Manager - Enterprise Portfolio Office Kaiwhakahaere

Mōu | For you

Tatauranga Aotearoa Stats NZ are dedicated to diversity, equity, inclusion, health and wellbeing. We welcome every gender, ethnicity, ability, religion, age and background and encourage people to be their authentic selves.
- Flexible by default, balance life and work commitments
- Develop and grow your career (coaching, training, study support, secondments)
- An environment where we can all be leaders, where your ideas and input are encouraged
- Contribute to meaningful work that makes a difference to all people in Aotearoa
- 3 extra annual leave days (taken during Christmas office closure), see careers site for other benefits and networks
- City based office that caters to a variety of working styles and needs

Te tūnga | The role

The Manager - Enterprise Portfolio Office (EPO) reports to the EPO Director - EPO and has up to ten direct reports. The Manager-Enterprise Portfolio Office (EPO) is responsible for providing effective leadership to a team of Project Managers, Business Analysts, and Change Managers who support the organisation in delivering on its strategy. Each of the three Managers-EPO has a focus on leading staff to drive projects that relate to particular priority areas within the strategy.

Nōu te rourou | What you bring

We encourage and consider transferable skills and experience gained from outside of work e.g., cultural, community work, sports, volunteering, or a comparable role in a different sector or industry.

We want to hear about any of the following in your cover letter and CV any information relating to:

- Examples of key relationships you've built and how and why relationships are important.
- Where you've demonstrated leadership, e.g., led by example, demonstrated problem solving, owned a project or piece of work, spoken up for yourself or others.
- Where you've shown curiosity and tried new things, taken on other perspectives, challenged the norm, learned and applied or shared your learnings.
- Where you've demonstrated customer centricity, everyone is a customer mentality, collaborated with others and invited feedback, spent time with diverse people and communities to broaden your views
- Knowledge and understanding of Enterprise Portfolio operations and planning perspectives.
- Relevant work experience, for example working in a EPO, Project Manager or Manager roles
- Able to professionally and confidently present sometimes complex information concisely to a range of audiences.
- About your knowledge and experience, or willingness to learn about Te Tiriti, Tikanga, Te Reo and Te Ao Māori.
- How you've demonstrated, encouraged or supported diversity and inclusion in or outside of work.
- An appropriate professional and or tertiary qualification (e.g., Management of Portfolio, Project Management - Prince 2, Business Degree).
- Five or more years' experience as a Project and or portfolio management.
- Prior experience in portfolio management including governance reporting and Investment Planning
- Strong management background and, preferably, experience in leading a project team.
- Proven ability to think strategically at an enterprise level and to support executive leaders in making investment and prioritisation decisions.
- Sound understanding of economic, social, and governmental influences, the political environment and other agencies and groups likely to impact on Stats NZ.
- Proven ability to manage across all levels in an organisation and develop and maintain strong working relationships across an organisation.

Ko mātou | About Us

Tatauranga Aotearoa - Stats NZ is a Central Government employer of around 1400 people across Aotearoa. We provide data and statistical outputs to support the decisions that the Government, Māori and Iwi organisations, businesses, NGOs and New Zealanders make every day. Our work is About Aotearoa, for Aotearoa - data that improves lives today and for generations to come.

Me pēhea te tuku tono | How to apply

We realise we're asking you to submit a cover letter and CV that encourages you to be you We are truly committed to diversity, inclusion and lifting our cultural capability.

Check out our careers site to find out more about working at Tatauranga Aotearoa Stats NZ.

You must have the right to live and work in Aotearoa New Zealand. Pre-employment checks are part of our recruitment process.