Project Coordinator (GPG) at Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, Wellington

•    An exciting opportunity to support delivery of Government Property Groups major/high profile property projects
•    Be a part of a dynamic growing project delivery team operating nationwide
•    Contribute towards establishing best practice delivery processes
•    Engage with multiple Government agencies and the wider New Zealand property market
•    Salary range: $64,079.00 - $73,364.00

About the role:

In conjunction with the Manager - Project Delivery and the Project Managers the Project Coordinator (Property) ensures that the Government Property Group (GPG) use recognised project management principles and approaches across the Branch. The role holder plays a key role in creating and maintaining project delivery templates, processes, and methodologies.  

The current GPG team comprises approx 20 staff and engages shared services on a regular basis

You will be involved in:
o    Ensuring project activities including reports, project schedules, financial information and documentation is coordinated in an efficient and timely fashion 
o    Supporting the manager project delivery and project managers in the provision of resources, equipment, IT tools to enable the successful delivery of projects
o    Engaging with multiple parties both internally and externally to coordinate project delivery, meetings, presentations and activities 

MBIE supports a wide range of flexible working arrangements.  Talk to us about what might work for both you and us. 

Skills and experience required:

•    Practical experience in project administration and co-ordination 
•    Excellent self-organisation skills, detailed orientated and outcome focused
•    An open communication style with ability to work with a wide-range of different stakeholders 
•    Demonstrated ability to analyse project administration processes and tasks and refine delivery to derive solutions that improve and enhance project delivery 
•    The ability to work in a complex and dynamic environment and the confidence to work with multi-disciplinary teams

In return, we will offer you a competitive salary, development opportunities and exciting work in a fun, fast-paced team. If this sounds like the next step in your career, we would like to hear from you.

For tracking and evaluation purposes, all applications must be submitted via our MBIE careers site process.

This position is a full-time role for 40 hours a week.

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.

How to apply:

Click here to view a position description. All applications must be submitted via our online process.  Email Sammy Glover at sammy.glover@mbie.govt.nz quoting ref MBIE/9889 if you have any further questions.

Applications close on 31st January 2023