heart of everything we do and we've created this role to approach the design environment with the same level of care that we have for our residents. Environmental sustainability is important to us as it supports our goal of providing exceptional retirement living communities in NZ and Victoria, Australia.

At the heart of our business, everything we do must be 'Good enough for mum and dad.'

**What will you do?**

We have an exciting opportunity for a Design Assistant to join our team. This is a high-level coordination role where you will manage various administrative tasks, including managing consultant invoices and agreements, collaborating with project teams, and ensuring accurate financial and documentation records. As a Design Assistant, you'll also support design meetings by taking minutes, conducting project audits, and promoting effective communication across teams. Additionally, you'll play a key role in identifying opportunities to streamline processes and enhance overall efficiency.

Key responsibilities but are not limited to:

- Assist with preparing resourcing budgets and reviewing team timesheets against design team budgets
- Assist with auditing portfolio projects for compliance
- Assist in forecasting consultant expenditure for FY budgets, approvals and coding
- Organise and document monthly design meetings, manage scheduling, and prepare presentation materials.
- Maintain and update the consultant information register

**What's in it for you?**

If you are the sort of person who loves working with a team of people who work to a clear purpose, you'll love this role

In addition, a career at Ryman offers:

- Ongoing support for professional development and career profession opportunities
- Additional wellbeing leave and flexible working arrangements
- Access to over 60 discounts with well-known brands across a variety of sectors including; health and wellbeing, banking, insurance, and retail
- Social club events, furry Friday's (bring your dog to work), free yoga and fitness classes

**Who are you?**
- You bring hands-on experience (ideally 5+ years) from working in previous architectural firms
- You have excellent coordination and organisational skills, with a proven ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines
- You value people and kindness and are passionate about delivering results
- You strive for excellence and look for ways to exceed expectations. You can deliver with confidence in a fast-paced environment
- You believe in the value of strong, positive, trusting teams who work together as one
- You are resilient and can demonstrate composure under pressure
- You value communication that is clear, effective, and lacks ambiguity

If you are interested in joining an organisation with a clear purpose and a commitment to innovation, kindness and excellence, we would love to hear from you



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