IT Project Manager at Ministry for Primary Industries, Wellington City Job Title: IT Project Manager
Role type: Fixed term, full time through to May 2026
Salary range: $127,472 to $149,240 depending on skills and experience
This is an essential position in our Corporate Services, Business Information and Technology Services Directorate. You will be responsible for successfully managing and delivering MPI's SharePoint Digital Migration project. This programme of work will enable staff to work efficiently and productively, enabling MPI to deliver its core functions with ease.
Specific responsibilities of this role include managing the delivery from inception to completion, working closely with our SharePoint Specialists, ICT business partners, and managing internal resources, vendors/suppliers/partners. You will also provide updates on expected benefits, risks and issues, and financials.
You'll be comfortable managing multiple tasks concurrently. In addition, you'll prepare and present quality reporting to key stakeholders on project governance boards.
You ideally will have experience leading and managing digital projects or programmes of work within a large government agency, or experience in a comparable ICT Project Management role of a complex nature with vendor management as a core component of delivery. Knowledge and delivery of a SharePoint cloud migration is preferred.
To be successful in the role you will need to demonstrate:
Sound knowledge of project management techniques and frameworks and the ability to apply these.
Exceptional stakeholder management skills (senior leadership, technical subject matter experts, business subject matter experts, vendors/suppliers/partners)
Proven leadership skills, with a focus on leading project teams to successful outcomes.
The role of Business Technology & Information Services (BT&IS) is to enable business technology solutions and deliver high-quality, cost-effective information & technology services to Ministry staff and external stakeholders. The Digital Portfolio Office is within BT&IS.
The team is made up of ICT Project Managers and Business Analysts who work closely across the wider directorate with teams such as Data & Information, Service Delivery and wider Corporate Services teams.
Projects and programmes of work move fast here, and to be part of it will feel exciting as you see the impact of what we do is felt across the whole of MPI.
The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) partners with New Zealand's food and fibre sector to be the world's most sustainable provider of high-value food and primary products.
We offer:
Additional MPI leave days
Ability to purchase extra annual leave
Career development and internal opportunities across the branch and organisation
We are committed to being a good partner under Te Tiriti o Waitangi, which includes working closely with iwi, hapu, whanau and hapori.
We aspire to reflect the diverse communities we serve, so we welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds and identities. As an organisation, we are committed to making Manatu Ahu Matua Ministry for Primary Industries a great place to work for all.
In your cover letter, we'd like to know about you, your values, your interest and motivations for this role, the abilities, strengths, personal attributes, and diverse perspectives you will bring to the role and this organisation, which may have also been gained outside of the workforce.
Applications close at midnight on Wednesday 20 November 2024
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