Programme Director, Property System Leadership

Discover a career with purpose at MBIE

Discover a career with purpose at MBIE
- Excellent opportunity to initiate a complex programme of work
- Shape and lead a significant government transformation programme
- Wellington based 18-month fixed term contract
- Appointing salary range $171,646 - $257,468

**Tēnei tūranga - About the Role**:
An exciting start up opportunity presents for a Programme Director reporting to the General Manager of Government Property to initiate and lead a significant government transformation programme establishing Property System Leadership.

The establishment of System Leadership under the Public Service Act 2020 created an opportunity to manage more effectively and efficiently the government’s office accommodation. The Chief Executive of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment was appointed as the System Leader for Property by the Public Service Commissioner to drive a whole-of-system approach to the government’s office accommodation portfolio.
Ngā pukenga me ngā wheako e hiahiatia ana
- Skills and Experience Required
- Ability to Manage and day-to-day ownership and delivery of the programme of work that forms the Property System Leadership, including line responsibility for the Programme team
- Proven successful leadership of all programme processes, including communicating key programme messages, sector and cross-agency engagement at a senior level, procurement, iwi and community engagement, and negotiations
- Programme/project management planning advice and support for the Property System Leadership Team - for example, on the preparation of high-quality project and business case documentation, planning documents, stakeholder engagement and communications plans
- Impactful and engaging representation of the programme to senior Ministers, officials, government agencies and the sector, including seeking consensus where necessary
- Providing thought leadership on complex, ambiguous issues with significant sensitivity and risk, setting and driving priorities
- Experience in the implementation of complex and tangible Government projects specifically transformation work programmes
- Strong relationship-building skills, with the ability to quickly earn the trust and confidence of senior government officials, ministers and industry stakeholders
- Comprehensive understanding of the Public Sector environment and a demonstrated understanding of policy and regulatory processes, including Government decision-making and operating procedures, and the experience to bring both policy and operational perspectives to bear on the programme
- Senior-level experience successfully managing a large programme of activity, including working effectively across agencies/organisations
- Proven people-management skills
- Flexibility to adapt within a fast-moving environment
- Ability to assimilate new information or areas of work

**Ētahi kōrero mō MBIE - About MBIE**: MBIE's goal is to create a resilient and high-performing economy that delivers real and ongoing quality of life for all New Zealanders.

We do this by working with others to create an environment that supports businesses to be more productive and internationally competitive, enables all New Zealanders to participate in the economy through improved job opportunities and by working to ensure quality housing is more affordable.

People are at the heart of our mahi, our way of working is guided by our values which shape our behaviours.
- Mahi Tahi - Better Together
- Māia - Bold and brave
- Pae Kahurangi - Build our Future
- Pono Me Te Tika - Own It

Our aspirations are echoed in our Māori identity - Hīkina Whakatutuki - which broadly means ‘lifting to make successful'.

MBIE recognises the partnership founded under Te Tiriti o Waitangi between Māori and the Crown and is committed to giving effect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi. We will do this through enduring, meaningful and effective partnerships with iwi, Māori, other Māori groups/organisations and the Crown, as this is critical to enable economic and social development, both for Māori and for wider Aotearoa New Zealand. We are committed to continuing to partner with iwi in order to find new sustainable solutions to address long standing systemic and cross-cutting issues facing Māori and wider Aotearoa New Zealand and we are also committed to identifying opportunities for iwi to lead and creating an enabling environment for iwi to leverage these opportunities.

E mōhio ana a Hīkina Whakatutuki i puea ake te kōtuinga I waenganui i a ngāi Māori me te Karauna i Te Tiriti o Waitangi, ā, kei te whai ia ki te whakaū ake i Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Mā te whai kiko o ngā kōtuinga ahungaroa o ngāi wi, o ngāi Māori, me ētahi atu rōpū Māori ki te Karauna, katutuki tēnei. He āhuatanga nui tēnei e āhei ai ngā mahi whanaketanga ā-ohanga, ā-pāpori hoki ki a ngāi Māori me Aotearoa whānui. E whai tonu ana mātou ki te kōtui atu ki ngā iwi mō te rapu huara