Senior Transport And Travel Coordinator

New Zealand Government; Wellington; On-site; NZD 71,000 - 82,000; Full time

Job summary

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is seeking a Senior Transport & Travel Coordinator based at Wellington Regional Hospital. You will guide the Transport Administration team and oversee transport, travel, and fleet services across the district to ensure efficient, customer-focused operations.

The role requires leadership experience, strong stakeholder management, and advanced Excel skills; a NZ Class 1 licence is essential to travel between sites as needed.

Qualifications

• Two years’ experience in a senior administration, coordinator, or similar role with responsibility for overseeing workloads, priorities, and day-to-day operations.
• Proven leadership and organisational skills, with the ability to coordinate teams and deliver high-quality outcomes.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills with staff, suppliers, and service users across the organisation.
• Advanced Microsoft Office capability, particularly Excel, with confidence in maintaining records, producing reports, and managing administrative systems.
• A full New Zealand Class 1 driver’s licence and the ability to drive manual vehicles, with flexibility to work across Wellington, Hutt, and Kenepuru Hospital sites as required.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day guidance and oversight to the Transport Administration team.
• Coordinate transport, travel, and fleet administration services to support staff and services across the region.

Skills

Senior administration

Team leadership

Stakeholder management

Advanced Excel

NZ driver’s licence

Tools

Excel

Job description

Location

Wellington Regional Hospital

Contract

Permanent, Full Time

About the Role

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is firmly grounded in the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is dedicated to serving all New Zealanders. Through integration and collaboration, we're building a health system underpinned by partnership, equity, sustainability, whānau-centred care, and excellence. As the Senior Transport & Travel Coordinator, you will provide day-to-day guidance and oversight to the Transport Administration team. You will coordinate transport, travel, and fleet administration services to ensure efficient, customer-focused operations that support staff and services across the region. This role is predominantly based at Wellington Regional Hospital. There will also be occasions where you will work from Hutt Hospital and Kenepuru Hospital to support service delivery across the district. The salary band for this role is $71,196 - $81,600, depending on experience.

About the Team/Service/Location

The Transport and Travel team is a diverse but close-knit team who take pride in getting the job done properly. We work well together and are a mix of longstanding and new faces to the DHB's. We take pride in the work we deliver across the various sites.

About you

• At least two years' experience in a senior administration, coordinator, or similar role with responsibility for overseeing workloads, priorities, and day-to-day operations. Ideally you will have had experience leading a team.
• Proven leadership and organisational skills, with the ability to coordinate teams, manage competing priorities, and deliver high-quality outcomes.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, enabling you to build effective relationships with staff, suppliers, and service users across the organisation
• Advanced Microsoft Office capability, particularly in Excel, with confidence in maintaining records, producing reports, and managing administrative systems.
• A full New Zealand Class 1 driver's licence and the ability to drive manual vehicles, with flexibility to work across Wellington, Hutt, and Kenepuru Hospital sites as required.

Working at Health New Zealand

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is 'the weaving of wellness'. We're dedicated to ensuring excellent healthcare for the people of Aotearoa/New Zealand. Our people are at the heart of everything we do. Health New Zealand are committed to being good employers and honouring our equal employment opportunity obligations. We embrace diversity and welcome application from all people, including all gender identities, ages, ethnicities, sexual orientations, and disability. A workforce that is diverse and inclusive means that we are better positioned to understand and service our community. We are pro-equity health organisation, with a particular focus on Māori, Pacific Peoples, and the Disability Community.