Programme Coordinator - Intake & Assessment (Services)

Oranga Tamariki; Wellington; Hybrid; NZD 90,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Oranga Tamariki—Ministry for Children is seeking a Programme Coordinator to support the Intake and Assessment Programme. You will work across the Office of the Chief Social Worker & Professional Practice, Tamariki and Whānau Services, and System Leadership groups to coordinate activities, track progress and deliver outputs in line with Dame Karen Poutasi’s review.

Key duties include coordinating planning and schedules, preparing governance reports and meeting minutes, maintaining registers

Qualifications

• Experience supporting project managers or programme teams in large, complex programmes.
• Ability to coordinate multiple workstreams and competing priorities.
• Experience maintaining project plans, action registers and programme documentation.
• Knowledge of risk and issue management practices.
• Strong organisational skills and exceptional attention to detail.
• Proven ability to prepare high-quality reports, presentations and programme artefacts.
• Proficiency with Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Working knowledge of Prince2 and Agile methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate programme planning, schedules and delivery activities.
• Prepare governance reports, project updates, presentations, agendas and meeting minutes.
• Maintain programme documentation, registers and action logs.
• Support risk and issue management processes.
• Assist with programme reporting, monitoring milestones and tracking deliverables.
• Coordinate meetings, workshops and governance forums.
• Build strong working relationships across teams and stakeholders.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives to strengthen outcomes.

Skills

Coordinating multiple workstreams

Governance reporting

Risk management

Communication

Stakeholder management

Attention to detail

Proactive problem-solving

Organisation skills

Tools

MS Office

Prince2

Agile

PM Tools

Job description

Oranga Tamariki—Ministry for Children is seeking a Programme Coordinator to support the Intake and Assessment Programme. You will work across the Office of the Chief Social Worker & Professional Practice, Tamariki and Whānau Services, and System Leadership groups to coordinate activities, track progress and deliver outputs in line with Dame Karen Poutasi’s review.

Key duties include coordinating planning and schedules, preparing governance reports and meeting minutes, maintaining registers