Project Business Partner

3 days ago

Timaru, New Zealand Timaru District Council Full time

**The Role / Person**

Are you passionate about helping teams deliver great projects? Join us as a Project Business Partner and play a key role in shaping how projects are delivered across Council.

As a Project Business Partner, you will support consistent best practice project initiation, planning, implementation and reporting across the organisation. Your role will be to strengthen internal project management capability, to provide practical tools and support, and to enable project managers to uphold consistent governance and reporting standards.

Excellent listening skills and proactive relationship management will be critical as you work alongside our project managers to ensure that processes followed support efficient and effective delivery, while also capturing the insights required by the business to guide strategic decision making.

To be successful in this role you will be an enquiring thinker who knows how to effectively guide and influence at a high level.

We’re looking for someone who is results-focused, highly organised, and a natural collaborator. If you enjoy bringing structure to complex projects, building capability in others, and making a real difference through smarter project delivery and reporting, we’d love to hear from you.

**The District**

Timaru District is a thriving and innovative community. It is the central hub for the South Island, servicing a large agricultural heartland, with a growing economy that provides the import and export gateway for primary sectors. We boast a Top 10 most loved beach in New Zealand and have access to mountains, rivers and lakes, making Timaru an ideal destination for recreational, sporting and cultural pursuits.

Let’s not forget about that 7 minute commute to work

**The Organisation**

The Timaru District Council aims to enable democratic local decision-making and action by, and on behalf of communities, to promote the social, economic, environmental, and cultural well-being of its communities in the present and for the future. With around 400 staff, there are a diverse range of roles from front facing community to support and technical specialists.

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