Programme Manager – Gas

Tēnei tūranga – About the role

Reporting to the Manager – Energy Markets branch, the Programme Manager, Gas will be responsible for establishing and leading work programme management advice, planning, reporting and tracking for the programme.

The Programme Manager, Gas, will have oversight of risks, issues and opportunities and will take an active role in identifying solutions where needed.

Critical to this role is building strong and collaborative MBIE and cross-agency relationships to ensure connection and alignment to the programme, wider MBIE work programme and other Government initiatives.

Ngā herenga – Requirements of the role

Personal specifications

• Experience in Programme Management large and complex programmes with high levels of government and public profile.
• The ability to influence at senior levels, enabled by a strong understanding of the priorities for each and the dynamics at play.
• Strong relationship-building skills, with the ability to quickly earn the trust and confidence of both internal and external stakeholders.
• An ability to harness diverse perspectives and bring people together to work towards a shared purpose.
• The ability to translate goals into a programme of action and effectively manage progress towards those goals.
• The understanding and experience to bring both policy and operational perspectives to bear on the programme.
• A strong strategic focus, with the ability to quickly identify risks and opportunities to the programme and position it for success.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively outside of formal lines of accountability.
• Senior-level public sector experience successfully managing a large programme of activity, including working effectively across agencies and organisations.
• Sound understanding of Government decision-making and commercial operating procedures.
• Solution mind-set, good judgement, tact, diplomacy, integrity, patience, and professionalism in all transactions.
• A good understanding of New Zealand public sector dynamics, including the workings of Government with broad policy knowledge and an understanding of key commercial, procurement and financial issues related to infrastructure.
• Proven people-management skills.
• Must have the legal right to live and work in New Zealand.

Takohanga tuhinga o mua – Key accountabilities and deliverables

Critical areas of success

• Indirectly leads a team to provide programme planning and advice, working with policy teams, to deliver high-quality and well-managed reporting processes and outcomes.
• Assimilates key information and insights connecting teams and people that help with advice to senior stakeholders or inform future thinking.
• Provides strategic leadership to develop and drive the goals of the programme.
• Builds trusted relationships at senior levels across MBIE.

Programme management

• Plans and manages all reporting requirements, establishes appropriate processes, monitors and ensures accountability for achieving milestones, develops and maintains relationships with colleagues and stakeholders.
• Manages multiple complex workstreams concurrently using planning and programme management techniques.
• Manages expenditure and/or resources in line with approved guidelines, budget, deadlines and reporting.
• Effectively and consistently identifies and manages risk.
• Aligns work programmes with other Branch work programmes.

Relationship and people management

• Fosters an environment of collaboration to ensure the leadership team take a system approach applying a balanced view of priorities to ensure the best overall result to deliver the desired outcomes for each of the projects.
• Ensures effective management of sensitive issues and related assessment activity.
• Builds and maintains relationships with key stakeholders that ensure MBIE’s views are influential in their decision-making and protects its reputation in external interactions.
• Recognised internally and externally as an influential and innovative thought leader, contributing their knowledge and expertise to achieve the Ministry’s outcomes.
• Provides non-positional leadership that engages and motivates others to succeed and develop, and proactively shares knowledge and ideas.
• Understands and utilises the capability of team members to deliver high quality programme outputs.
• Provides supervision, guidance, coaching and mentoring and on-the-job training to team members.
• Contributes to the performance of the team through providing peer review and quality assurance.

Wellbeing, health and safety

• Displays commitment through actively supporting all safety and wellbeing initiatives.
• Ensures own and others' safety at all times.
• Complies with relevant safety and wellbeing policies, procedures, safe systems of work and event reporting.
• Reports all incidents/accidents, including near misses in a timely fashion.
• Is involved in health and safety through participation and consultation.

Tō tūranga i roto i te Manatū – Your place in the Ministry

The Programme Manager, Gas reports into the Manager – Energy Markets within the Energy Markets branch. The branch sits within the Building, Resources and Markets group.

More information about MBIE’s structure

To mātou aronga – What we do for Aotearoa New Zealand

Hīkina Whakatutuki is the te reo Māori name for the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment. Hīkina means to uplift. Whakatutuki means to move forward, to make successful. Our name speaks to our purpose – Grow New Zealand for All.

To Grow New Zealand for All, we put people at the heart of our mahi (work). Based on the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi / The Treaty of Waitangi, we are committed to upholding authentic partnerships with Māori.

• As agile public service leaders, we use our breadth and experience to navigate the ever-changing world.
• We are service providers, policy makers, investors and regulators. We engage with diverse communities, businesses and regions. Our work touches on the daily lives of New Zealanders.
• We grow opportunities (Puāwai), guard and protect (Kaihāpai) and innovate and navigate towards a better future (Auaha).

Ngā matatau – Our competencies

Cultivates innovation We create new and better ways for the organisation to be successful by challenging the status quo generating new and creative ideas and translating them into workable solutions.

Nimble learning We are curious and actively learn through experimentation when tackling new problems by learning as we go when facing new situations and challenges.

Customer focus We build strong customer relationships and deliver customer-centric solutions by listening and gaining insights into the needs of the communities we serve and actively seeking and responding to feedback.

Decision quality We make quality and timely decisions that shape the future for our communities and keep the organisation moving forward by relying on an appropriate mix of analysis, wisdom, experience, and judgement to make valid and reliable decisions.

Action oriented We step up, taking on new opportunities and tough challenges with purpose, urgency and discipline by taking responsibility, ownership and action on challenges, and being accountable for the results.

Collaborates We connect, working together to build partnerships with our communities, working collaboratively to meet shared objectives by gaining trust and support of others; actively seeking the views, experiences, and opinions of others and by working co-operatively with others across MBIE, the public sector and external stakeholder groups.

Te Tiriti o Waitangi

As an agency of the public service, MBIE has a responsibility to contribute to the Crown meeting its obligations under Te Tiriti o Waitangi (Te Tiriti).

Meeting our commitment to Te Tiriti will contribute towards us realising the overall aims of Te Ara Amiorangi – Our Path, Our Direction, and achieve the outcome of Growing New Zealand for All.

The principles of Te Tiriti – including partnership, good faith, and active protection – are at the core of our work.

MBIE is committed to delivering on our obligations as a Treaty partner with authenticity and integrity and to enable Māori interests. We are committed to ensuring that MBIE is well placed to meet our obligations under the Public Service Act 2020 (Te Ao Tūmatanui) to support the Crown in strengthening the Māori/Crown Relationship under the Treaty and to build MBIE’s capability, capacity and cultural intelligence to deliver this.

Mahi i roto i te Ratonga Tūmatanui – Working in the public service

Ka mahitahi mātou o te ratonga tūmatanui kia hei painga mō ngā tāngata o Aotearoa i āianei, ā, hei ngā rā ki tua hoki. He kawenga tino whaitake tā mātou hei tautoko i te Karauna i runga i āna hononga ki a ngāi Māori i raro i te Tiriti o Waitangi. Ka tautoko mātou i te kāwanatanga manapori. Ka whakakotahingia mātou e te wairua whakarato ki ō mātou hapori, ā, e arahina ana mātou e ngā mātāpono me ngā tikanga matua o te ratonga tūmatanui i roto i ā mātou mahi.

In the public service we work collectively to make a meaningful difference for New Zealanders now and in the future. We have an important role in supporting the Crown in its relationships with Māori under the Treaty of Waitangi. We support democratic government. We are unified by a spirit of service to our communities and guided by the core principles and values of the public service in our work.

What does it mean to work in Aotearoa New Zealand’s Public Service?(external link) — Te Kawa Mataaho The Public Service Commission