Executive Assistant/ Business Support

Connect dots, juggle priorities, and stay a step ahead of your busy Executive
- Be part of our growing team working hard to enable a net carbon zero future

As owner and operator of the National Grid, our transmission network consists of 170 substations, 25,000 transmission towers, and more than 11,000 kilometres of lines across public and privately held land - transporting bulk electricity (up to 220,000 volts) from where it is generated to cities, towns, and some major industrial users.

As System Operator we operate the wholesale electricity market and ensure supply (provided by generators) matches demand (by electricity users). We are also responsible for ensuring New Zealand's electricity system is reliable, competitive, and innovative as we play an integral role in the planning of New Zealand's electricity future.

**About the Team**

The Strategy, Regulation and Governance division is responsible for the development and implementation of Transpower's business strategy, and innovation, and the provision of corporate governance services and support. They are an inclusive, high energy, authentic, and supportive group of which our Executive Assistant (EA) Team is a part.

Our EA Team of six are a close-knit, collaborative, and hardworking team led by the Executive and Business Support Manager. They play an essential role enabling our busy national Executive Leadership Team to deliver efficiency and effectively drive Transpower's 24/7 growing operations that keep the lights on for New Zealand and accelerate the electrification needed for New Zealand to meet its net zero carbon targets.

**About the Opportunity**

This role will see you build relationships across our business and gain a unique understanding of what it takes to deliver the maintenance and capital build projects to enable the future of Aotearoa New Zealand's National Grid.

You'll provide Executive Assistant services to one of our Executive Team for approximately 65% of the role over a given day/week with the remaining 35% of your time focused on providing business support services (for divisions that do not have specific administration support). This role has currently been assigned to support our Executive General Manager - Grid Delivery, a role which in turn forms part of our National Executive General Management Team.

The General Manager Grid Delivery is from Auckland and generally works on a weekly basis out of both our Auckland and Wellington offices, as well as travelling nationally. Your role will be based in Waikoukou, our Wellington centred corporate office, where you will work alongside our EA Team and members of the Grid Delivery Division to enable effective collaboration and greater efficiency.

The services you provide will support the smooth and efficient running of both the Executive and (indirectly) the Board, allowing all parties to be as effective in their respective roles as possible. This Executive Assistant / Business Support position provides an astute and essential service within the Grid Delivery Division and provides business support on other Divisional and cross-Divisional matters.

**What will you bring?**

You'll have exceptional relationship management skills as in this role you'll work across the Division of ~180 people and with a wide range of people - from our Executive to focused project delivery professionals, engineers, customers, and maintenance service providers.

Known for your ability to manage ambiguity, complexity, competing priorities, and fast-changing requirements calmly and diplomatically in the workplace, you'll love a role focused on solutions-based problem solving.

Quick to learn, you'll demonstrate exceptional organisational skills, common sense, and logical, systemic thinking to support a large work programme at pace in this multifaceted and interesting role. You have the ability/experience to learn new systems and technology at pace.

**Your CV and cover letter will demonstrate**:

- Experience as an EA to one or more senior executives or proven experience providing outstanding support in an administration/co-ordination role
- Well-developed, professional, and highly effective verbal and written communication skills
- Professional stakeholder relationship management skills - both internal and external
- Some experience supporting/collating financial data or budgets or a reasonable level of numeracy/commercial nous
- Proven experience thriving in an environment where there is a high need for flexibility and responsiveness to changing priorities and needs
- Demonstrated ability to manage a very busy diary and support and coordinate video and audio conference calls, meeting rooms, etc.

J**oin us at Transpower**

Aotearoa is powered by the people who work here. Every home, every marae, every electric vehicle, every hospital relies on the electricity we manage and deliver. This is your opportunity to join us on a mission that affects all New Zealanders, every day and long into the future.

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