Christchurch City Council Looking for Digital Change Lead – 2 Year Fixed Term at Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand Full Time

When you join the Christchurch City Council, you’ll be getting involved first hand working to shape the future of this city, our communities and environment. As well as working with awesome people within the organisation, you’ll find many opportunities to develop and progress your career with us. We value people who make their voices heard, can look at things in new and interesting ways, and come up with fresh and creative ideas and thinking.

Christchurch City Council, where it’s possible to love what you do.

We’re looking for dreamers, believers, visionaries, and fellow leaders – sound like you? Then we’d love to have you on board.

We are on the exciting journey of changing and improving so that we can meet the current and future needs of all citizens, customers and staff.

Our vision…In the decade to 2028, through a focus on the citizens and getting the basics right, we will apply digital ways of working – incorporating people, process, information and technology – to make Christchurch a city of opportunity for all and strengthen the city’s resilience to future challenges.

To do this we’ve developed four transformational programmes in Council to realise our Digital Strategy – Modern Workplace Programme, SAP Improvement Programme, Digital Citizens Experience, and Employee Experience.

The role of Change Lead supports Digital project and programme implementation by planning and supporting the implementation of business change plans and defining the impact of change on processes, services, systems, technology and people. You will play a part on ensuring the success of employee adoption of the change by using best practice organisational change management frameworks and tools embed the change as business as usual for our people.

This role works within our large and diverse Digital Unit and collaborates across the various Council business units. We’re looking for someone with previous change management experience, ideally in a large or complex organisation. Specific IT experience, although not essential would be very helpful. It would also be highly beneficial for you to have experience in business transformation, project, or programme management.

We’re looking for someone with the wow factor, someone with an awesome personality and who is excited by change and can communicate with people at all levels of our organisation. Someone who meets the challenges of Change Management with a smile and can work well in a fluid environment (with the odd bit of chaos) and who likes to get on top of problems and figure out solutions.

To view the position description please click on the link at the bottom of this page

Feel like you don’t meet every single requirement of the job description?

Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At the Christchurch City Council, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways.

Additional Information

Position – 2 year fixed term

Hours of work – 37.5 – 40 hours per week

Location – This position is primarily based at Te Hononga, Christchurch City Council Civic Offices – 53 Hereford Street

Salary –The salary band for this position goes from $101,882 to $113,202. Starting salaries will be based on knowledge, skills and experience the successful candidate brings to the role, and relativities both, within the immediate team and in the broader organisation for the same or similar roles.

Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and interviews may take place prior to the close date. This means we reserve the right to close a job ad before the advertised close date.

To view the position description for this role please visit Digital Change Lead – 2 Year Fixed Term – Jobs at Christchurch City Council (cccjobs.co.nz)