About the Ministry:

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (the Ministry) acts in the world to make New Zealanders safer and more prosperous.

Their purpose is to create the international conditions and connections for New Zealand and New Zealanders to thrive.

About the Group:

The Pacific and Development Group (PDG) leads an integrated approach to New Zealand's diplomatic and development engagement with Pacific countries and is responsible for the delivery of the New Zealand Aid Programme in the Pacific and globally.

This role will provide project advisory services primarily to the Ministry's portfolio of buildings and vertical infrastructure. Advisory services may also be provided to other sectors, including aviation, roadworks, 3-waters, coastal strengthening and resilience building.

The objective of this role is to:

Provide mentorship, advice and where necessary, hands-on support to project teams tasked with the planning and delivery of overseas infrastructure projects.
Enhance & safeguard New Zealand's return on infrastructure investments by ensuring effective project management;
Provide technical and operational support to Activity Managers and project teams, helping ensure that opportunities are maximised, risks are identified and mitigated, and that intended benefits are realised.

Where requested, directly manage a programme of individual projects.

This opportunity will appeal if you have:

An Engineering or related qualification and minimum eight years' experience in engineering, architecture, infrastructure advisory, or related field;
Implementation experience with NZS 3910, 3916 and other industry standard construction contracts;
Sound planning and organisation skills with an ability to prioritise workload and coordinate a range of tasks simultaneously;
Experience with project management and contract management for infrastructure projects;
Experience in infrastructure procurement and negotiations;
Demonstrated strategic thinking and analysis capability at complex level.
Project and programme management experience and demonstrated ability to deliver results to deadlines.
Excellent written and oral communication skills.
Ability to establish rapport, communicate effectively and work with people of diverse cultures, backgrounds and education;
Ability to deal with ambiguity whilst maintaining high standards of customer service and output quality;
Ability to introduce new ideas, coach, share knowledge and work cooperatively within and across teams;
Availability to regularly travel to, and work in, remote and challenging locations;
Credential in PRINCE2, PMP or other project management frameworks;
Ability to obtain and maintain an appropriate New Zealand Government security clearance. The Infrastructure Adviser will be situated in Wellington and report directly to the Lead Adviser Infrastructure. A contract extension may be considered if required. This assignment is to start in early December, or as mutually agreed by MFAT and the successful candidate. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade is also able to provide some relocation assistance for the successful candidate.
Candidate's must be a NZ Citizen or hold a NZ permanent residence visa and have the ability to obtain and maintain an appropriate New Zealand Government security clearance and operate as a business registered with the New Zealand Companies Office.

Closing date for applications: Monday 18 November 2019, 5:00pm (NZT

Hudson Recruitment has been engaged to manage this procurement process. Please refer all correspondence, queries or requests for more information, instructions on how to apply (please note that I am unable to accept your application via email) and a copy of the full Role Description to:

Rebecca Wilson

Principal Consultant, Hudson, Wellington, New Zealand

Office: +64 4 917 9200

DDI: +64 4 917 9270

Cell: +64 21 429 154

Email: rebecca.wilson@hudson.com

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