He kōrero mō mātou | About Watercare
Ki te ora te wai, ka ora te whenua, ka ora te tangata
When the water is healthy, the land and the people are healthy
There's never been a better time to join Watercare. We're delivering a $15.2 billion, 10-year capital investment programme, the largest in our history, creating opportunities to work on transformative infrastructure, sustainability and digital projects that will shape Auckland's future. With more than $4 million invested every day, you'll be part of work that makes a lasting difference to our communities and environment.
He whakamārama mō te tūranga mahi | About this role
We're looking for an experienced Change Lead to join us on a 6 month contract to support the delivery of our Cybersecurity Uplift Programme, with the opportunity to contribute across other strategic initiatives including DataHub.
This role is all about helping our people successfully navigate change. You'll work closely with project teams, business leaders, and stakeholders to ensure new processes, systems, and ways of working are understood, adopted, and embedded across the organisation.
What you'll be doing
- Lead change management activities across complex business and technology initiatives.
- Conduct change impact and readiness assessments.
- Develop change, communication, and stakeholder engagement plans.
- Coach leaders and sponsors to successfully lead change.
- Support training and capability initiatives to drive adoption.
- Track change outcomes, risks, and benefits realisation.
- Build strong relationships across the business and influence stakeholders at all levels.
Ngā pūkenga e rapu nei mātou | About you
- Proven experience leading organisational change for large-scale programmes or projects.
- Strong stakeholder engagement and relationship management skills.
- Experience developing communication and change strategies.
- Excellent facilitation, communication, and influencing skills.
- The ability to work effectively in complex and evolving environments.
- A proactive, collaborative, and outcomes-focused approach.
Ngā hua mōu | What's in it for you
We offer a competitive salary and staff benefits package including:
• Training and development opportunities
• Life and income protection insurance plans
• Generous parental leave
• Employee discounts at a range of large retailers
Me pēhea te tono mai | How to Apply
Come and join our team! If you are looking for an exciting career opportunity with a fantastic team then please apply online today - careers.watercare.co.nz.
Skills Required
- Proven experience leading organisational change for large-scale programmes or projects
- Strong stakeholder engagement and relationship management skills
- Experience developing communication and change strategies
- Excellent facilitation, communication, and influencing skills
- Ability to work effectively in complex and evolving environments
- Proactive, collaborative, and outcomes-focused approach
What We Do
At Watercare we’re proud to provide a lifeline service to the people of Auckland, while protecting the environment for future generations. Every day we provide the highest quality drinking water to 1.7 million Aucklanders, and take it away again once it’s been used in the sink or flushed down the loo. Without using chemicals, we treat wastewater to a very high standard and safely return it to the environment. We also plan for new and upgraded infrastructure far into the future to ensure we can meet the needs of our fast-growing city. We operate assets worth more than $9 billion – but it’s our people who are our most valuable assets. Our staff are passionate, motivated and trustworthy people who are the leaders in their fields. They’re not afraid of a challenge and are constantly looking for new ways of improving our processes and the service we offer our customers. If this sounds like you, please visit our careers centre to see our job vacancies and be notified of future opportunities: https://careers.watercare.co.nz
