As New Zealand’s national statistics office, Tatauranga Aotearoa Stats NZ is uniquely positioned to support the decisions that the Government, Māori and Iwi organisations, businesses, NGO’s and New Zealanders make every day. Our structure, culture and systems are designed with collaboration and customers in mind – mobilised and working together to realise our ambition: About Aotearoa, for Aotearoa – data that improves lives today and for generations to come.

Mō te tūnga | The role

As a Senior Advisor – Workforce Planning, you will be responsible for implementing and refining the Census end-to-end workforce planning process, ensuring that people resources are managed and that our planning addresses our critical capability requirements. To achieve this, you will work across 2023 Census Programme, partnering with the Programme Director, Workstream Leads and colleagues in People and Culture, Finance and the Programme Management Office (PMO) as the lead for workforce planning for Census. You’ll utilise your skills and expertise with data and your workforce planning experience to enable others to manage and forecast their people resources, and identify and implement opportunities for improvement.

• Prepare the agenda, circulate invitations and capture actions and chair the meeting for the weekly Resource Management Forum (RMF)
• Forecast future resource needs, in conjunction with senior leaders and colleagues
• Create resource reports for the resource management forum, the Programme Leadership Team and the Board.
• Provide a leadership role so that Managers/ Programme Coordinators and EA’s can better support the way consultants and contractors are onboarded and offboarded across the Programme.
• Facilitate sessions with hiring managers and senior leaders to effectively plan future resourcing requirements
• Continually assess resource related processes and ensure they are fit for purpose

Mōu | About you

• Degree-level qualification or equivalent experience in a relevant discipline
• 5-8 years equivalent / relevant work experience, for example working in a project management Office (PMO) or as a Project Manager.
• Knowledge and understanding of strategic workforce planning
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent stakeholder management and the ability to build trust and effective relationships
• Be an advanced user of Excel and able to learn new systems easily
• Experience / knowledge of te ao Māori or an interest to learn more

Ngā hua ka riro ki a koe | What’s in it for you?

This Includes

You’ll be joining an inclusive environment where people, regardless of gender, race, disability, religion or background are supported to be able to do their best work.

• Flexible by default, balance life and work commitments
• An environment that’s safe, where you can be yourself
• Exciting and meaningful work that makes a difference to Aotearoa
• Health and wellbeing support

This is a 12 month fixed term opportunity

Me pēhea te tuku tono | How to apply

If the above matches your skills and experience, don’t delay, click apply now.

Any questions that haven’t been answered in this advert or the position description or if you have difficulty with your application please email [email protected].

We will be screening applications as we receive them in order to move swiftly to interview shortly after the advert closes on March 3rd but may be removed earlier. You may be asked to complete pre-interview screen.

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You must have the right to live and work in Aotearoa New Zealand to apply for this job.