Practice Manager Ict Development

5 months ago


Upper Hutt, New Zealand New Zealand Government Full time

New Zealand Police is working with the community to make New Zealanders be safe and feel safe. With over 13,000 staff, we provide policing services 24 hours a day, every day. We operate by land, sea and air, manage over 860,000 emergency calls a year and are always actively preventing crime and crashes.

We’re working towards specific goals and targets that highlight our intent to work collaboratively with iwi and communities, other government sectors and business partners to deliver ‘Our Business’ and achieve long-term change.

Practice Manager - Development, it starts with you
- Based at Police College Porirua or National Headquarters, Wellington
- Grade 22
- Police Employee
- Permanent, Full Time
- JR 4608546

Mō te tūnga | About the role
The purpose of the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) group is to work in partnership with the rest of the organisation to provide digital technology and communication solutions that support excellence in policing and service delivery and enable Police’s strategic ambitions.
With a primary hub in Wellington, and a presence throughout the country, we deliver new and enhanced solutions directly and through specialist vendor partnerships. We provide expert advice on how technology can be leveraged to support Police’s strategies and turn concepts into reality through collaborative development.
The Practice Manager has overall responsibility for a Centre of Expertise, this includes any tools, standards, processes, and frameworks associated with the practice and the capability it provides to support the broader ICT Operating Model.
This role works collaboratively with Product Managers, and programmes and projects, to ensure that the practice has the resource capacity and capability to deliver on the product roadmaps. This role will ensure the ways of working in relation to the practice remain modern and fit for purpose and oversee the capability development of the community working in the practice.
The Practice Manager is responsible for ensuring that the team operates efficiently and effectively to deliver high-quality expertise and delivery capacity and capability to ICT.

**Key Accountabilities**:

- Practice Leadership: Lead and champion implementation of modern software development practices, processes and methodologies that ensure high-quality, efficient and scalable software development.
- Team Development: Mentor and guide the team to foster a culture of continuous learning and improvement.
- Resource Allocation: Efficiently allocate resources and manage team workloads, taking into consideration the skills and capacity of team members.
- Collaboration: Foster effective collaboration and communication within and between the development team, other CoE practices and product groups
- Process Improvement: Collaborate with cross-functional teams to streamline development processes and improve efficiency.
- Quality Assurance: Set and maintain high standards for code quality, testing and code review processes

He aha taau e kawe mai | What you’ll bring
Being part of the Police whānau is about being our best to ensure our communities are safe and feel safe. Our Core Competencies provide a shared understanding of the behaviours, leadership and technical competence required for success at each level of Police. Whilst we are looking for skills, knowledge and experience relevant to the role, we also place high importance on your state of mind, the alignment of your values with ours, your ability to contribute to and build high performing teams, and the way that you lead yourself or others.

**To be successful in this role you will require the following**:

- Excellent leadership and team management skills, with proven ability to inspire and motivate team members.
- Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills with ability to collaborate across a wide range of stakeholders.
- Proven experience with agile and DevOps practices.
- Strong knowledge or experience of modern software development practices, methodologies and tools.
- Proven problem-solving and decision-making abilities.
- Demonstrated ability to drive process improvements and foster a culture of innovation.
- Tertiary qualification in Computer Science or related field or equivalent job related experience. This role is based in the Wellington area. Some travel may be required.

This role is set at Strategic Leader level, this means your key purpose is “to lead the strategy, Our Business, and enable our people to deliver it”.

Mo tātou | About us
New Zealand Police is the lead agency responsible for preventing crime and enhancing community safety. It works in partnership with individuals, communities, businesses, and other public sector agencies towards the vision of making New Zealand the safest country.
Police is the government’s largest front-line response agency with around 15,000 staff in large and small communities all over New Zealand and in liaison and policing development r



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