Contract Liaison Coordinator

New Zealand - All Locations Work from where you are; New Zealand; Remote; NZD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is seeking a detail-focused Contracts Liaison Coordinator to support the effective management of Primary and Community service agreements across National or Regional teams. You will coordinate end-to-end contractual arrangements, create and maintain agreements, and monitor renewals with a focus on accuracy and timely delivery.

You will work with Finance, Legal, Sector Operations, Planning, Funding & Outcomes teams and health providers, applying sound judgement

Qualifications

• Experience in an administrative environment with processes guided by legislation, policy or regulatory requirements.
• Experience creating and maintaining agreements, contracts or similar documentation within a contract management system or database.
• Strong organisational and time-management skills, with the ability to manage fluctuating workloads and competing priorities.
• Excellent attention to detail and a commitment to producing accurate, high-quality work.
• Strong Microsoft Office skills, particularly Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Ability to use sound judgement, follow established processes and escalate when needed.
• Strong communication and relationship-management skills for collaboration with stakeholders.
• Ability to work effectively in a self-directed and team environment.
• A relevant qualification or working towards one.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate end-to-end management of high-quality contractual arrangements across National or Regional teams.
• Create, maintain and complete agreements in contract management systems.
• Coordinate provider contacts and signatories, maintain contract databases.
• Monitor renewal, uplift or exit of agreements.
• Provide guidance on contract processes, documentation, service specifications and system requirements.
• Support a range of contract administration activities and drive continuous improvement.

Skills

Attention to detail

Time management

Organisational skills

Communication

Stakeholder management

Self-directed and team work

Education

Relevant qualification or equivalent experience

Tools

Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Job description

• Opportunity to use your contract coordination and administration skills to support health services across Aotearoa.
• Work collaboratively with Finance, Legal, Sector Operations, Planning, Funding & Outcomes teams and health providers.
• Join a team where accuracy, strong relationships and timely delivery make a real difference.

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is the country's largest employer, delivering universal public healthcare to 5 million New Zealanders.

We provide essential hospital, specialist, and community health services across 80+ locations - from large urban centres to rural towns and remote communities.

Our goal is to improve health outcomes for all New Zealanders by delivering equitable, accessible and innovative care.

About the Role

We're looking for an organised and detail-focused Contracts Liaison Coordinator to join our Contract and Finance Team, supporting the effective management of Primary and Community service agreements across our National or Regional teams.

In this role, you'll contribute to the end-to-end coordination of high-quality contractual arrangements, ensuring contracts are created, maintained and completed accurately and within required timeframes. You'll work across a range of teams and systems, providing advice and support on contract processes and helping ensure contractual obligations, service commencement and provider payments are managed effectively.

You'll be responsible for creating and maintaining agreements in our contract management systems, preparing Agreement Request Forms, coordinating provider contacts and signatories, maintaining contract databases and monitoring agreements for renewal, uplift or exit.

You'll work closely with Finance, Sector Operations, Legal, Planning, Funding & Outcomes teams and health providers, providing guidance on contract processes, documentation, , service specifications and system requirements. You'll also support a range of contract administration activities and contribute to continuous improvement across our processes and systems.

This is a role where your attention to detail, sound judgement and ability to build strong relationships will be highly valued.

About you

You'll be an experienced administrator who enjoys working with systems, processes and people. You'll have excellent attention to detail and be comfortable managing competing priorities, working to deadlines and taking ownership of your work.

To be successful in this role, you'll bring:

• Previous experience working in an administrative environment where processes are guided by legislation, policy or regulatory requirements.
• Experience creating and maintaining agreements, contracts or similar documentation within a contract management system or database.
• Strong organisational and time-management skills, with the ability to manage fluctuating workloads and competing priorities.
• Excellent attention to detail and a commitment to producing accurate, high-quality work.
• Strong Microsoft Office skills, particularly Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• The ability to use sound judgement, follow established processes and identify when matters need to be escalated.
• Strong communication and relationship-management skills, with the ability to work collaboratively with a wide range of stakeholders.
• The ability to work effectively in a self-directed and team environment.
• A relevant qualification, working towards one, or equivalent experience.

Experience working with health sector contracts, commissioning environments or health service terminology would be advantageous.

Working for Health New Zealand

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is dedicated to ensuring excellent healthcare for the people of New Zealand. We embrace a workforce that is diverse and inclusive so that we are better positioned to understand and service our community. We welcome applications from our diverse Māori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow communities.

11:59PM Friday 9 October 2026

Job details

Job Reference:

Job Reference: HNZ/1948553

Location:

New Zealand - All Locations - Work from where you are

Job type:

Job type: Permanent Full time

Expertise:

Non-clinical - Coordinator - Coordinator