Principal Advisor Transformation

New Zealand Government; Wellington; Vor Ort; NZD 120.000 - 160.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

The Ministry for Cities, Environment, Regions and Transport (MCERT) is seeking an experienced Transformation Lead to join the People, Readiness and Change function on a fixed-term/secondment basis through 30 June 2028. The role focuses on strategic change planning, readiness, and adoption across a complex reform programme in Wellington.

You will identify change impacts, develop readiness and capability plans, and coordinate engagement with specialist teams to ensure timely, practical change

Qualifikationen

• Experience leading change in complex transformation, reform or programme environments.
• Proven ability to translate change impacts into actionable activities and plans.
• Strong collaboration across disciplines, agencies and stakeholders.
• Ability to balance delivery pressure with change readiness and adoption.

Aufgaben

• Lead and deliver end-to-end change management from analysis to adoption within a large programme.
• Identify change impacts and translate into planned activity for affected groups.
• Develop and implement people readiness and capability building.
• Drive stakeholder engagement and communications across teams and functions.
• Identify risks, dependencies and mitigation steps; support evidence-based adjustments.

Kenntnisse

Change management

Stakeholder engagement

Cross-functional collaboration

System thinking

Communication skills

Jobbeschreibung

About UsThe Ministry for Cities, Environment, Regions and Transport (MCERT) takes a long-term view of how New Zealand's towns, cities and regions grow and change. We work across housing, transport, the environment, urban development, infrastructure and investment, and partner closely with local government.MCERT is leading the implementation of the Planning System Transformation Programme, a significant, long-term programme to support the shift to a new planning system. The transformation will affect a wide range of people and organisations across the planning system and requires practical, coordinated change support.About the roleWe're looking for an experienced Transformation Lead to join the People, Readiness and Change function within the programme and help deliver a practical, well-managed transition for the people and organisations that will work within the new system. This is a fixed term / secondment role to 30 June 2028.This is a senior, hands-on change management role. You'll lead and deliver work across the programme, identifying change impacts, assessing people readiness, capability, support needs and adoption, and supporting delivery. Working across a complex programme, you will be leading change planning within multidisciplinary delivery teams to make sure change activity is planned, coordinated and delivered at the right time.You will bring strategic thinking and a system perspective to the work, while remaining firmly focused on delivery.What you'll doLeading and delivering change management from early analysis and preparation through to implementation, transition and adoption, you will:identify and validate change impacts and translate these into the change activity needed for affected groupsbuild and enable people readiness, identifying gaps and delivering the activity needed to prepare people and organisations for transitiondevelop and deliver practical change and transition plans aligned with wider initiative delivery plansdrive and integrate the engagement and communications needed to support change, working closely with specialist teams and functionswork with specialists to identify capability and learning needs and ensure the right responses are developed and delivereddesign practical support so affected people and organisations have what they need through the transition to the new planning systemidentify and manage change risks, issues and dependencies, including the cumulative impact of other changes across the systemactively support adoption, using readiness measures, feedback and evidence to respond to emerging needs and adjust change activitybring change expertise and a system perspective to planning and decision-making, identifying wider impacts, dependencies and readiness considerations.You will work closely with colleagues across the People, Readiness and Change function and wider programme to bring the right expertise together to deliver coordinated and practical change.What we're looking forWe're looking for a highly experienced change practitioner with a strong track record of leading and delivering complex change. You will be experienced in applying an established change approach and methodology in a practical way, using your judgement to make sure the right change activity happens at the right time and adjusting delivery as impacts, readiness and delivery needs evolve.You will bring:significant experience leading and delivering change in complex transformation, reform or programme environmentsstrong practical experience across change impacts, people readiness, engagement and communications, capability and learning, transition, support and adoptionexperience working as part of multidisciplinary teams and integrating change management into deliverystrong system thinking, with the ability to understand connections, dependencies and wider change impactsthe ability to work effectively across multiple priorities and maintain momentum in an evolving environmentexcellent collaboration and relationship skills across different disciplines, organisations and stakeholder groupssound judgement and the ability to turn complexity into clear, practical actionconfidence working with senior leaders and with the people and organisations directly affected by changestrong communication and facilitation skills.Ideally, you'll also haveExperience working within government, public sector reform, or large-scale transformation programmes.Experience working across multiple organisations, agencies or system partners.Why join us?This is an opportunity to contribute to a once-in-a-generation reform programme that will have lasting impact across New Zealand. Help shape the future of how communities, environments, and regions are supported across New Zealand. Bring your expertise, curiosity, and passion for transformation, and help us turn reform into reality.Apply nowApply directly by completing the online application form and submit your CV and cover letter. Note:your cover letter will be a key part of our assessment process, so please highlight how your experience relates to the key skills requiredfor this role.For more information on this role contact Sally Morison via email [e-mail] location for this role is Wellington, other major centres considered for the right candidate.Applications close: Sunday 18th October 2026