Project Director

Help transform the future of health in this Project Director, Investment Planning & Delivery role
- Permanent, full-time role with flexible working options
- Lead the re-development of the Palmerston North Hospital (Project Ka Ora Kainga Rua) Redevelopment Project, (located in Palmerston North) and Hawkes Bay Fallen Soliders' Memorial Hospital (located in Hastings) Redevelopment Project

Join Te Whatu Ora at a key time of change where you will meaningfully contribute to our kaupapa of creating a more equitable, accessible, cohesive and people-centred health system. This is mahi that will improve the health and wellbeing of everyone in Aotearoa, and we've got an opportunity for you to be part of it
**Te whiwhinga mahi | The Opportunity**

The Project Director will be responsible for delivering large complex projects within the agreed parameters of scope, time, budget, quality, and risk - to realise the identified goals.

The role requires planning and designing the project and proactively monitor and report on its overall progress to key governance groups, resolving issues and initiating corrective action as appropriate, while ensuring minimum disruption to ongoing hospital operations.

**Mōu | About you**

You will be a respected leader with demonstrated experience working at a senior management level across large and

complex programmes of work, preferably with extensive knowledge of the New Zealand Health Sector, business case development and health facility design.

You will lead the procurement and appointment of consultants, contractors and suppliers, and manage their activities to ensure they are commercially acceptable and safe practices are followed. You will establish and oversee the project workstreams, lead the project team, and ensure that best practice project management tools and methodologies are used, and that material remains relevant, including that quality reporting is developed and shared with the appropriate stakeholders.

You will be operating within an environment that demands a high level of senior stakeholder engagement, political

nous, financial management, strategic and critical thinking with a solid level of commercial/contractual acumen and a proven track record in creating high performing teams.

**Ngā pūkenga me ngā wheako | Skills and experience**
- Significant Project Director and/or leadership experience in successfully delivering Infrastructure business cases with a project value of over $500m - preferably in a health context
- Proven experience establishing processes for identifying, managing and monitoring complex risks to project outcomes in particular project scope, programme and cost control and alignment of Hospital & Specialist Services requirements with the design and facility outputs.
- Relevant professional project management experience and confidence in understanding a variety of project processes and methodologies, such as MSP, PRINCE2, PMBOK or similar or demonstrated experience in project delivery.
- Political nuance, with an understanding how issues play out and what is important to key stakeholders and the Government of the day
- Experience managing the commercial performance of projects, ensuring timely and meaningful responses to challenges, issues and opportunities, and enabling sustainable levels of high performance

**Ka kawea e koe | You will bring**:

- Competency with te ao Māori, tikanga, and te reo Māori or a commitment to starting your journey and taking ownership of your learning and growth

**Ko te mahi e tika ana mō te ao hurihuri nei |Work that suits today's ever -changing world**

Te Whatu Ora supports flexible and hybrid working for our kaimahi. In roles that don't require an in-person element, we encourage you to ‘work from where you are.' We want our national teams to be made up of diverse people from across the motu, just like our health system.

**Tō mātou whakahaere ki te tika, te rerekētanga, me te whai wāhi mai |Our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion**

Our name, Te Whatu Ora, means ‘the weaving of wellness'. Whatu is the combining together of people, resources, organisations, thoughts and actions for the betterment and wellbeing of all. Whatu is also a direct reference to the pupil of the eye, and the vision required of the new entity and system.

At Te Whatu Ora we acknowledge and respect our people's diversity and spiritual needs, ensuring a safe workplace that is a whānau orientated and supportive environment. We are working towards a system that better meets the complex demands of a growing population, addresses the persistent inequalities experienced by Māori and ensures greater access, experience and outcomes for those traditionally not well served by the system - Māori, Pacific and Disabled People.

**Tō tūranga i roto i Te Whatu Ora | Your place in Te Whatu Ora**

**Me pēhea te tuku tono | How to apply