"Associate Delivery Lead"

Job Description:

Ratonga Matihiko | Digital Services

Located in Ōtautahi | Christchurch, Aotearoa | New Zealand

• Full-time (37.5 hours per week)
• Permanent position
• Generous annual leave provisions and professional development opportunities

Kia hiwa rā, kia hiwa rā! He hiahia, he pūkenga nōu ki te mahi a te Associate Delivery Lead? Nāia te pōwhiri nā Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha kia tono mai i te tūranga nei.

Āu Mahi | What You Will Do

As an Associate Delivery Lead within Digital Services, you will manage the delivery of small and/or low complexity initiatives or support larger, complex projects. You will ensure effective planning, design, coordination, and monitoring of delivery activities, as well as managing interdependencies, risks, and issues.

With experience coordinating projects or supporting larger delivery efforts, you bring strong planning, stakeholder engagement, and problem-solving skills to every task. Collaboration is your strength—you work well with technical teams, stakeholders, and vendors to ensure smooth delivery and effective communication. If you're passionate about building your delivery management expertise and supporting impactful digital initiatives, this role offers an excellent opportunity to grow and make a difference.

Mōu | Who You Are

You will be an organised and motivated delivery professional with at least 5-6 years' coordination experience in project delivery, including at least 2 years on large, complex initiatives, as well as have:

• Strong planning, analysis, communication, and organisational skills
• Financial administration experience with attention to detail and high accuracy
• Excellent administrative skills and knowledge of the project life cycle, documentation standards, and methodologies
• Intermediate to advanced MS Office skills
• National Diploma Level 6 (required) or Bachelor's degree in Business Administration or equivalent (desirable)
• Project or Agile Delivery qualification (e.g. PMP, PRINCE2, SCRUM, SaFE) (desirable)
• An alignment with our organisation's values and culture, promoting a positive and inclusive work environment.

Mahi Ngātahi | Who You Will Work With

Building world-class digital capability is crucial to the University of Canterbury's ongoing success. Digital Services is a large team, striving to provide a modern dynamic foundation from which the University (UC) can explore new business models and ways of working. Digital will transform how we work, behave, and the expectations of the communities we service

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/about-uc/work-at-uc/benefits-working-uc. 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: 26/8/2025 (midnight, NZ time). Please note, applications will be reviewed as they are received, and interviews may take place before 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 WorkatUC@canterbury.ac.nz

You must have Aotearoa New Zealand or Australian citizenship/permanent residency or hold a valid NZ work visa to be considered for this role.