Rolleston, New Zealand

Reference: 6649778

About the role:

Selwyn District Council has a new Project Manager role to join our Strategy and Policy Team. Your key responsibilities will be to ensure the teams projects, are delivered, within budget and on time. As the Project Manager Strategy Delivery, you will drive us towards the successful delivery of multiple projects within our group, in line with our project delivery framework.
You'll be responsible for:

• Leading the development of and maintaining our project plans.
• Record and monitor risks, issues, decisions, and interdependencies.
• Manage budget and purchase order tracking related to the projects.
• Planning engagement with internal and external stakeholders required to achieve the project outcomes.
• Schedule and coordinate project steering groups. This will include producing relevant supporting reports and updates.

About you:

As the Project Manager Strategy Delivery you have 3 years project management experience, ideally in strategy delivery. You will be an effective self-starter who is focused on providing solutions and outcomes that are in line with best practice. You will understand what it takes to bring people together to achieve results and be able to communicate and build strong relationships with multiple stakeholders (both internally and externally), so they feel well-informed and have a high level of trust.

What we can offer:

• Great work-life balance with flexibility
• Career coaching and development
• Life insurance
• Wellbeing and volunteer leave
• Three days paid leave between Christmas and New Year
• Two weeks paid Partners Leave
• Sick leave from day one
• Continued Kiwi Saver contributions during savings suspension
• Discounts with local and national businesses

About us:

Selwyn is one of the fastest-growing districts in New Zealand. We have a fantastic quality of life, great communities, and a thriving economy. Our Council works actively with residents to provide the services and facilities that help our communities to thrive and grow.

Our head office is based in Rolleston (only 25km from Christchurch), which offers an enviable family lifestyle, outstanding local facilities and an easy drive to the ski fields, rivers and hills that make up Canterbury's stunning landscape.

Our values are important to us and represent the way we work: · Be a good human · Be brave - Think differently · Better together- Make it happen for Selwyn.

We honour Te Tiriti o Waitangi and we are committed to working with our Treaty partner to deliver on our obligations under Te Tiriti o Waitangi.

If you'd like to play a part in making Selwyn the best place to live, work and play, join us today!

Applications Close: 08 Sep 2024