Programme Manager Transitional Programme

6 days ago


Wellington City, New Zealand New Zealand Government Full time

Looking for a new challenge? Bring your skills and experience to New Zealand's most exciting city shaping project and the biggest investment in transport Wellington has ever seen.

About us | Ko wai mātou
The team at Let's Get Wellington Moving (LGWM) is passionate about developing and delivering a transport system that supports Wellington's growth while making it safer and easier to move around. LGWM's vision is to build a great harbour city, accessible to all, with attractive places, shared streets, and efficient local and regional journeys. To realise this vision, the programme is focused on moving more people with fewer vehicles.
This is an exciting, dynamic and complex work environment. Proactivity, flexibility, innovation, and collaboration are highly valued and critical for the programme's success.

The opportunity | Te Whiwhinga mahi
The Programme Manager Transitional Programme is an important part of the overall LGWM Programme, incorporating improvements to all phases of delivery for the transformational Programme, including:

- Supporting the delivery of roading related projects across multiple work streams.
- Support the Transitional Programme Director to engage and manage a broad range of stakeholder relationships that may have competing interests.

This role will work with the Director Transitional Programme on all phases of the delivery of the Golden Mile, Thorndon Quay Hutt Road and City Streets projects. The Programme Manager Transitional Programme needs to demonstrate evidence of end to end delivery and all the critical success factors that will ensure this is achievable in a complex political environment, with significant resource and funding constraints.

About you | Ko koe tēnei

To be successful you will have Extensive experience (10 - 15 years) in varied environments and demonstrable knowledge of and experience in:

- Programme and project management of large-scale transport or infrastructure works.
- Leading the development and delivery of robust and credible business cases for high value capital projects.
- Technical and programme leadership experience, with an extensive background in the planning and delivery of works in a complex operating environment.
- Building and leading teams of consultants to deliver a programme of work.
- Contract management and commercial negotiation.
- Construction management and delivery.

You will demonstrate knowledge of, or a willingness to gain an understanding of Te Ao Māori and promote tikanga and Te Reo Māori. You will also have knowledge of, or a willingness to gain an appreciation of te Tiriti o Waitangi (the Treaty of Waitangi) as it applies in the public sector.

Waka Kotahi is advertising this role on behalf of Let's Get Wellington Moving. The $7.4 billion programme is a joint initiative between Wellington City Council, Greater Wellington Regional Council, and Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency. For further information please contact:
View the position description

To be considered for this position you must have a legal right to live and work in New Zealand.
Waka Kotahi is an equal opportunity employer (EOE). We recognise the importance of diversity and inclusion and are committed to providing a working environment that embraces these values. Please let us know if you need any support or have any access requirements that will help you through the recruitment process.



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