Corporate Planner

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Te Tūranga | About the role

As a Corporate Planner, you'll join our tight-knit and efficient Corporate Planning team. You'll collaborate closely with our Finance team to create top-notch corporate planning documents that meet all legislative requirements and best practices.

Your day-to-day will involve planning, coordinating, and delivering key corporate planning and monitoring processes. This includes long-term plans, annual plans, annual reports, quarterly monitoring reports, and the pre-election report.

You'll also play a crucial role in our large submission management processes and participate in de-brief and learning processes to ensure we continuously improve.

In addition, you’ll prepare key monitoring and reporting processes, provide quarterly monitoring reports to the Council, and report to the Executive Leadership Team. Building and maintaining strong internal partnerships will be essential to ensure effective and efficient delivery of our corporate planning, monitoring, and reporting processes.

Ultimately, your role will ensure that our planning, performance monitoring and reporting are top-notch, and that our internal and external relationships are trusted, sustainable, and effective.

Ngā Pukenga | What you’ll need to succeed

To succeed in this role, you’ll bring;

• This is a subject matter expert role requiring experience (3+ years) in local government corporate planning or another related field (i.e. policy or strategic planning).
• Demonstrated expertise and working knowledge of the Local Government Act (2002), and the associated regulatory corporate planning procedures and/or experience operating in a role with rigorous legislative guidelines and timeframes to adhere to.
• A relevant university degree.
• Proven and demonstrated written and verbal communication skills and abilities – clarity, fluency, balance, impact, and conciseness.
• High level of interpersonal skills.
• Excellent time management and project management skills.
• Decision-making skills and sound professional judgement.
• Well organised, and an ability to plan and prioritise important activities/tasks and meet timeframes.
• Ability to work independently on own projects, as well as work collaboratively on large projects as part of a team.

Tō Tātou Kaunihera | About Tauranga City Council

Tauranga City Council is one of Tauranga’s largest employers, and we are always looking to attract great talent to join our driven, passionate, and community-focused team.

We always strive to ensure that you feel valued and supported in the workplace.

To highlight that our people are our greatest asset, we offer a wide range of benefits that include 5 weeks annual leave, flexible hours and work from home options, as well as career development opportunities.

Te Tukanga | How to apply

If you want to be part of an energetic, fun, and supportive team, then we'd love to hear from you. For more information, please contact Josh Logan at josh.logan@tauranga.govt.nz  

Please note we will not be accepting applications via email. If you wish to apply, please click ‘Apply’ at the bottom of this page and follow the link.

Applications will be reviewed as they are received, applications will close upon the appointment of a successful candidate.

• Our selection process may include behavioural interview(s), psychometric and ability assessments, reference checks, and pre-employment screening.
• Tauranga City Council will not accept applications or contact from any placement service, temporary staffing agency, or professional recruiter for this vacancy. If/where Tauranga City Council requires the support of a recruitment agency, we will seek this support from our network of agencies. We ask that you please do not contact Tauranga City Council or any of its employees regarding vacancies. Tauranga City Council will not be responsible for, and will not pay, any commissions, fees or other payments related to such unsolicited contact.

 Job Description: Corporate Planner