Manager Transport System Strategy and Advocacy

2 weeks ago


Auckland City, New Zealand Auckland Transport Full time

Auckland Transport aspires to provide excellence across all of our customer touch points, enabling everyone to get the most out of Auckland's transportation system.

Our employees have an abundance of talent, knowledge and experience and play an integral part in our success in the future. We invite you to be part of this new journey.

The purpose of this role is to lead the Systems Strategy and Advocacy Team to produce and support key strategy, policy and advocacy documents guiding the development of Auckland's overall transport system.

**This potentially includes**:

- Leading development of Auckland Transport system strategy
- Input to the Tamaki Makaurau Joint Transport Plan or Auckland Transport Alignment Project
- Development of the Regional Land Transport Plan
- Oversight of Programme Business Case development for system-wide programmes
- Producing the transport systems indicators framework
- Policy advocacy and leading or coordinating submissions to central government and other partners

**Te Whiwhinga mahi | The opportunity**

Specific work will include:

- Managing the System Strategy and Advocacy Team
- Producing or coordinating submissions on proposed legislation and other changes on behalf of AT
- Managing key governance processes, including ensuring appropriate delivery of advice to Board and Council committees
- Representing the Transport Systems Strategy and Policy Group on internal and external working groups
- Technical work developing the plans and strategies themselves
- Input to internal business planning processes to help ensure AT actions align with strategy
- Support for stewardship of the Regional Transport committee

**Ko koe tēnei | About you**

**We are ideally looking for someone who**:

- ** can take a strategic view, providing decision makers with high quality advice describing the links between transport interventions and the results sought by Council and government**:

- **can lead teams to produce best practice strategies and plans that will guide the sector in developing Auckland's transport system over the long-term**:

- **communicates well in all mediums and is able to present a compelling case to decision makers and executive leaders**:

- understands the machinery of both local and central government and can navigate complex governance and approval processes
- ** is well organised and can manage complex processes and contractors, but is able to adapt to a variety of tasks across the three-year planning cycle**:
**What's in it for you?**

This is an opportunity to lead a team and help shape transport strategy development across Auckland, as well as influencing the way AT works as part of the Strategy and Governance Division. This is a role that will have significant exposure to decision makers, particularly the AT board and executive, providing the opportunity to build skills for the future.

At AT we embrace inclusion and fully support building a diverse workplace, to support this, our Flexible Working initiative empowers our people to work flexibly in ways that work for them, our customers and our business.
- Investment in your professional development and training
- Opportunity for greater leadership and accountability
- Modern waterfront-based office
- Paid parental and partner leave
- Study assistance.
- Health and Wellbeing benefits
- Professional memberships

**If this opportunity sounds like the career step you are seeking, please APPLY NOW


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