IT Project Manager

IT Project Manager

Permanent full-time

It's an exciting time to be in Invercargill and a privilege to work in this region.

Waihōpai Invercargill is New Zealand's southernmost city and the heart and hub of Southland. We're known for our lush green spaces like Queens Park, our long summer daylight hours, and our local legend Burt Munro.

Our city has character, charm and a laidback atmosphere. There's outstanding nature reserves, Ōreti Beach, the Waihōpai River, a lively restaurant scene and a sensible gridded layout with wide streets and a 10-minute drive to work.

We are in a chapter of immense growth, building a vibrant city centre and reinvigorating our culture and spaces, and this is an exciting time to join a Council that is focused on the future of our people and our city.

We are looking for a confident and capable IT Project Manager who will be responsible for ensuring the successful delivery of technology projects. This is a client-facing role and requires an enthusiastic, personable, and service-oriented team player. Our preferred candidate will have in-depth knowledge of IT Project Management and methodology best practices, together with the motivation to learn and continually develop.

Our successful candidate will have demonstrable experience with a strong, proven, track record of delivering multiple concurrent projects in a fast-moving, client-led environment, on-time and to budget.

Our new team member will be a strong communicator who can work collaboratively with Council staff, managers, and external stakeholders to provide Project Management expertise and guidance for IT related projects. This includes assistance for stakeholders to articulate their business case, confirming project alignment to organisational strategic objectives, feasibility analysis, defining project scope and objectives, resourcing, change management, scheduling, testing plans, commissioning, and transition to operational support.

You should also have the ability to challenge existing configurations and business processes in order to achieve the best system solution designs and customer outcomes. Candidates will display technical "know-how" enabling them to identify breaks in the project process.

To be successful in this position you will have:

• A tertiary qualification in a related Project Management or business improvement field.
• At least 3 years' experience in a related Project Management and/or Business Analyst role.
• Knowledge of and practical experience working with business performance and reporting systems.
• The ability to relay complex data and technical information to non-technical stakeholders effectively.
• Sound understanding of IT systems and the ability to train and provide support to staff and stakeholders.
• The ability to evaluate risk and articulate using technical and business language.
• An aptitude for systems and processes and implementation of these.

If this sounds like you, we would love to hear from you.

At Invercargill City Council we pride ourselves on our values - positivity, respect, responsibility, and above and beyond. Finding the right fit for our team is really important to us and we work hard to provide an environment reflective of these values.

For more information please see the full job description or contact the Invercargill City Council on 03 211 1777.

With the current border and quarantine restrictions in place, successful applicants must be legally entitled to live and work in New Zealand. While all applications will be reviewed, first priority will be given to those applicants who are currently residing in New Zealand.

Applications Close: 07 Nov 2021