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October 22, 2024
Statistics New Zealand
Wellington City
FULL TIME & OTHER
Programme Director – Modernising Data and Statistics
Programme Director - Modernising Data and Statistics
Join an organisation contributing to meaningful outcomes, About Aotearoa, for Aotearoa - data that improves lives today and for generations to come.
Mōu | For You
Tatauranga Aotearoa Stats NZ are dedicated to diversity, equity, inclusion, health, and wellbeing. We welcome every gender, ethnicity, ability, religion, age, and background and encourage all our people to be their authentic selves.
Starting salary $188,103- $253,081 negotiable + Superannuation
We encourage you to go to our careers site to learn more about working at Tatauranga Aotearoa Stats NZ, the Way We Work and our benefits. We want working for us… to work for you!!
Other benefits of joining our Stats whānau include:
Tatauranga Aotearoa Stats NZ is seeking a sharp and experienced Programme Director with proven capability and an excellent track record in managing significant transformation and change programmes. This is a 2-year fixed-term position preferably based in Wellington.
As the Programme Director - Modernising Data and Statistics, you'll be responsible for the successful delivery of a programme comprising: the next census, Integrated Statistical Data System, Stats NZ's role in social investment, and the adoption of new international standards for economic statistics.
Reporting to the programme's Senior Responsible Owner - Rachael Milicich, Deputy Chief Executive/Deputy Government Statistician, Insights and Statistics - you'll work closely with Tier 3 Business Owners and Tatauranga Aotearoa Stats NZ's Enterprise Portfolio Officer to set up the programme, deliver outputs that enable the realisation of benefits, through to programme closure. Fundamental to the programme's success is ensuring it's appropriately integrated, connected, and aligned to the wider operations of Tatauranga Aotearoa Stats NZ, including the emerging Strategy System Map kaupapa (e.g. business model, target operating model etc.).
You'll also work alongside the Programme Director - Digital to ensure alignment and consistency of practices between programmes, as well as clear and documented dependency management.
We're human and we work with kaimahi with diverse backgrounds and perspectives. To that end, you'll need an excellent understanding of how to communicate with, and lead, people effectively in other locations across the motu. Experience and knowledge on how to engage, inspire, and mobilise large teams towards a common set of goals, and to do it with an approach that takes people with them you will be critical. These are precursors to establishing and maintaining a healthy delivery environment to ensure that individuals and collective wellbeing is of kaimahi is supported.
Ko wai pea ka pai | Who might be suited
You will:
Tatauranga Aotearoa - Stats NZ is a Central Government employer of 1600+ people across Aotearoa. We provide data and statistics to support the decisions of Government, Māori and Iwi organisations, businesses, NGOs, and New Zealanders. Our work is About Aotearoa, for Aotearoa - data that improves lives today and for generations to come.
Me pēhea te tuku tono | How to apply
If this sounds like you, click on the Apply now button to be redirect to the application page on our careers site. The position description is located on the right-hand side of the page.
We are truly committed to diversity, equity, inclusion and lifting our cultural capability. You don't need to be knowledgeable in all these areas already, but you do need to be on board with learning and have a genuine interest and willingness to grow on this journey with us.
We will be screening applications as we receive them to move swiftly to interview shortly after the advert closes. You may be asked to complete a pre-interview screen via phone or video. Please let us know in your application if we need to make any specific accommodations during our process.
Please reach out to recruitment@stats.govt.nz if you have any questions.
You must have the right to live and work in Aotearoa New Zealand. Background and various pre-employment checks are part of our recruitment process.
Join an organisation contributing to meaningful outcomes, About Aotearoa, for Aotearoa - data that improves lives today and for generations to come.
Mōu | For You
Tatauranga Aotearoa Stats NZ are dedicated to diversity, equity, inclusion, health, and wellbeing. We welcome every gender, ethnicity, ability, religion, age, and background and encourage all our people to be their authentic selves.
Starting salary $188,103- $253,081 negotiable + Superannuation
We encourage you to go to our careers site to learn more about working at Tatauranga Aotearoa Stats NZ, the Way We Work and our benefits. We want working for us… to work for you!!
