Central City Programme Coordination Lead - fixed term

He angituutanga: The opportunity

Hamilton's central city is on the cusp of an exciting transformation and we're looking for a skilled coordination professional to help bring it all together.

In this role you’ll play a key role in supporting the successful delivery of the Central City Transformation Programme.

You’ll work closely with the Central City Transformation Manager to ensure visibility, coordination, and alignment across a wide range of projects, portfolios, operational activities and external developments.

Key responsibilities include:

• Provide visibility across existing portfolios & programmes and operations e.g. physical works (parks, transport, waters), safety, planning and developments) to present a consolidated and strategic view of activities across the Central City.
• Lead the development and ongoing refinement of the central city transformation programme schedule.
• Contribute to the design and improvement of systems and processes that support programme delivery.
• Monitor and track progress against the schedule, identifying dependencies, potential delays, risks or issues.
• Resolve problems using precedent, interpretation and experience often within tight timeframes.
• Facilitate coordination meetings to align teams on schedules, risks, and dependencies. Influence outcomes across stakeholders and business areas to gain cooperation.
• Develop, prepare and support key central city transformation programme reports including tracking IAF housing outcomes, benefits and programme reporting information for governance meetings and strategic decision-making.
• Communicate and share knowledge of central city projects activities to support communications, engagement and stakeholder engagement planning.
• Liaise with internal and external stakeholders to achieve mutual understanding and alignment
• Track and monitor central city transformation plan outcomes.
• Champion the central city Development Response Plan outcomes and integration of principles into projects to mitigate risk and enhance community outcomes.
• Support the Central City Transformation Manager with information required for long-term planning and annual planning processes.
• Support the Central City Transformation Manager to facilitate workshops

This role requires a multi-faceted approach to planning and coordination across diverse portfolios and operational areas.

You’ll be an expert in project and programme planning, known for your ability to gather complex information and distil it into clear, actionable insights.

You’ll be confident engaging with a wide range of stakeholders and comfortable presenting and making recommendations at all levels of the organisation.

This is a fixed term opportunity to 30 June 2027. The formal title of this role is Central City Planning and Alignment Lead.