Statistics New Zealand Hiring for Project Coordinator Job at Manukau City , New Zealand Full Time

Mō mātou |* About Us*

As New Zealand’s national statistics office, Tatauranga Aotearoa Stats NZ is uniquely positioned to support the decisions that the Government, Māori and Iwi organisations, businesses, NGO’s and New Zealanders make every day. Our structure, culture and systems are designed with collaboration and customers in mind – mobilised and working together to realise our ambition: About Aotearoa, for Aotearoa – data that improves lives today and for generations to come.

Mō te tūnga | The role

We have both a permanent and a fixed term position available based in Wellington – the fixed term position is through to 30th June 2022 (at which point we will reassess our requirements).

Your focus will be supporting high priority projects across our portfolio, and / or co-ordination required to support our portfolio governance board. You may work on projects from their inception, or be assigned to projects that are already in-flight. To complement the variety of a project coordination role, the projects we run are often interesting, complex and unique to the context of Stats NZ.

You will be part of a collaborative and supportive Enterprise Portfolio Office, which has a fantastic cohort of Project Coordinators, Project Managers, Business Analysts and Change Managers who are passionate about what they do.

Starting salary: $55,225 – $64,971 negotiable

Mōu | About you

You may either be committed to providing excellent project support as a career path or be looking for opportunities to build on your experience and develop your skills in the project management space. This is a great opportunity to utilise your coordination skills and experience and showcase your exceptional administrative skills whilst supporting meaningful projects.

You will have a strong understanding of the project environment, and know how you can add value to the unique context of each assignment. You will be adept at building strong working relationships and trust with those you work with. To be successful you will ideally have:

• Previous Project Coordination experience, and experience supporting projects from planning through to closure
• Excellent administrative skills with great attention to detail
• A flexible, adaptable and approachable working style, and the ability to deal with change
• A strong sense of teamwork with a willingness to pitch in and support the project or portfolio as required
• A reputation for fantastic written and verbal communication skills and the ability to professionally present sometimes complex information to a range of audiences
• A good understanding of, and experience in, working with project management methodologies, practices, and tools including Agile and kanban
• Knowledge/familiarity or a commitment to learning/understanding Te Ao Māori, in order to understand and contribute meaningful work and outcomes for Māori communities
• A positive can-do attitude.

You’ll be joining an inclusive environment where people, regardless of gender, race, disability, religion or background are supported to be able to do their best work. This includes:

• Flexible by default, balance life and work commitments
• Exciting and meaningful work that makes a difference to Aotearoa
• Opportunity to develop and grow your career

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Supplementary Pay:

• Overtime pay
• Performance bonus