Programme Coordinator - Strategy, Regulation & Governance

Transpower New Zealand; Wellington; On-site; NZD 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Transpower New Zealand is seeking a capable administrator to cover 13 months of parental leave, providing business and financial support to the Grid Pricing team within the SRG division. You will help coordinate meetings, travel, reporting, and onboarding, while supporting procurement and budget processes.

You will liaise across Transpower and with external partners, driving continuous improvements to administrative practices and ensuring accurate documentation and information management

Qualifications

• Proven experience in administration, business or office support roles (ideally 5+ years).
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities in a structured and methodical way.
• Strong attention to detail while working at pace.
• Experience supporting managers and teams, with the ability to assist with project schedules and progress updates.
• Well-developed written and verbal communication skills and stakeholder engagement.
• Experience using Microsoft Office and business systems.

Responsibilities

• Provide 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.
• Support financial administration, including purchase orders, invoices, vendor set-up, monthly accruals, and budget information.
• Manage information, communications, and documentation accurately and confidentially, while leading or supporting improvements to processes, tools and ways of working.
• Coordinate business projects by maintaining plans and schedules, tracking progress, preparing updates and reporting, and supporting project leads and decision-making.
• Support pricing reviews and consultations, including coordinating customer input and responses.

Skills

Administration & business support

Project coordination

Stakeholder engagement

Microsoft Office

Organised & detail-oriented

Written & verbal communication

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

• 13-month fixed-term role providing business and financial administration support
• Varied work including project coordination, scheduling and progress updates
• Keep activities running smoothly and improve processes and ways of working

Role context

You’ll provide professional administration and business support across the team and wider division.

Your focus will be anticipating day-to-day needs, keeping activities organised and supporting financial processes, reporting and project coordination.

You’ll work with people across the division to coordinate meetings and travel, manage information and identify practical improvements to everyday administration.

About The Team

The Grid Pricing team is a small, high-performing, and influential group responsible for administering how Transpower’s grid costs (approximately $1B annually) are recovered from customers.

Within the broader SRG division, the team contributes to ensuring Transpower meets its commercial, regulatory, and strategic obligations.

• Business strategy and strategic initiatives
• Regulatory and legal advice
• Sustainability programmes and delivery
• Governance and secretariat support to the Transpower Board and Executive Leadership Team

The opportunity—13-month parental leave cover

Provide high-quality administration, business, and financial support to both the Grid Pricing team and the wider SRG division, with your time expected to be split roughly equally between them as needs change. You’ll liaise across Transpower and with external partners where required.

Working with initiative and sound judgement, you’ll keep day-to-day activities running smoothly while supporting projects, financial processes, and continuous improvement.

Varied work includes:

• 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

What will you bring?

You’ll bring sound judgement, a practical approach and proven experience providing administration and business support to managers and teams. You’ll communicate confidently, build effective stakeholder relationships and provide practical project coordination support when required.

Organised, detail-focused and proactive, you’ll enjoy managing a myriad of priorities while maintaining high standards of accuracy and service.

Your CV and cover letter will demonstrate:

• Proven experience in administration, business or office support roles (ideally 5+ years)
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities in a structured and methodical way
• Strong attention to detail while working at pace
• Experience supporting managers and teams, with the ability to assist with project schedules and progress updates
• Well-developed written and verbal communication skills and stakeholder engagement
• Experience using Microsoft Office and business systems

Also advantageous:

• Experience working in a regulated or infrastructure environment
• Exposure to financial or procurement processes
• Experience supporting governance, reporting or compliance-related activities
• Understanding of the electricity sector or pricing/regulatory environments

Join us at Transpower!

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With over 28 nationalities, our people bring diverse perspectives, knowledge and experience that they love to share. Build your knowledge of a growing and important sector in a supportive environment offering meaningful work, and flexible start and finish times.

Next steps

Build enduring relationships and contribute to work that supports how Transpower meets its regulatory obligations and operates critical national infrastructure. If you are ready to take over responsibility for this varied Programme Coordinator role, apply today.

Applications close Thursday 5 November.

We will review applications as they are received and may begin screening conversations before the closing date. Existing eligibility to work in New Zealand is required.