Parental Leave Cover: Strategy & Governance Admin

New Zealand Government; Wellington; On-site; NZD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible start times

Meaningful work

Job summary

Transpower is seeking a proactive administrator to provide business and financial support within the Grid Pricing team. This 13-month fixed-term role involves coordinating meetings, processing invoices, budgets, and reporting, with a focus on improving processes and ensuring smooth operations.

You will collaborate across the SRG division, support project coordination, travel and governance activities, and contribute to a reliable electricity system as New Zealand moves toward a net-zero future.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in administration, business or office support roles (ideally 5+ years).
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities with structured, methodical approaches.
• Well-developed written and verbal communication skills with stakeholder engagement.
• Experience supporting managers and teams, with project scheduling and progress updates.
• Experience using Microsoft Office and business systems.

Responsibilities

• Providing day-to-day administration and business support, including coordinating meetings, workshops, travel, and team events; distributing papers and taking minutes; and supporting reporting, onboarding and offboarding.
• Supporting financial administration, including purchase orders, invoices, vendor set-up, monthly accruals, and budget information.
• Managing information, communications, and documentation accurately and confidentially, while leading or supporting improvements to processes, tools and ways of working.
• Coordinating business projects by maintaining plans and schedules, tracking progress, preparing updates and reporting, and supporting project leads and decision-making.
• Supporting pricing reviews and consultations, including coordinating customer input and responses.

Skills

Administration experience

Project coordination

Budgeting / financial support

Stakeholder engagement

MS Office / business systems

Tools

Microsoft Office

Business systems

Job description

Transpower is seeking a proactive administrator to provide business and financial support within the Grid Pricing team. This 13-month fixed-term role involves coordinating meetings, processing invoices, budgets, and reporting, with a focus on improving processes and ensuring smooth operations.

You will collaborate across the SRG division, support project coordination, travel and governance activities, and contribute to a reliable electricity system as New Zealand moves toward a net-zero future.