Coordination Practice Lead

1 day ago

Wellington City, New Zealand New Zealand Government Full time

Are you looking for an opportunity to lead a critical function with a critical mission?

- Wellington

- Permanent role

**Mo m tou | About us**

Oranga Tamariki-Ministry for Children has a commitment to putting tamariki and rangatahi at the heart of what we do. In our work, we aim to demonstrate these values:

- We put **Tamariki** first

- We believe **Aroha** is vital

- We respect the **Mana** of people

- We are **Tika** and **Pono**

- We value **Whakapapa**

- We recognise that **Oranga** is a journey

We are committed to ensuring that New Zealand is the best place in the world to be a child. We are also committed to ensuring Oranga Tamariki partners with hapu, iwi and M ori organisations to find appropriate solutions for tamariki in need.

**Mo te tunga | About the role**

Our Project and Programme Coordinators are at the centre of our delivery and are critical to helping it run smoothly

The Enterprise Portfolio Management Office for Oranga Tamariki is a critical enabler for delivering better outcomes for tamariki in our care. If you want to work for an organisation with an unbeatable mission, that is serious about delivering better outcomes for children and young people and you're a leader who can inspire others to greater heights, then this opportunity may be the challenge you're looking for.

The Practice Lead, Coordination reports to the Manager, Project Capability and is the leader responsible for our Project and programme capability within the EPMO. This includes ensuring our Coordinators are coached, led, guided and supported to work with our Project and Programme Managers to successfully deliver our objectives.

As a critical part of our delivery team, the Coordination Practice is a key enabler of good delivery. Therefore, we are looking for a natural leader to guide, support and develop or coordinators and ensure they are set up to be the best they can be every day.

**Ng pumanawatanga ou | What you will bring**

Key requirements of the role include:

- Lead their people in working collaboratively across Oranga Tamariki.

- Develop and maintain up-to-date view of project / programme coordination skills and capability across the practice, aligning with the requirements of the portfolio and proactively identifying and addressing capability or skill gaps.

- Onboarding of new project / programme coordination kaimahi to ensure awareness and understanding of project and practice requirements.

- Provide resource management to the portfolio for the centralised pool of Intermediate and Senior Project / Programme Coordinators, including allocation and utilisation.

- Work with the project delivery community to define resourcing and skill requirements and provide assistance matching resource needs with internal or external capability.

- Ensure our project / programme coordination kaimahi have the appropriate skills, knowledge, and experience to deliver the required work including providing coaching, mentoring, professional development opportunities and performance management.

- Between 5-10 bullet points outlining key responsibilities.

- Understanding and appreciation of cross-cultural practices in particular; knowledge of tikanga M ori, and Pacific peoples culture.

**Nou te rourou | What's in it for you**

**Me pehea te tuku tono | How to Apply**
- If you are interested in any of our vacancies, please ensure that you make yourself familiar with our code of conduct as it sets out our expectations for our kaimahi _and requires you to present at work free from the influences of both drugs and alcohol._

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