Other benefits of joining our Stats whānau include:
- An environment where we can all be leaders, where your ideas and input are encouraged
- 3 extra annual leave days (taken during Christmas office closure)
- City based offices that cater to a variety of working styles
Tatauranga Aotearoa Stats NZ is seeking a sharp and experienced Programme Director with proven capability and an excellent track record in managing significant transformation and change programmes. This is a 2-year fixed-term position preferably based in Wellington.
As the Programme Director - Modernising Data and Statistics, you'll be responsible for the successful delivery of a programme comprising: the next census, Integrated Statistical Data System, Stats NZ's role in social investment, and the adoption of new international standards for economic statistics.
Reporting to the programme's Senior Responsible Owner - Rachael Milicich, Deputy Chief Executive/Deputy Government Statistician, Insights and Statistics - you'll work closely with Tier 3 Business Owners and Tatauranga Aotearoa Stats NZ's Enterprise Portfolio Officer to set up the programme, deliver outputs that enable the realisation of benefits, through to programme closure. Fundamental to the programme's success is ensuring it's appropriately integrated, connected, and aligned to the wider operations of Tatauranga Aotearoa Stats NZ, including the emerging Strategy System Map kaupapa (e.g. business model, target operating model etc.).
You'll also work alongside the Programme Director - Digital to ensure alignment and consistency of practices between programmes, as well as clear and documented dependency management.
We're human and we work with kaimahi with diverse backgrounds and perspectives. To that end, you'll need an excellent understanding of how to communicate with, and lead, people effectively in other locations across the motu. Experience and knowledge on how to engage, inspire, and mobilise large teams towards a common set of goals, and to do it with an approach that takes people with them you will be critical. These are precursors to establishing and maintaining a healthy delivery environment to ensure that individuals and collective wellbeing is of kaimahi is supported.
Ko wai pea ka pai | Who might be suited
You will:
- A relevant post graduate degree - e.g. Masters in Business or related field.
- Recognised programme management qualification - Practitioner Managing Successful Programmes, Project Management Institute PMP certification.
- Proven capability and experience of managing the full tenure of a project of significant magnitude, driving action, and continuous improvement in the achievement of maximum project potential
- Previous and proven technical expertise and relevant qualifications. Deep expertise gained in programmes of comparable size and complexity, such as the infrastructure sector.
- Demonstrated experience in managing significant transformation and change projects with very large financial and people responsibility.
- Excellent understanding of how to communicate with, and lead people effectively, in other locations across the entire country, including the intricacies of remote working arrangements
- Experience and knowledge on how to engage, inspire, and mobilise large teams towards a common set of goals, and to do it with an approach that takes people with them
- Knowledge and experience, or desire to learn and build knowledge and experience of Te Tiriti, Tikanga, Te Reo and Te Ao Māori.
Tatauranga Aotearoa - Stats NZ is a Central Government employer of 1600+ people across Aotearoa. We provide data and statistics to support the decisions of Government, Māori and Iwi organisations, businesses, NGOs, and New Zealanders. Our work is About Aotearoa, for Aotearoa - data that improves lives today and for generations to come.
Me pēhea te tuku tono | How to apply
If this sounds like you, click on the Apply now button to be redirect to the application page on our careers site. The position description is located on the right-hand side of the page.
We are truly committed to diversity, equity, inclusion and lifting our cultural capability. You don't need to be knowledgeable in all these areas already, but you do need to be on board with learning and have a genuine interest and willingness to grow on this journey with us.
We will be screening applications as we receive them to move swiftly to interview shortly after the advert closes. You may be asked to complete a pre-interview screen via phone or video. Please let us know in your application if we need to make any specific accommodations during our process.
Please reach out to recruitment@stats.govt.nz if you have any questions.
You must have the right to live and work in Aotearoa New Zealand. Background and various pre-employment checks are part of our recruitment process.
Reference #
12589
Posted on
22 Oct 2024
Closes on
05 Nov 2024 23:55
Location(s)
Wellington
Expertise
General Mgmt/Executive, Project/Programme Management
Job level(s)
Management, Executive
Work type(s)
Permanent full-time
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