Exciting opportunity for an experienced Agile Project Manager Help to lead a brand new project Use your Agile coaching skills to set up squads to deliver project outcomes 3 year fixed term role Korero mo te turanga - About the role
We are looking for a motivated Agile Project Manager to join our team, where you will be working within the Location Information business group to support the successful delivery of the 3D Coastal Mapping (3DCM) project over the next three years.
This project will see up to 40% of Aotearoa New Zealand's coastline mapped using high-resolution airborne LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) mapping and the installation of 10 Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) stations, co-located at existing tide gauge stations.
3DCM will significantly improve the baseline data upon which resilience to coastal hazards and climate change impacts can be assessed and mitigated. This role is homed in Delivery Capability and based full-time with Location Information in the Wellington office.
You will work with three work squads contributing to 3DCM as well as supporting these squads in their other work. This is your opportunity to join us and make a meaningful contribution to our Agile journey and to Toitu Te Whenua's wider transformation to deliver more value for New Zealand.
At Toitu Te Whenua we design our roles around shared capabilities (rather than focusing on tasks) and so you'll notice our role profiles are broad. This allows us to be responsive to our customers and to strengthen the connections across our organisation. It also gives us the flexibility to provide wider opportunities to our people, to further their careers.
The broad-based role for this position is Solution Delivery Specialist.
He pukenga tou - Skills & Experience
You will draw on your previous experience as an Agile Project Manager to support the squads to deliver the programme of work. As a servant leader, you'll champion agile ways of working as you coach other squad members to communicate, coordinate, and cooperate to meet their delivery goals.
You'll foster an environment to drive high-performing squad dynamics, continuous improvement, and value to the customer. A strong technical understanding will allow you to quickly resolve impediments for the squads by actively addressing and unblocking any issues that are beyond the team's authority, allowing the squad to stay focused on Sprint objectives.
With your excellent communication, facilitation and organisational skills, you'll enjoy facilitating the scrum process, meetings and workshops (e.g. Retros, Planning, Refining) in an engaging manner.
Your key responsibilities will include:
Clearly defining the purpose, outcomes, scope, expected costs, benefits, risks/opportunities and resource needs for allocated projects and managing these appropriately. Supporting the Programme Lead to ensure the work is prioritised and ensuring all stakeholders have the level of detail required to make informed decisions. Coaching and educating the squads and others in the project around Agile ways of working, practices and principles. Holding teams accountable for their commitments, removing roadblocks to their work, helping them to identify, mitigate and resolve issues/risks, and ensuring they comply with any reporting requirements. Resolving impediments for the team by actively addressing and unblocking any issues that are beyond the team's authority, or which may require support from other teams. Organising and facilitating the Agile ceremonies. The annual salary range for this position is $102,223 - $138,302.
Nga mea e tukuna ana e tatau - What we offer our employees
Interesting work which impacts Aotearoa as we care for whenua, moana and arawai. Eye & ear care reimbursements Annual Flu Vaccinations Reduced Health Insurance Premiums Diverse groups and networks If eligible for paid parental leave, you will be entitled to a top up payment for the first 18 weeks of the 26 weeks. A minimum of four weeks and three days annual leave. Te Takinatanga - Our Story
Toitu Te Whenua plays a vital role in understanding, developing, and caring for New Zealand's whenua, moana and arawai (land, sea and waterways). Whether you're developing our products and services to support our customers, managing the Crown estate, engaging with our iwi partners, or helping us be an effective regulator, your contribution can make a difference.
Our mahi helps New Zealanders have confidence that the development of our land, communities and country is being planned from an informed and expert position that balances environmental, social, cultural, and economic considerations.
Now and for future generations.
Our Kia Toipoto Intentions - Public Service Gender, Maori, Pacific and Ethnic Pay Gap Action Plan
Toitu Te Whenua is a diverse team of individuals with different experience and perspectives. This drives our culture and high performance. We know that people from underrepresented groups and women in particular don't apply for roles if they're not a 100% match, but we're not looking for perfection, we're looking for potential.
As an inclusive and supportive employer, we value difference and want to encourage anyone interested to apply, regardless of whether you tick all the boxes or not. As an organisation we embrace diversity, encourage work life balance and have a flexible approach to the way we work which means you will quickly feel connected and valued.
Tono mai - How to Apply
If you're eyeing up this role and believe you've got what it takes, please apply, or get in touch with the team. To apply, please click Apply Online. You'll be taken through to our Toitu Te Whenua Careers Centre where you'll be able to review further information about the responsibilities and accountabilities of this role in the Position Description.
You'll be able to complete your online application form and upload a copy of your CV/Cover Letter. Please note, while applications close Friday 30 August 2024, we may be reviewing applications as they are received and may progress with suitable applicants prior to the application closing date. Therefore, please apply as soon as possible if you are interested in this position.
For tracking and evaluation purposes, all applications must be submitted via our online process. You must have the legal right to live and work in New Zealand to be eligible for this position. You may notice that the Position Description title for this role (Solution Delivery Specialist - Toru) doesn't match the advertised title.
At Toitu Te Whenua we design our roles around shared capabilities (rather than focusing on tasks). This means our position descriptions are broad, one position description can cover many roles, this is known as Broad Based Role (BBR).
Using BBR allows us to be responsive to our customers and to strengthen the connections across our organisation. It also gives us the flexibility to provide wider opportunities to our people, to further their careers.
If you have any questions about this role or working at Toitu Te Whenua, please email ****** and our Recruitment Team will be in touch with you.
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