Strategic Delivery Lead
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Tēnei tūranga – About the role
The Strategic Delivery Lead is a key member of the Discovery, Design and Change team within the wider System Improvement and Engagement team at New Zealand Government Procurement (NZGP). Each year, the New Zealand Government spends more than $50 billion on goods and services that are essential for the delivery of public services and infrastructure, economic growth, and the wellbeing of New Zealanders. The Government and the New Zealand public expect this spend to deliver value. NZGP is tasked with leading the settings, outcomes and performance of the procurement system managing this expenditure.
The Strategic Delivery Lead is crucial in supporting NZGP to convert strategy and policy into effective operational services that reflect the needs of the various service users.
Reporting to the Manager, Design, Discovery, and Change, the Strategic Delivery Lead will apply their expertise in organisational strategy and execution. The Strategic Delivery Lead will work closely with the Senior Service Designer and in collaboration with the policy team to identify and frame strategic branch initiatives and support procurement strategy projects with key agencies.
The Strategic Delivery Lead role will be pivotal in the end-to-end delivery of strategic change in the branch and across the procurement system. The role will be intimately connected with key policy initiatives and developing ideas into substantive business plans and a roadmap for delivery. In addition to the specialist development and planning, the role will be key to the implementation and achievement of NZGP’s outcomes. This includes system wide prioritisation, management of key stakeholder and sector groups, ongoing continuous improvement, and benefit realisation. The Strategic Delivery Lead will work in partnership with their manager and teams across the New Zealand Government Procurement (NZGP) group and external stakeholders.
The Strategic Delivery Lead role will be responsible for framing and leading key projects across NZGP to achieve effective implementation of the NZGP strategic roadmap and operating model.
This role is responsible for:
- Directing the strategy for the programme of work and commissioning the initiation, discovery and design phases for key strategic projects, ensuring projects deliver to customer needs and benefits can be fully realised.
- Facilitating prioritization for our programme of work connected to our strategic priorities.
- Building enduring senior stakeholder relationships, managing stakeholder engagement throughout programmes of work and representing NZGP during strategic engagements.
- Defining and initiating key strategic projects including scoping and creating business cases.
- Providing accurate information and data on progress and performance of projects to the Manager Discovery, Design and Change, NZGP Steering Groups and NZGP Leadership Team.
- Leading the development of strategic connections between our technology, process, people service and capabilities.
- Driving a collaborative culture bringing together teams or individuals from different Business Groups across NZGP to deliver outcomes for the procurement system.
Ngā herenga – Requirements of the role
Skills and Experience
- Experience managing and influencing large groups and have influenced change in a significant way.
- Experience working with complex stakeholder groups to drive alignment of strategy to implementation.
- Ability to work with mixed methodologies, inductive, deductive, and abductive problem-solving approaches.
- Excellent communication skills and strong facilitation skills.
- Ability to quickly establish and build strong working relationships and to develop trust and credibility with senior managers, staff, and other internal stakeholders.
- Ability to challenge the status quo, introduce new ways of looking at problems and adopt creative and new approaches.
- A proactive, can-do attitude with a high level of initiative, sound judgement and discretion.
- Exceptional teamwork and collaborative abilities and a willingness to share knowledge and expertise with others.
- Excellent analytical and strategic analysis capability.
- Strong discovery and project management skills.
- Experience working in government useful but not essential.
Qualification
- A tertiary qualification or a professional qualification in a relevant field is desirable.
Requirements
- Must be a NZ citizen or hold the right to live and work in New Zealand.
Takohanga tuhinga o mua – Key accountabilities and deliverables
Strategic Delivery
- Directs the strategy for the NZGP programme of work and facilitates alignment with senior stakeholders.
- Builds and maintains effective working relationships and fosters engagement across NZGP and the procurement system to drive the successful implementation of our strategy.
- Provides dynamic, robust strategic capability, using innovative management and design approaches.
- Ensures a consistently high level of commissioning, reporting and planning, including stakeholder management across the programme.
- Provides quality information and reporting on the progress of the NZGP strategy against the programme of work.
Work management
- Is well organised, plans systematically, regularly monitors and reports on progress towards achievement of plans and strategies.
- Leads multiple pieces of work concurrently and actively and independently plans and manages workload.
- Takes a leadership role in related NZGP projects and initiatives.
Relationship management
- Connects and collaborates with senior procurement leaders across the system.
- Enhances MBIE’s reputation and the reputation of the other agencies in any external interactions.
- Builds and maintains effective relationships and partnerships with MBIE managers and staff and external stakeholders to identify and share best practice information, deliver the programme outcomes, and promote collaborative solutions.
- Participates as an active team member and contributes knowledge and expertise needed to achieve the outcomes of the.
Capability development
- Takes responsibility for own professional development and seeks opportunities to learn.
Wellbeing, Health & 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 Strategic Delivery Manager position reports to the Manager for Design, Discovery and Change within the System Improvement and Engagement team. The branch sits within New Zealand Government Procurement.
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 Aotearoa New Zealand for All.
To Grow Aotearoa New Zealand for All, we put people at the heart of our mahi. 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
