Project Management, Practice Lead

4 days ago


Wellington City, New Zealand New Zealand Government Full time

We're looking for a leader to excite and unite our Project Managers
- Wellington, The Terrace
- Permanent

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, Project Management reports to the Manager, Project Capability and is the leader responsible for our Project Management capability within the EPMO. This includes ensuring our Project Managers are coached, led, guided and supported to successfully deliver projects which align with our organisation's strategic outcomes.
The Project Management Practice is at the heart of our delivery. As such, it needs and deserves a leader who has extensive experience delivering projects, as well as the leadership ability to attract, retain and develop a team of project delivery high performers.

Mō mātou | 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 hapū, iwi and Māori organisations to find appropriate solutions for tamariki in need.

Mō te tūnga | About the role
The Practice Lead, Project Management is a demanding role. Leading a team of independent thinkers, you will be required to ensure they come together as a mutually supportive team, while also empowering them to deliver within their day-to-day project and programme structures.
This role is heavily focused on cultivating a culture of high performance, building a community of skilled project professionals that lifts our capabilities and responding to the needs and strategic drivers of the organisation.

Ngā pūmanawatanga ōu | 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 management 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 management 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 Managers, 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 management kaimahi have the appropriate skills, knowledge and experience to deliver the required work including providing coaching, mentoring, professional development opportunities and performance management.
- Assist in the review of project management artefacts to provide first level quality assurance.
- Understanding and appreciation of cross-cultural practices in particular; knowledge of tikanga Māori, and Pacific peoples' culture

Nōu te rourou | What's in it for you
Oranga Tamariki offer an impartial remuneration package, that offers progression annually for experience through tenure. Annual remuneration for this position starts between $142,728 and $177,410 dependent on experience.

Me pēhea 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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