Growth Infrastructure Strategist & Programme Lead

Auckland Council; Auckland; On-site; NZD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work

Employee benefits

Oranga Day

Leisure centre discount

Job summary

Auckland Council's Development Programmes team is seeking a Senior Programme Manager for a 12-month fixed-term appointment to lead infrastructure assessments and coordinate Infrastructure Investment and Phasing (IIP) activities across Auckland.

This strategic planning and coordination role focuses on informing sequencing, funding decisions, and long-term infrastructure requirements amid growth, working with Council, CCOs, and external partners.

Qualifications

• Experience in infrastructure planning, urban development, or programme management.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and coordination skills.
• Analytical and strategic thinking for long-term planning.
• Clear, confident communication - written and oral.
• Relevant technical qualification (planning, engineering, urban design, or similar).
• Experience in horizontal infrastructure planning and/or urban development programmes.

Responsibilities

• Leading infrastructure assessment programmes across a range of locations in Auckland.
• Advising on infrastructure sequencing and priority infrastructure requirements to support growth, rather than delivering physical infrastructure projects.
• Lead cross-council assessments of unanticipated development proposals, identifying cumulative infrastructure impacts, service gaps, and choices about when infrastructure should be provided.
• Develop evidence and advice on how infrastructure costs arising from unanticipated growth could be funded or recovered, working with Council teams and infrastructure providers.
• Coordinating across Council teams, CCOs, developers, and other stakeholders with differing priorities.
• Informing Auckland's Spatial Plan, Infrastructure Strategy, and related planning frameworks.
• Managing budgets, reporting, risks, and programme governance.

Skills

Infrastructure planning

Stakeholder engagement

Analytical thinking

Communication

Urban development

Programme management

Education

Planning/engineering/urban design degree

Tools

GIS

Job description

Auckland Council's Development Programmes team is seeking a Senior Programme Manager for a 12-month fixed-term appointment to lead infrastructure assessments and coordinate Infrastructure Investment and Phasing (IIP) activities across Auckland.

This strategic planning and coordination role focuses on informing sequencing, funding decisions, and long-term infrastructure requirements amid growth, working with Council, CCOs, and external partners.