Senior Project Support

Antarctica-New-Zealand; Christchurch; On-site; NZD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Antarctica New Zealand is seeking a Senior Project Support professional in Christchurch to join the redevelopment team. You will progress complex project issues, manage work packages from concept to implementation, and support delivery through coordination, analysis, documentation and governance.

You will collaborate with project managers, contractors and operational teams to ensure initiatives are delivered to schedule and within scope.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering complex infrastructure or large-scale projects.
• Ability to coordinate diverse stakeholders and drive delivery.
• Strong report writing, governance documentation, and decision-ready papers.
• Formal project management qualifications are advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of project issues, work packages and delivery assignments from concept through to implementation.
• Coordinate stakeholders to define issues, assess options and resolve delivery challenges.
• Develop business cases, implementation plans, consultant briefs and scopes of work to support delivery.
• Monitor progress, dependencies and risks, ensuring actions are completed or escalated as needed.
• Support commercial, contractual and procurement activities through analysis and documentation.
• Prepare governance papers and decision-making documentation for project leadership.
• Coordinate interfaces between delivery, infrastructure, readiness and live base operations.
• Provide high-quality project support to enable senior leaders to focus on strategic priorities.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder coordination

Risk management

Documentation

Programme management

Job description

Our role at Antarctica New Zealand, is to enable and support New Zealand’s scientific, environmental and operational activities in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean. We manage Scott Base, New Zealand’s Antarctic research station to enable delivery of world-class outcomes in one of the most challenging environments on Earth. Our vision is simple: Antarctica and the Southern Ocean: Valued, Protected, Understood.

Scott Base is the hub of New Zealand's activities in Antarctica and each year home to scientists from New Zealand and across the globe carrying out some of the most important research in the world. The redevelopment of Scott Base will see the aging infrastructure replaced with a safe, fit-for-purpose, and sustainable research facility that will support New Zealand’s presence in the Ross Sea region. As part of the redevelopment delivery team, you'll contribute to projects that will support Antarctic science and operations for decades to come.

Mō te mahi | About the role - What you’ll be doing

We are seeking a highly capable and proactive Senior Project Support professional to join our Christchurch-based redevelopment team - you'll play a critical role in progressing complex project issues, work packages and delivery assignments from concept through to implementation.

This is an opportunity to work across a complex infrastructure and renewable energy project, supporting delivery outcomes through stakeholder coordination, analysis, documentation, risk management and project governance. You'll work closely with project managers, technical specialists, contractors and operational teams to ensure critical initiatives are successfully delivered.

Key Responsibilities Include:

• Taking ownership of assigned project issues, work packages and delivery assignments, ensuring they are coordinated and delivered to agreed outcomes.
• Bringing together stakeholders to define issues, assess options and resolve delivery challenges.
• Developing business cases, implementation plans, consultant briefs and scopes of work to support project delivery.
• Monitoring project progress, dependencies and risks, ensuring actions are completed or appropriately escalated.
• Supporting commercial, contractual and procurement activities through analysis, coordination and documentation.
• Preparing reports, governance papers, correspondence and decision-making documentation for project leadership.
• Coordinating interfaces between project delivery, infrastructure, operational readiness and live base operations.
• Providing high-quality project support that enables senior leaders to focus on strategic priorities and stakeholder engagement

Mōu | About you - What you’ll bring

You're an experienced project professional who thrives in complex environments and enjoys turning ambiguous challenges into practical, achievable outcomes. You take ownership, build strong working relationships and have the confidence to work across technical, commercial and operational project activities.

You'll be comfortable working with a diverse range of stakeholders, influencing outcomes without direct authority, and balancing competing priorities while maintaining attention to detail. Most importantly, you'll bring a collaborative, solutions-focused approach and a genuine commitment to delivering results.

You'll have experience working across technical, commercial, contractual and operational aspects of project delivery and be able to analyse information, identify solutions, and keep work moving forward.

You will also bring:

• Confidence preparing reports, business cases, presentations, and other key project documentation.
• Excellent communication skills and an ability to work with a variety of stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of project delivery principles including programme management, risk
• A track record of working within multidisciplinary project teams alongside contractors, consultants and technical specialists.
• Experience in construction, infrastructure, engineering, or other complex project environments is highly desirable.
• Formal project management qualifications and experience in building services, infrastructure, energy, remote operations or Antarctic logistics will be advantageous.

For any questions, please contact [e-mail]

We actively encourage applications from all cultures, beliefs and backgrounds and are committed to ensuring our culture is welcoming, accessible, equitable and safe for all. The successful candidate will undergo pre-employment checks including medical assessment. All applicants must be legally entitled to work in New Zealand.