Executive Director Transformation and Strategic Alignment

• Newly created role
• Fixed-term 18–24 months
• Contribute to shaping the Ministry’s future direction

Kia manaaki.

Oranga Tamariki – Ministry for Children believes that in the right environment, with the right people surrounding and nurturing them, any child can and will flourish.

The Ministry is dedicated to supporting any child in New Zealand whose wellbeing is at significant risk of harm now or in the future. It serves those children and young people, and their families, keeping them safe and preventing them from going into care or custody, by ensuring the children’s system supports families.

The Executive Director Transformation and Strategic Alignment is a newly established, strategic leadership role reporting directly to the Chief Executive and working in close partnership with the executive leadership team. This pivotal position is responsible for shaping and delivering the organisation’s transformation agenda, acting as a trusted advisor and an integrator with an enterprise-wide lens.

With a focus on enabling future-focused and informed decision-making, the Executive Director will provide both strategic oversight and operational leadership across a number of key functions including Enterprise Portfolio Management Office (EPMO), governance, risk and assurance, planning and business optimisation.

A champion of continuous improvement and cross-functional integration, the Executive Director will foster a culture of planning and performance that supports sustainable, high-impact outcomes. The role will be instrumental in ensuring the successful delivery of complex change initiatives.

To be considered for this critical leadership position, you will be a senior executive with a proven track record of leading large-scale change initiatives within the public sector. Your experience will span whole-of-organisation transformation, involving multiple functions, groups and teams, underpinned by strong project and programme management capability.

You will demonstrate a deep understanding and a commitment to the public sector cultural competency framework, the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi, and the values of mana tamaiti, whakapapa and whanaungatanga principles and tikanga.

This is an exceptional opportunity to join a dynamic, fast-paced and highly operational organisation. With a number of transformational programmes already underway, this is a pivotal moment to contribute to lifting capability, streamlining systems and processes and defining and enabling the organisation’s future state.

APPLICATIONS CLOSE:  Friday 3 October 2025
APPLY OR VIEW THE POSITION DESCRIPTION:  www.jacksonstone.co.nz
REFERENCE:  BH-11403
 
FURTHER ENQUIRIES: Simon Boyes on 04 550 8026