Department of Corrections NZ Looking for Portfolio Analyst at Te Mārua, Wellington Region, New Zealand Full Time

• Champion project management standards to support delivery.
• Opportunity to drive improvement and shape the work we do.
• Fixed term until 31st of March, 2024

Ngā kawenga | About the role

As the Portfolio Analyst within Health, Safety and Wellbeing, you will be part of a team who supports P3 and Health & Safety practitioners delivering projects and initiatives within the Health, Safety & Wellbeing Portfolio. Ultimately, we need your help in ensuring the portfolio has a view of benefit realisations across multiple portfolios, and the department, including current health and safety industry standards, and the monitoring of themes and best practices in this environment.

Role

Our work environment is often fast-paced – so this role calls for someone who is naturally proactive and who shows initiative to keep on track with multiple tasks and changing priorities, which also means no two days are the same when there is such a variety of tasks to get stuck into such as:

• Engaging with a diverse range of SMEs, Programme & Project Managers and Health & Safety Advisers, providing support, expertise, and advice in relation to data.
• Creating and supporting high quality reporting at all levels of the Portfolio.
• Contributing to the completion of project or programme health checks, working with programme managers to provide advice, share knowledge, and experience, ensuring continuous improvement and uplift of project management capability and practice.
• Reviewing investment and initiative framework documents, providing critical and objective feedback where necessary to document owners, ensuring high quality documents are received by the portfolio.
• Supporting the team with the development, prioritisation, and sequencing of the Portfolio workplan.
• Support the development and implementation of data-based insights and analytics which support strategic objectives.
• Utilise analytical, statistical, and programming skills to collect, measure, analyse, interpret, report and present datasets.

Ngā pūkenga me ngā wheako | Skills and experience

To be successful in this role you will be an excellent communicator and relationship builder – leading engagement with programmes and projects to develop documentation that reports progress, risks, escalations, and opportunities at a Portfolio level. You will enjoy engaging with SMEs, Programme and Project Managers, helping, monitoring, advice, and support, coaching or training on PMO requirements, ensuring PMO and Departmental Health, Safety & Wellbeing specific risk frameworks, and disciplines, are understood, adopted, and embedded.

This role is well suited to someone who combines P3M3 expertise with pragmatic support and works in a positive and collaborative way. You will thrive on complex detail, applying your strong analytical skills and sound judgement to synthesise information into meaningful insights and suggest ways to improve ways of working for both the PMO team and the practitioners you support. This is a great opportunity for self-motivated people who are calm under pressure and comfortable with ambiguity.

Experience working within a health & safety environment is highly desirable but not required.

Utu ā-tau | Salary

The midpoint of the salary range is $93,210 per annum and the full range (85%-120%) is $79,229 – $111,852 per annum. Appointment and remuneration will reflect skills and experience relevant to the role.

Ko wai mātou | About us

Ara Poutama Aotearoa is a name that has been gifted to us and is our commitment to improving the oranga and safety of the people, whānau, and that of the communities we serve across the motu.

Ara Poutama Aotearoa values diversity in our workforce, and as a Public Service organisation we are committed to building a workforce which reflects the public we serve. We welcome applications from disabled and neurodiverse communities, all cultures, faiths, and Rainbow communities, as we appreciate the richness of experience that diversity brings to our organisation. We strive to make our recruitment process fair and inclusive, and we encourage applicants to discuss reasonable accommodation with us if required.

As a values-led organisation, we use the principles of rangatira (leadership), manaaki (respect), wairua (spirituality), kaitiaki (guardianship) and whānau (relationships) to shape how we work and deliver the outcomes in our strategy – Hōkai Rangi (https://careers.corrections.govt.nz/strategy).

Tono ināianei | Apply Now

To apply, please submit a tailored CV and a cover letter describing your motivation for joining the department highlighting relevant skills and experience. Alignment to our kaupapa is critical to our success – we ask that you provide examples which reflect and demonstrate our organisation values.

Applications close: Sunday 19th of November.

It is an exciting time to join us, and we continue to seek out talented individuals who are committed to an inclusive, vibrant workplace. We recognise and celebrate the uniqueness of individuals, and that of the collective talent in our whānau. All applications must be submitted through our careers site to ensure transparency. Applications received via email will not be considered.

If you want to find out more about a career with us, visit careers.corrections.govt.nz or email our team at [email protected].