General Manager Contact Centre and Digital Services, Wellington Job in Wellington Recruiting by Ministry of Social Development

About us

The Ministry of Social Development is a people-centred organisation. We’re in communities across the motu, working with partners to help New Zealanders be safe, strong and independent.

We provide social policy and advice to government and assistance, including income, employment and housing support to people of all ages, families, whānau and communities.

As a Te Tiriti o Waitangi partner we are committed to supporting and enabling Māori, whānau, hapū, Iwi and communities to realise their own potential and aspirations.

Our people are as diverse as the communities we serve. We care about the wellbeing and success of our people and provide a supportive and inclusive working environment where people can thrive and be who they are.

General Manager Contact Centre and Digital Services, Wellington

Overview of position 

We have an exceptional opportunity for a senior leader, who has significant experience leading large diverse service delivery teams across New Zealand. If you are a dynamic people centric leader, passionate about delivering client centric services to New Zealand communities, who thrives on the challenges of leading a large diverse team, then this is the opportunity for you.

What you will bring to the role:

• Tertiary degree level qualification in business or relevant field
• Excellent communicator with an inclusive style 
• Significant experience at a senior leadership level with experience leading a large nationally dispersed team in a complex, diverse, and technical service delivery environment
• Significant experience in leading strategic and operational programme planning and implementation
• Strong experience and expertise in change management and implementing best practice
• Extensive relationship and stakeholder management experience and expertise operating in a complex and demanding environment
• Sound knowledge of the Machinery of Government, and an understanding of Government direction and policy priorities
• Significant experience managing large budgets and the application of the Public Finance Act 
• Knowledge about the support and implementation of cross-sector key strategic approaches
• An understanding of equity issues and the Treaty of Waitangi, and the implications of these for the work of MSD
• Experience of working in partnership with whānau, hapū and iwi
• Strong experience managing inter-agency partnership relationships

Position Description

Salary range: $,. - $,.

How to apply

Note: Your cover letter will be a key part of our assessment process, so please highlight how your experience relates to the key responsibilities listed in the position description. 

Internal MSD Employees – please apply through your myHR portal at work. This will ensure that your myHR employee profile is visible as internal candidate.

Closing date: 5 May 4

Joining us

Joining MSD means being part of a whānau that celebrates the diversity each individual represents. We show manaaki, we care about the wellbeing and success of people and want everyone to thrive, and be who they are in a supportive and inclusive working environment. We work together to make a difference for communities while doing the right thing with integrity. We are a Treaty partner committed to strengthening relationships with Māori, Hapū, Iwi and communities to realise their own potential and aspirations.

MSD has a COVID- vaccination policy that encourages, but does not require, employees to be fully vaccinated for COVID- and its variants, unless the role is identified as requiring vaccination at the time.