Programme Scheduler

Younity; Wellington; On-site; NZD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Younity in Wellington Central is seeking an experienced Programme Scheduler to support a large national transformation. You will maintain the integrated schedule, align milestones and dependencies, and work with project managers, stakeholders, and vendors to ensure a single source of truth for programme dates.

The role requires 5–10 years in programme planning, with strong relationship skills and the ability to challenge dates when needed.

Qualifications

• 5–10 years’ programme planning/scheduling experience on large, complex programmes.
• Ability to challenge dates and assumptions with senior stakeholders.
• Strong relationship skills and high EQ for cross-team collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Maintain the programme master schedule across multiple workstreams.
• Track milestones, dates and dependencies and report to governance bodies.
• Coordinate scheduling with project managers and vendors.
• Identify risks, conflicts and interdependencies in schedules.
• Provide accurate schedule information for reporting and decision making.
• Support month-end schedule reporting and alignment across regions.

Skills

Programme scheduling

Stakeholder management

Vendor coordination

Tools

MS Project

Primavera

Job description

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Younity – Wellington Central, North Island

We’re looking for an experienced Programme Scheduler to join a large, complex national transformation programme.

This is a significant programme involving multiple regions, project streams and vendors, so we’re looking for someone who is comfortable working in an environment with lots of moving parts, competing priorities and complex dependencies.

The role Working as one of two Programme Schedulers, you’ll help maintain the integrated programme schedule and provide a clear view of key dates, milestones and dependencies across the programme.

You’ll work closely with Project Managers, regional stakeholders and key vendors to make sure schedules are aligned and there is one reliable version of programme dates.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Managing and maintaining the programme master schedule
• Tracking key milestones, dates and dependencies across multiple workstreams
• Working with Project Managers to keep schedules accurate and up to date
• Identifying scheduling conflicts, risks and interdependencies
• Working closely with key vendors on joint planning and integrated schedules
• Coordinating scheduling across multiple regional stakeholders and delivery partners
• Co-leading the month-end schedule reporting process
• Providing schedule information for Steering Group and Governance Board reporting
• Providing stakeholders with accurate schedule information for their own reporting
• Helping programme leadership understand upcoming milestones, dependencies and potential impacts to delivery

• Managing and maintaining the programme master schedule
• Tracking key milestones, dates and dependencies across multiple workstreams
• Working with Project Managers to keep schedules accurate and up to date
• Identifying scheduling conflicts, risks and interdependencies
• Working closely with key vendors on joint planning and integrated schedules
• Coordinating scheduling across multiple regional stakeholders and delivery partners
• Co-leading the month-end schedule reporting process
• Providing schedule information for Steering Group and Governance Board reporting
• Providing stakeholders with accurate schedule information for their own reporting
• Helping programme leadership understand upcoming milestones, dependencies and potential impacts to delivery

What we’re looking for:

• You’ll bring around5-10 years’ programme planning/scheduling experience, ideally gained on large, high-value and complex programmes.
• You’ll be confident working across multiple projects, vendors and senior stakeholders and be comfortable challenging dates and assumptions when needed.
• Strong relationship skills and a high level of EQ are important. This isn’t just a role maintaining a schedule-you’ll need to work with people across the programme to understand what is happening, identify where dates and dependencies don’t align, and help keep everyone working from the same plan.

• You’ll bring around5-10 years’ programme planning/scheduling experience, ideally gained on large, high-value and complex programmes.
• You’ll be confident working across multiple projects, vendors and senior stakeholders and be comfortable challenging dates and assumptions when needed.
• Strong relationship skills and a high level of EQ are important. This isn’t just a role maintaining a schedule-you’ll need to work with people across the programme to understand what is happening, identify where dates and dependencies don’t align, and help keep everyone working from the same plan.

If you’re an experienced Programme Scheduler who enjoys working on large, complex programmes with significant dependencies and stakeholder engagement, we’d be keen to hear from you.