Senior Consultant

Walker Smith; Wellington; On-site; NZD 84,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance-based bonus

Annual learning & development budget

Employer-funded private medical保险

Job summary

Walker Smith is seeking a consultant to lead information-management engagements in Wellington, NZ. You’ll steer complexity, gather perspectives, and deliver actionable recommendations that clients can act on, shaping the engagement rather than just capturing requirements.

You’ll work with senior stakeholders, manage design threads, and coordinate with vendors to ensure the final deliverable meets client needs and positions you for broader leadership.

Qualifications

• Strong practical knowledge of the Microsoft 365 ecosystem, particularly SharePoint, OneDrive, and Purview.
• Experience shapingSharePoint site designs, information structures, taxonomies and permission models.
• Confidence leading discovery, facilitating workshops and advising senior stakeholders.
• Ability to challenge assumptions, navigate competing views and bring structure to ambiguity.
• Clear, credible communication and the ability to turn complex information into recommendations.

Responsibilities

• Lead live projects from day one with senior stakeholders, shaping engagement and delivering actionable responses.
• Collaborate with specialist vendors during the build while maintaining the design thread.
• Ensure outcomes meet client needs, and progress decisions to move the engagement forward.
• Progress to lead key workstreams and grow trusted accounts, with potential broader commercial responsibility.

Skills

SharePoint

OneDrive

Purview

Information architecture

Discovery facilitation

Stakeholder management

Communication

Tools

Microsoft 365

Job description

Are you at your best when leading clients through complexity, aligning different perspectives, and giving them the confidence to move forward?

What's in it for you

Salary: Up to $140,000
Bonus: Performance-based bonus
Development: Dedicated annual learning and development budget
Benefits: Employer-funded private medical insurance
Employment: Permanent
Location: Wellington

About the role

Step into live projects from day one and a role where your judgement carries weight. Working directly with senior stakeholders, you'll untangle complex information problems, challenge assumptions and build consensus around a response they can act on. The value lies in shaping the engagement, not simply capturing requirements.

Your influence continues through delivery. You will be working alongside specialist vendors carrying out the technical build, while you hold the design thread, keep decisions moving, and ensure the end result meets the client's needs.

Most projects sit within government and put you in the room with clients across Wellington. Over time you will lead key workstreams, grow trusted accounts, take on broader commercial responsibility and build toward senior leadership with a genuine voice in how the consultancy evolves.

Skills & Experience

• Strong practical knowledge of the Microsoft 365 ecosystem, particularly SharePoint, OneDrive, and Purview


• Experience shaping SharePoint site designs, information structures, taxonomies and permission models


• Confidence leading discovery, facilitating workshops and advising senior stakeholders


• The judgement to challenge assumptions, navigate competing views and bring structure to ambiguity


• Clear, credible communication and the ability to turn complex information into recommendations clients can act on


• Previous consulting experience would be strongly preferred


• New Zealand public-sector experience would be advantageous

About the company

For more than a decade, this consultancy has built a strong reputation in information management, particularly across New Zealand government. Longstanding client relationships and a presence on several government panels provide a stable base of work and a strong future pipeline.

The boutique structure means good work gets noticed. Directors stay close to delivery, individual contributions are visible and a trusted network of long-term associates adds depth around the permanent team. A central Wellington office provides a shared base, with everyone coming together each week.

People join the consultancy, not simply a client assignment. There is genuine investment in learning, pride in the quality of the work and room to help shape how the business develops.