Manager - Administration and Reporting- Auckland

• Bring your leadership skills to a high performing team
• Come and thrive in a workplace that values its people, like family
• Excellent salary , plus 5 weeks annual leave and many more fantastic benefits

Mō mātou - Our Organisation

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.

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 the future of Aotearoa.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

The Manager - Administration and Reporting is responsible for leading a team of Project Support Professionals that provide accurate and complete project coordination for the delivery teams, ensuring Kāinga Ora processes, procedures and systems are maintained and enhanced to enable oversight, review and reporting.

In addition, the role ensures that the wider Programme Team is supported in its functions and effectively manages a range of operational activities. Furthermore, the role actively looks to continuously improve the processes and tools in place to support the delivery of homes.

The Manager - Administration and Reporting is a member of the Programme Leadership Team and provides guidance to the wider Programme Team in relation to their operational activities.  It also ensures the Programme Director has visibility of issues arising to enable informed decisions and communications to the Programme Team or the Construction and Innovation Group.

Ngā pūmanawatanga ōu - What you will bring

LEADERSHIP:

• Deliver on the Leadership Attributes of the role.
• Planning, scheduling and prioritising workloads in a complex and fast-changing environment, taking into account upstream and downstream stakeholder needs and balancing those against the requirements of the business unit and direct reports.
• Recruit, build and lead a high performing, diverse team that are values driven, collaborative and engaged.
• Provide clarity and direction through effective coaching, mentoring, training and operational leadership. Actively seek to enhance own leadership practices to incorporate a diverse range of tools that can be applied within the team.
• Enabling the effective flow of information and efficient processing of data relating to projects from acceptance, through the development lifecycle, culminating in project closure.
• Define processes and create associated collateral to ensure operational tasks are effectively managed.
• Peer support and guidance for people leaders in relation to recruitment, induction and on boarding of new team members.

OPERATIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Enabling compliance with Kāinga Ora practices and frameworks relating to all aspects of the project lifecycle managed by the Programme Team.
• Monitor delivery forecasts against SPE targets to ensure deliverables are achieved. Ensure early escalation of any significant risks identified.
• Authoring, compiling and managing content of reports to monitor progress against targets for diverse audiences in multiple formats.
• Produce and analyse information, identifying opportunities and/or trends to inform decision making across the business group.
• Recognise issues, work to pinpoint causality and solve complex problems in a change rich environment.
• Actively participate in working groups to identify, develop, implement and champion proposed changes.
• Ensuring that new software rollouts are implemented effectively, creating accompanying business processes and providing oversight and quality assurance of data.
• Identify or define new systems or processes that affect the business unit. Investigate, assess and quantify the action required to implement change.
• Advise on and beta test automated reporting. Provide context and operational understanding to data.

 Nōu te rourou - What's in it for you?  

We offer competitive salaries, five weeks' annual leave and a benefits package including a range of insurances, flexible working arrangements and career development. These benefits are described in more detail here https://careers.kaingaora.govt.nz/a-great-place-to-work/benefits.    

As a Kāinga Ora - Homes and Communities employee, we want to make sure that you have all the tools and support you need. We want to ensure you are healthy and have work-life balance. We also want to support and grow your personal and career development through on-the-job learning, training courses, secondments and study opportunities. 

ÅŒ Tātou Uara - Our Values

Our values were developed by us, for us. They unite us as an organisation and guide how we work every day. Our values are:

• Manaakitanga - People at the Heart
• Mahi Tahi - Better Together
• Whanake - Be Bold

TÅ«hono mai - Join us

To view the position description and apply for this role, please follow the online process via http://careers.kaingaora.govt.nz.  Please note: all applicants, including existing employees, need to follow this process. If you have any questions, please contact the recruitment team via Kaingaora.recruit@kaingaora.govt.nz

Applications close on 11th March 2022 

We value diversity and are committed to working with each other and our customers in an inclusive and respectful way. We welcome applicants from all walks of life and appreciate the richness of experience that your point of difference brings to the organisation.