Innovation Unit ANZ is recruiting!

news | 15 Dec 2021

Our project leaders lead significant projects to discover, develop and scale solutions for thriving societies by focusing on families, young people and communities. Your work might include leading the generation of new offers to improve outcomes for children and families accessing early learning and care; working with communities to co-design better futures; working with health professionals to build their capability to co-design initiatives alongside the communities they work in to improve well-being.

Senior Project Lead

This role involves offering high-level support and overseeing multidisciplinary project teams including, amongst others, practitioners, policy and subject matter experts, designers and researchers to simplify complex challenges and support transformational change in our partners’ organisations. You will play a key role in building the capacity of our organisation and building the impact of our practice.

• You will have strong and varied social innovation and/or design experience with skills in social research, co-design, service design, prototyping, service development and/or system change
  have demonstrated cultural competence in working with Māori and other diverse groups.
• You are experienced in managing and accounting for yours and others time.
• You have been the lead interface with senior executives and senior public servants that have resulted in productive relationships and partnerships.
• You have managed budgets.
• You have delivered powerful written and visual communications to a publishable standard.
• You have lead a team of staff and contractors to achieve project outcomes.
• You have briefed other agencies to develop designs and/or communication.
• You are comfortable interfacing with and leading partners throughout the design and innovation process.
• You can balance excellent facilitation skills with leading and shaping work to reach consensus.
• You are confident and flexible and have experience in leading and working in interdisciplinary teams where harmonious collaboration is imperative.
• You thrive with low supervision.

Project Lead

This role involves leading multidisciplinary project teams including, amongst others, practitioners, policy and subject matter experts, designers and researchers to simplify complex challenges and support transformational change in our partners’ organisations.

• You have strong and varied social innovation and/or design experience with skills in social research, co-design, service design, prototyping, service development and/or system change
  have demonstrated cultural competence in working with Māori and other diverse groups.
• You are experienced in managing and accounting for your and other’s time.
• You have interfaced with senior executives and senior public servants resulting in productive relationships and partnerships.
• You have managed budgets.
• You have delivered powerful written or visual communications to a publishable standard.
• You are comfortable leading people through a change and transformation process.
• You can balance excellent facilitation skills with leading and shaping work to reach consensus.
• You are confident and flexible and have experience working in interdisciplinary teams where collaboration is imperative.
• You thrive with low supervision.

How to apply

Review the position descriptions for the role you are applying for:

• Senior Project Lead
• Project Lead.

Still have questions? Reach out to Martin James, Director of Innovation and People to set up a time for a conversation martin.james@innovationunit.org 027 3599394. Send the following to teamanz@innovationunit.org by 12 noon NZT on Friday 14 January 2022:

• a CV and/or LinkedIn profile
• a cover letter; stating what excites you about this mahi, and why you believe you would be a good fit
• a short video; that tells us more about you (2 minutes max – and we’re not interested in technical quality, we’re interested in you and what you say).