Workday Specialist — Enterprise HRIS Transformation

University of Otago; Dunedin; On-site; NZD 97,000 - 106,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Otago is seeking a Workday Specialist to support the Our People Pathway implementation, delivering new Workday capabilities across HR data, processes and technology. You will work with business and technical teams to translate requirements into practical Workday solutions.

The role involves leading functional design, facilitating workshops, and supporting data migration, testing and change readiness across a multi‑year programme based in Ōtepoti/Dunedin.

Qualifications

• Proven experience delivering Workday implementations or digital transformations.
• Strong functional knowledge of one or more Workday modules.
• Experience facilitating workshops with business and technical stakeholders.
• Experience supporting testing, issue resolution and quality assurance.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Workday certification and experience in large organisations is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Lead functional design across Workday modules and processes.
• Facilitate workshops to define future-state processes and capture requirements.
• Translate business needs into Workday designs and configuration docs.
• Review configuration and workflows to meet business and programme goals.
• Provide expert advice on Workday capabilities and best practices.
• Support data migration, testing and QA across implementation lifecycle.
• Collaborate with stakeholders, Digital Services and partners to ensure delivery.

Skills

Workday experience

Workday modules

Workshop facilitation

Testing & QA

Stakeholder communication

Workday certification

Job description

University of Otago is seeking a Workday Specialist to support the Our People Pathway implementation, delivering new Workday capabilities across HR data, processes and technology. You will work with business and technical teams to translate requirements into practical Workday solutions.

The role involves leading functional design, facilitating workshops, and supporting data migration, testing and change readiness across a multi‑year programme based in Ōtepoti/Dunedin.