Manager, Transport Programme Delivery

**Thriving together - mō te taiao, mō ngā tāngata.**
Our environment and our people go hand-in-hand.
- New leadership position - build and shape a growing team
- Lead and navigate a portfolio of complex and challenging projects
- Influence the future of transport for the Bay of Plenty Region

Toi Moana Bay of Plenty Regional Council (BOPRC) is committed to its’ vision of _thriving together_ through the delivery of strong community outcomes. It is our people and their commitment to first class leadership and high performing teams which leads to this delivery.

**Ngā āhuatanga o te mahi | Details of the job**

The Bay of Plenty region is experiencing significant population growth, and with that comes a range of big, complex transport challenges we need to solve for the future of public transport.

Let’s not beat around the bush, the Bay of Plenty Region has the highest use of personal vehicles per capita in New Zealand and a public transport system that needs to do more of the heavy lifting. We’re navigating challenges like how we reduce carbon emissions through more people on buses, and how we reduce personal vehicle use and increase public transport. All this while maintaining excellent relationships with our partners, customers, and communities. It’s complex, but highly rewarding.

That’s where you come in We are looking for a Manager, Transport Programme delivery who is up for a challenge and can bring fresh thinking to our Transport team as we scope, develop, and deliver a wide range of strategic projects that will help shape the future of public transport for the Bay of Plenty Region.

The Manager, Transport Programme Delivery is a new ‘leader of leaders’ role that reports to the Director, Public Transport and manages a team of Project Managers and Business Analysts. You and your team will be responsible for:

- Working in partnership with external partners (local government bodies, central government agencies and iwi) to influence, shape and deliver an integrated transport programme that is focussed on our challenges and achieves the right transport outcomes for the Bay of Plenty community.
- Working across the broader Transport team to ensure projects deliver on the intent of our strategic transport priorities, and the provision of transport service changes are well managed.
- Working across the broader Regional Council to align transport programme outcomes with Council strategic goals, including climate change.
- Management of programme resourcing and budgets.
- Establishing a procurement and contracting strategy.

As a senior leader in the Transport team, you’ll lead in a way that reflects our Toi Moana Values and Te Pae Rangatira leadership framework, and prioritise the coaching and development of your team, ensuring they are supported to succeed. You’ll also play a strong leadership role in building the programme and project management capability across the broader Transport team.

**Ō pūmanawa | Your skills and experience**
- 10+ years project and programme management experience, managing a programme of comparable size and complexity within large or complex environments.
- 5+ years direct people leadership experience, with demonstrable leadership qualities that align with our Toi Moana values - trust, integrity, courage, manaakitanga, kotahitanga and whanaungatanga.
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, planning or resource management (or significant relevant experience).
- Practitioner qualification in programme management - i.e. PMP, MSP, P3M3 or Prince2.
- Demonstrated change management experience, with the ability to take our people and key internal/external stakeholders along on the journey.
- Strong stakeholder and relationship management, negotiating and influencing skills at senior leadership/CEO level.
- A transformational mindset that explores opportunities of ‘what could be’ and challenges the status quo, to deliver sustainable long-term programme outcomes.
- Strong commercial acumen, with the ability to negotiate contract terms that are favourable to Toi Moana and hold external providers to account for the services they provide.
- Finely tuned presentation skills, including at executive level.
- Experience working with politicians in local or Central Government is highly desirable.

**Ko wai mātou | Who we are**

Toi Moana Bay of Plenty Regional Council is a values-driven organisation, and we treasure the reputation we have for looking after our people. We want all our Toi Moana whānau (family) to have an exceptional employee experience, feeling valued, empowered, and engaged in purposeful and meaningful mahi (work).

Who _you_ are is important to us and we welcome diversity as an opportunity to grow our teams. We want Toi Moana to be a place where you bring your whole self to work.

We are responsible for land, air and water, public transport, and economic development. We manage the effects of people’s use of freshwater, land, air, and costal water