Mātanga Hoko Pakihi Mātāmua | Principal Commercial Specialist - Wellington
A profile-raising procurement role changing the way Stats NZ contributes to meaningful outcomes, About Aotearoa, for Aotearoa - data that improves lives today and for generations to come. This commercial role will have you delivering primarily to our Future Census efforts.
Bring your creativity, passion, innovation, and ideas to work
Work in our brand new 6-star green building in Wellington
Interesting work within our Future Census and Transformation projects.
Mōu | For you
Tatauranga Aotearoa Stats NZ are dedicated to diversity, equity, inclusion, health, and wellbeing. We welcome every gender, ethnicity, ability, religion, age, and background and encourage all our people to be their authentic selves.
Starting salary: $136,362 - $184,489 negotiable + superannuation
We encourage you to go to our careers site to learn more about working at Tatauranga Aotearoa Stats NZ, the Way We Work and our benefits. We want working for us… to work for you!!
Other benefits of joining our Stats whānau include:
Flexible by default, balance life and work commitments
Develop and grow your career (coaching, training, study support, secondments)
Contribute to meaningful work that makes a difference to all people in Aotearoa
3 extra annual leave days (taken during Christmas office closure)
City based offices that cater to a variety of working styles and needs
State of the art, brand new 6-star green building in Wellington
Ko mātou | About Us
Tatauranga Aotearoa - Stats NZ is a Central Government employer across Aotearoa. We provide data and statistics to support the decisions of Government, Māori and Iwi organisations, businesses, NGOs, and New Zealanders. Our work is About Aotearoa, for Aotearoa - data that improves lives today and for generations to come.
Te tūnga | The role
The Principal Commercial Specialist is a permeant full time role based in Wellington. This sits within the Commercial Arrangements Branch within the Technology, Operations, Commercial & Collections Group (TOCC). TOCC reports directly to the Chief Executive. Commercial Arrangements is responsible for providing Stats NZ with expert commercial advice and procurement practice for the higher value, higher complexity acquisitions. Reporting to the Head of Commercial Arrangements you will be the commercial lead responsible for providing leadership and end-to-end commercial lifecycle management (from strategy and sourcing to disposal) for significant primarily Future Census and Transformation contracts.
You will be a Trusted Advisor to the programme and accountable to the Project board / Senior Responsible Officer for commercial outcomes, cost / finance and risk management including probity.
You will be a leading specialist in your field and provide strategic and commercial advice, support to the senior leadership of Stats NZ and be responsible to coordinate and develop all procurement and commercial artifacts, activities and reporting. You will be required to deliver procurement strategies, sourcing, lifecycle management, financial management and programme specific commercials.
You will be required to play a critical role in our ability to achieve our goals by creating and maintaining strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders and negotiating favourable contractual positions. You will support business owners by producing strong contracts, owning contractual management and advice, and communicate contractual changes and opportunities to all stakeholders. You will be responsible for leading the work with Stats NZ business owners, vendor managers and Stats Legal Counsel to resolve any contract-related issues that come up, whether internally or externally.
Our busy team needs someone to join us who:
A relevant tertiary (degree-level or higher) qualification in business, commerce or similar.
Minimum of fifteen years' work experience as a Procurement and Contracts Specialist, with experience in managing large and complex contracts and procurements in a government environment.
Experience using everyday office software including a laptop/tablet, phone, Microsoft suit of products e.g., Outlook, Word, Excel, Intranet, online communications channels for meetings and chat.
Written and oral communication skills suitable for a varied audience in a corporate setting.
Competency or fluency in te reo Māori language or possess a willingness to develop knowledge and competence. (By 2040 Government aims to have 85% of its workers speaking te reo Māori).
Understands Te Tiriti o Waitangi relevance to own role as a public servant and seeks opportunities to better meet the information needs of Māori. Supports initiatives to increase responsiveness to Māori.
Understanding of mātauranga Māori and te ao Māori.
Experience working and collaborating with Māori, iwi, hapū and other Tiriti
Understanding of implementing Tiriti-centred approaches and partnering models.
Experience working with external stakeholders and customers in the public and private sectors.
A broad knowledge of the machinery of government and working in the public sector would be an advantage.
Nōu te rourou | What you bring
We understand transferable skills can come from experience gained from outside of work. We encourage you to be you in your application. Tell us about yourself in your cover letter, tell us what attracted you to this role, and tell us what you would bring to Tatauranga Aotearoa Stats NZ.
Me pēhea te tuku tono | How to apply
If this sounds like you, click on the Apply now button to be redirect to the application page on our careers site. The position description is located on the right-hand side of the page.
We are truly committed to diversity, equity, inclusion and lifting our cultural capability. You don't need to be knowledgeable in all these areas already, but you do need to be on board with learning and have a genuine interest and willingness to grow on this journey with us.
We will be screening applications as we receive them to move swiftly to interview shortly after the advert closes at 11.55pm on Tuesday 23 July 2024. You may be asked to complete a pre-interview screen via phone or video. Please let us know in your application if we need to make any specific accommodations during our process.
Please reach out to recruitment@stats.govt.nz if you have any questions.
You must have the right to live and work in Aotearoa New Zealand. Background and various pre-employment checks are part of our recruitment process.
Note to Recruitment Agencies: unsolicited CVs will not be accepted.
