Programme Manager | Fixed-term opportunity

Discover a career with purpose at MBIE

• Join the dynamic and collaborative Resources Markets branch
• Dynamic and interesting work - bring your programme management experience to deliver robust outcomes
• Secondment/Fixed-term opportunity until June 2026, Wellington based location
• Salary $118,390 – 143,639, plus KiwiSaver

Tēnei tūranga - About the Role:

We are looking for an experienced Programme Manager to join our resource markets branch!

We are establishing a Programme and Branch Services (Resource Markets) team to ensure the effective delivery of programme management, quality assurance, governance, ministerial servicing, and administrative functions across the Resource Markets branch.

We are looking for an experienced Programme Manager to:

• Lead the development of systems, tools, and processes to manage branch programmes and projects, which will be maintained by the wider Programme and Business Services team
• Directly manage identified business critical projects intended to deliver by June 2026, and
• Lift branch capability to manage programmes and projects, including establishment of a community of best practice.

To be successful as the Programme Capability Manager you should demonstrate strong leadership and communication skills, be well organized and able to work under pressure and across teams. You will have a strong track record in programme and project management in operational regulatory functions and policy/legislative design and implementation. You will also have experience in providing best practice guidance, setting up new systems and processes and lifting capability, working across teams and leadership structures, to manage programmes and projects successfully.

Ngā pukenga me ngā wheako e hiahiatia ana -

Skills and Experience Required
 

• 3+ years’ experience in project management/PMO roles in structured project and programme delivery environments in public sector policy and operations.
• Expert knowledge and wide experience across programme coordination disciplines with a good understanding of and experience in applying contemporary best practice principles and lifting capability of others to manage projects and programmes effectively.
• Experience of setting up systems, tools and processes and delivering project or programme management in a government / policy setting.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, able to engage, influence and collaborate successfully and credibly at multiple organisational levels.
• Professional Qualification in Project and Programme management or other related field, or extensive comparable experience.
• A team player, willing to contribute as necessary to deliver outcomes of a high standard and to drive the increasing maturity of MBIE’s delivery functions.
• Must have the legal right to live and work in New Zealand.

Ētahi kōrero mō MBIE - About MBIE:

MBIE's goal is to create a resilient and high-performing economy that delivers real and ongoing quality of life for all New Zealanders.

We do this by working with others to create an environment that supports businesses to be more productive and internationally competitive, enables all New Zealanders to participate in the economy through improved job opportunities and by working to ensure quality housing is more affordable.

People are at the heart of our mahi, our way of working is guided by our values which shape our behaviours.

• Mahi Tahi – Better Together
• Māia – Bold and brave
• Pae Kahurangi – Build our Future
• Pono Me Te Tika – Own It

Our aspirations are echoed in our Māori identity – Hīkina Whakatutuki – which broadly means ‘lifting to make successful'.

MBIE recognises the partnership founded under Te Tiriti o Waitangi between Māori and the Crown and is committed to giving effect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi. We will do this through enduring, meaningful and effective partnerships with iwi, Māori, other Māori groups/organisations and the Crown, as this is critical to enable economic and social development, both for Māori and for wider Aotearoa New Zealand. We are committed to continuing to partner with iwi in order to find new sustainable solutions to address long standing systemic and cross-cutting issues facing Māori and wider Aotearoa New Zealand and we are also committed to identifying opportunities for iwi to lead and creating an enabling environment for iwi to leverage these opportunities.

E mōhio ana a Hīkina Whakatutuki i puea ake te kōtuinga I waenganui i a ngāi Māori me te Karauna i Te Tiriti o Waitangi, ā, kei te whai ia ki te whakaū ake i Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Mā te whai kiko o ngā kōtuinga ahungaroa o ngāi wi, o ngāi Māori, me ētahi atu rōpū Māori ki te Karauna, katutuki tēnei. He āhuatanga nui tēnei e āhei ai ngā mahi whanaketanga ā-ohanga, ā-pāpori hoki ki a ngāi Māori me Aotearoa whānui. E whai tonu ana mātou ki te kōtui atu ki ngā iwi mō te rapu huarahi hou ki te whakaara i ngā kaupapakua roa nei e tāmi ana i a ngāi Māori me Aotearoa whānui, ā, e whai ana hoki ki te tautohu i ngā āheinga kōkiritanga mā ngā iwi, me te tautoko i ngā iwi kia whai mana ake ai ēnei āheinga.

Me pēhea te tono - How to Apply:

Click here to view a position description. 

When you are ready to apply please send a CV and cover letter telling us why you're the perfect fit for this role.

All applications must be submitted via our online process.

We can't wait to hear from you!

Email Monica Chow at monica.chow2@mbie.govt.nz quoting ref MBIE/17716 if you have any further questions.

Applications close at 11.59pm on Sunday, 20 July 2025.