Advisor - Contract Management

Kāinga Ora - Homes and Communities; Christchurch, Auckland; Hybrid; NZD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Five weeks' annual leave

Flexible working arrangements

Career development

Job summary

Kāinga Ora - Homes and Communities is seeking a proactive Advisor - Contract Management in Christchurch on a fixed-term basis until 30 June 2027. You will manage contracts, advise on delivery performance, analyse data, and collaborate with Maintenance Partners under Te Mahi Ngātahi to support operations.

The role requires strong negotiation, communication, and stakeholder management skills, with a focus on delivering value, managing risk, and enabling responsive service delivery in a busy

Qualifications

• Sound knowledge and experience of contract management processes
• Experience in an operational/delivery role ideally in commercial/financial management of contracts and/or financial or management accountancy background
• Knowledge of operational work order management and delivery will be useful
• Demonstrated experience in an advisory level, constructing recommendations and analysing data
• Proven sound commercial acumen with experience in understanding operational and financial reports
• Experience working in a service delivery environment with customer focused approaches
• Demonstrated ability to negotiate and influence stakeholders
• Strong communication skills with the proven ability to build and maintain working relationships
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, particularly the ability to communicate clearly, concisely and in plain language
• Sound judgement, discretion and proven ability to plan, prioritise and work under pressure
• Desirable CCM certification (Practitioner level) or IACCM

Responsibilities

• Provide advice and resolving issues to support operational delivery
• Respond effectively and efficiently to changes and demands
• Autonomously function while collaborating with the people leader and stakeholders

Skills

Contract management

Operational delivery

Financial management

Work order management

Advisory & analysis

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Plain language writing

Judgement & prioritisation

CCM/IACCM cert

Job description

• Thrive in a high volume operational maintenance delivery environment
• Utilise your relationship management/engagement and contract management skills
• Fixed Term until 30 June 2027, Christchurch based

Reporting to the Manager Maintenance Commercial Contracts (MMCC), you will add value in this responsive and dynamic role. You will work closely with our Maintenance Partners through our maintenance contract, Te Mahi Ngātahi (Maintenance 2020) alongside other internal and external stakeholders.

The Advisor - Contract Management role is diverse and reactive in its tasks and responsibilities and will require the right candidate to have experience in being adaptable and flexible by responding effectively and efficiently to the changes and demands. Providing advice and resolving issues is a key part of this role. You will also have some experience in critical analysis to provide recommendations to support operational delivery. Mahi Tahi is key in our team, we seek applicants who can function autonomously while simultaneously working closely with the people leader and our stakeholders.

• Sound knowledge and experience of contract management processes
• Experience in an operational/delivery role ideally in commercial/financial management of contracts and/or financial or management accountancy background
• Knowledge of operational work order management and delivery will be useful
• Demonstrated experience in an advisory level, constructing recommendations and analysing data
• Proven sound commercial acumen with experience in understanding operational and financial reports
• Experience working in a service delivery environment with customer focused approaches
• Demonstrated ability to negotiate and influence stakeholders
• Strong communication skills with the proven ability to build and maintain working relationships
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, particularly the ability to communicate clearly, concisely and in plain language
• Sound judgement, discretion and proven ability to plan, prioritise and work under pressure
• Desirable to have Commercial and Contract Management (CCM) certification at Practitioner level or International Association for Contract and Commercial Management (IACCM)

Nōu te rourou - What's in it for you?

We offer competitive salaries, five weeks' annual leave and a benefits package including a range of insurances, flexible working arrangements and career development. These benefits are described in more detail here https://careers.kaingaora.govt.nz/a-great-place-to-work/benefits

As a Kāinga Ora - Homes and Communities employee, we want to make sure you have all the tools and support you need. We want to ensure you are healthy and have work-life balance. We also want to support and grow your personal and career development through on-the-job learning, training courses, secondments and study opportunities.

At Kāinga Ora, ours is the important responsibility of transforming New Zealand’s housing choices, outcomes and the entire housing sector by creating homes and communities that allow New Zealanders to thrive.

What is exciting about working for Kāinga Ora is getting the chance to make a real and positive impact on New Zealanders’ lives. With skills, planning and purposeful action, our people are creating the homes and neighbourhoods that will build the future of Aotearoa.

We are passionate about transforming New Zealand for the better. That includes being a trusted partner for Māori and iwi, protecting and enabling their rights, interests and aspirations under the guidance of Te Tiriti o Waitangi.

Our values were developed by us, for us. They unite us as an organisation and guide how we work every day.

Our values are:

• Manaakitanga – People at the Heart
• Whanake – Be Bold

Applications close at 11:55pm on Sunday 4 October, 2026.

Closes on 04 Oct 2026 23:55

Reference # 80290

Location(s) Christchurch

Expertise Finance, Maintenance, Analysis & Reporting, Stakeholder Management, Strategy & Planning