Senior Change Manager | Kaiwhakahaere Panonitanga Matua *Fixed term until June 2026*
Senior Change Manager | Kaiwhakahaere Panonitanga Matua (fixed-term to end of June 2026)
Join an organisation contributing to meaningful outcomes, About Aotearoa, for Aotearoa - data that improves lives today and for generations to come.
Opportunity to use your change management experience to support programmes and projects to deliver successfully
Exciting delivery-focused team
Fixed term until the end of June 2026
About Us | Ko mātou
Stats NZ | Tatauranga Aotearoa is a Central Government employer of 1200+ people 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. We welcome every gender, ethnicity, ability, religion, age, and background and encourage all our people to be their authentic selves.
What's in it for you? | Ngā hua ka riro ki a koe
We encourage you to go to our careers site to learn more about the Way We Work at Stats NZ and also check out our benefits. We want working for us… to work for you!!
Starting salary: $118-052 - $138,158 negotiable + superannuation
Other benefits of joining Stats NZ include:
Balance life and work commitments. We work a 37.5 hour week
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, 6-star green building in Wellington
Te tūnga | The role
We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Change Manager to join our change management practice within the Enterprise Portfolio Office. This is a fixed term (until end of June 2026) position based in either Wellington or Christchurch.
You will work with our delivery teams on a wide variety of programmes and projects in the technology and business transformation space.
You'll be accountable for the planning and delivery of change management activities including stakeholder management and communications activities such as:
Conduct impact analysis, assess change readiness, and identify key stakeholders. Development and execution of change management processes and activities across all types of change including system/technical, business, cultural and/or behavioural change.
Drive the identification of key engagement requirements (both internally and externally) as well as the timelines and processes to enable this.
Ensure that the impacts of change are understood and communicated effectively to stakeholders and staff, s that our change initiatives 'land well' with end users
Enable the design, development, delivery, and management of key communications.
Provide input, document requirements, and support the design and delivery of training courses and collateral.
Support and engage senior leaders and successfully implement change from identification through to embedding and sustaining the change in our business.
Integrate change management activities into project plans and Azure Dev Ops boards.
Collate feedback on behalf of the business to monitor progress, impact, and satisfaction of improvements.
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.
We are 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.
Tell us about yourself in your cover letter, what attracted you to this role, and what you would bring to Stats NZ.
You will be highly organised, self -managing, able to work independently and as part of a cross functional team. You will be familiar with techniques and frameworks of your discipline and comfortable delivering results in a high paced environment.
We are looking for a motivated individual with the following in your cover letter and CV:
Your experience in your craft - ideally, a proven track record of 4+ years in a change manager role across a wide range of programmes/projects and implementation mechanisms.
Examples of your strong experience working with leaders and people at all levels of the organisation in a high-change environment.
Information about your knowledge and experience, or desire to learn and build knowledge and experience of Te Tiriti, Tikanga, Te Reo and Te Ao Māori, and engagement with Māori.
Examples of where you've demonstrated or encouraged diversity and inclusion in and/or outside of work.
Demonstration of your understanding of the machinery of government and related processes and procedures
Role-specific training - relevant certification in change management (e.g. Prosci, CMI accreditation, APMG) desirable.
Me pēhea te tuku tono | How to apply
If this sounds like you, click on the Apply now button to be redirected to the application page on our careers site. The position description is located on the right-hand side of the page.
We will be screening applications as we receive them to move swiftly to interview. 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.
