Mō tÄ“nei tÅ«ranga mahi | About this role

• Bring your Change experience to this exciting role
• Influence at all levels using exceptional communication skills
• Pay rate is $120,914 per annum including 5 weeks annual leave plus Kiwisaver and other benefits

Kāinga Ora has a COVID-19 Vaccination policy that requires employees to be fully vaccinated, you will be required to provide your vaccination pass during the recruitment process. 

Mō mātou - Our Organisation 

At Kāinga Ora, ours is the important responsibility of transforming New Zealand's housing choices, outcomes and the entire housing sector by creating homes and communities that allow New Zealanders to thrive.  

What is exciting about working for Kāinga Ora is getting the chance to make a real and positive impact on New Zealanders' lives. With skills, planning and purposeful action, our people are creating the homes and neighbourhoods that will build Aotearoa's future.  

We are passionate about transforming New Zealand for the better. That includes being a trusted partner for Māori and iwi, protecting and enabling their rights, interests and aspirations under the guidance of Te Tiriti o Waitangi.  

Ko tā mātou mahi -  Our Role 

We are currently recruiting for change management professionals to join our Wellington and Auckland based teams. As a Change Manager, you will work within a skilled team of professionals and you will be an important member of the Change Enablement team, responsible for working primarily with project teams to advice on best practice, delivering people-centric change initiatives that encompass a wide range of change. Examples include office moves, technology developments, upgrades, and policy implementation.

You will need to be adept at influencing both leaders and team members as you guide them through change. This includes having the courageous conversations that are needed, whilst also being the ultimate diplomat, supporting change through a variety of innovative toolsets.

Partnering with the business, you will agree on strategies, methodologies and tools to maximise desired objectives while always considering the most efficient ways of reaching key milestones.

To be successful in this role you will be comfortable working advocating for change, in fact you will thrive on it!  We want to help prepare our people to operate differently in line with our organisational strategy.

Ngā pÅ«manawatanga Åu - What you will bring 

• Change management certification or designation desired: Prosci certification preferred
• Experience and knowledge of applying change management principles methodology and tools at both project and programme level
• Specialist skills knowledge and experience within a complex organisation of how people go through change and the change process
• Significant experience in a change management and engagement role in a complex environment
• Qualified or recent experience with change management approaches, tools and phases of the project lifecycle
• Influencing skills that have proven to inspire individuals to adopt change with minimal resistance