Portfolio Coordinator

Tātai Rautaki | Strategy and Planning
Located in Ōtautahi | Christchurch, Aotearoa | New Zealand

• Full-time 37.5 hours per week (1.0 FTE)
• Continuing (permanent) position

Āu Mahi | What You Will Do

As Portfolio Coordinator you will provide co-ordination and administration support to the University's portfolio function in the Strategy and Planning team. You will draft memos, write reports, and create presentations at the direction of the director or manager.

You will be responsible for managing meetings, agendas, and notes for key internal and external meetings.

Mōu | Who You Are
You should have 1-3 years' coordination/administration experience, preferably in a university planning environment. A relevant Bachelor's Degree (NZQA Level 7) or equivalent is required.

We are looking for someone with familiarity with the Prince2 and MSP methods of managing programmes and projects, with aligned portfolio management.

As the team is a pro-active and highly productive unit, it's important that you thrive working in a busy environment and have plenty of initiative.

Ngā Painga o UC | Why UC
Ngā Uara | Our Values of manaakitanga, whanaungatanga and tiakitanga guide our decisions and behaviour and provide a roadmap for how we do things at UC, affirming our commitment to pastoral care and support for our ākonga and staff. They challenge and inspire us to be the best we can, and make UC a great place to work and study. For more info on Ngā Uara | Our Values visit us here.

We are committed to accessible higher education, service to the community and the encouragement of talent without barriers of distance, wealth, class, gender or ethnicity. The University explicitly aims to produce graduates and support staff who are engaged with their communities, empowered to act for good and determined to make a difference in the world.

We offer a range of fantastic benefits including flexible work practices, study opportunities and generous superannuation and leave provisions. For more information, please visit us: https://www.canterbury.ac.nz/joinus/benefits/

For more information about Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury, please visit https://www.canterbury.ac.nz/

The closing date for this position is: 21 November 2024 (midnight, NZ time)
Please note applications will be reviewed after the close date.

Pēhea te tono mai | How You Apply

Applications for this position must be submitted via our careers website and should include a cover letter and resume.

Please note, we do not accept applications by email, however we are happy to answer your queries in relation to the application process, please forward these to [email protected]

You must have Aotearoa New Zealand or Australian citizenship/permanent residency to be considered for this role. If you hold a valid work visa and are physically present in New Zealand then you may also be considered.