If you value having more freedom and time with your family and friends, feeling part of a community, and working in a growing city with the great vibe of events, attractions and fantastic recreation options, then making your next career step here is a truly positive choice.

In addition to the exciting and rewarding nature of the work itself, this role offers the ability to work in one of New Zealand's greatest recreational hot spots.

Rotorua offers exceptional recreational activities right on your doorstep, a great climate, and a friendly, welcoming culture, all from an affordable and central location.

Our lakes, native and indigenous forests, geothermal hot springs, rivers and reserves are a playground loved by our residents and guests alike.

We value our team members and offer ongoing support and tools to enable them to be effective in their role including flexible working arrangements, staff benefits, training opportunities, mobile phone and laptop for business purposes.

With a current project pipeline of three hundred and twenty projects valued at approximately $850 million over the next ten years, our Enterprise Portfolio Management Office (EPMO) sets the standard for project delivery and reporting in local government.

Rotorua Lakes Council has a diverse project portfolio consisting of civil and community infrastructure projects as well as strategically driven programmes that include city planning, economic development and business improvement projects.

This role will :

Routinely review and assess the RLC Portfolio Project Dossier, identifying key risks and supporting senior managers to address issues as they arise

Develop and maintain dashboards for Portfolio, Programmes, Projects, resourcing and bespoke reporting

Track Council's Project pipeline and identifies alignment with Corporate strategies and LTP

Track the return on investment for each project within the RLC portfolio and provides recommendations to ensure a balance is maintained between strategic objectives and the cost of delivery

Works with finance partners to review forecasting data

Manage the Corporate Risk Register

We are looking for candidates with commercial acumen and understanding of business drivers, particularly financial investment modelling, who understand the requirements and value of community engagement and stakeholder management in early stages of project and programme initiation, and thrive on facilitating group discussions to identify underlying issues, generate solutions and gain buy-in from staff.

This is an excellent opportunity for career minded individuals to develop new ways of working that will support the successful delivery of Rotorua Lakes Council's Project Portfolio and to establish the Council's EPMO as a center of excellence for Project Portfolio delivery.

Te Arawa is a key partner of Council and a major stakeholder in many of our projects and programmes so a high level of engagement and collaboration with iwi will be required.

The successful applicant will need to be comfortable working in a bicultural framework, with knowledge of Te Ao Maori and te reo Maori, as well as proven experience in engaging with iwi in a culturally appropriate manner.

Any offer of employment from the Rotorua Lakes Council will be conditional upon you being fully vaccinated and providing suitable evidence of vaccination or medical exemption.