Principal Advisor

At the Christchurch City Council, our work is about the city that surrounds us. When you join our team the results and success of your work are evident in every facet of city life.  We work together every day to shape a community and create a city that we can be truly proud of. Take on a role at the Council and take pride in making a difference to our great city every day.

Within the Council, the Resources group helps deliver services and infrastructure through the provision of support such as financial management, commercial investment, human resources, ICT/digital services, innovation, procurement and contracts, and facilities and property management.

To support the Group, we have a Principal Advisor - Resources position available.  The Principal Advisor will be responsible for supporting the General Manager and Resource's Heads of Service undertake projects and analyse, plan, develop, evaluate and monitor strategies, policies, and plans to ensure the Group is positioned to successfully meet organisational and group outcomes and targets.  

Each day will be different.  You will:-

• Lead policy and strategy projects such as a Property Management Strategy
• Undertake investigations and options development to support new ways of delivering services both within Council and externally
• Carry out research, provide advice to senior leaders on emerging issues such as the Government's reform agenda
• Coordinate the implementation of new ways of delivering services
• Support process improvement and the coordination of services and initiatives across the Group 
• Build effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders

This is a senior advisory role where you'll use your research, analysis, and planning skills to help ensure the integration of organisation solutions.   You'll deliver policy, strategy, and other planning projects and communicate as a senior advisor to the Council, Executive Leadership Team, Heads of Unit, project teams, and leaders. Being naturally analytical will see you undertake investigations and provide options to support new ways of delivering services.

You'll manage key stakeholder relationships with both internal and external customers.

To be successful in this position you will have a post-graduate qualification in a policy or management-related discipline and have solid proven experience in either a complex environment or policy, strategy, or management consultancy.  Strong financial literacy and writing skills along with a commercial background will be looked on favorably.

Keen to take pride in your city? It's time to get in touch.

To view the position description please click on the link at the foot of the page

Additional Recruitment Information:

Salary- To be discussed with the successful applicant