The Role / Person

Are you passionate about helping teams deliver great projects? Join us as a Project Business Partner and play a key role in shaping how projects are delivered across Council.

As a Project Business Partner, you will support consistent best practice project initiation, planning, implementation and reporting across the organisation. Your role will be to strengthen internal project management capability, to provide practical tools and support, and to enable project managers to uphold consistent governance and reporting standards.

Excellent listening skills and proactive relationship management will be critical as you work alongside our project managers to ensure that processes followed support efficient and effective delivery, while also capturing the insights required by the business to guide strategic decision making.

To be successful in this role you will be an enquiring thinker who knows how to effectively guide and influence at a high level.

We’re looking for someone who is results-focused, highly organised, and a natural collaborator. If you enjoy bringing structure to complex projects, building capability in others, and making a real difference through smarter project delivery and reporting, we’d love to hear from you.

This is a permanent role and offers 40 hours per week. The annual salary for this role is $94,063.86 - $110,663.36 per annum. Check out a copy of the position description here. For further information please email us at jobs@timdc.govt.nz.

You must have the right to live and work in this location to apply for this job. Applications close at 5:00pm, 28th September 2025; however, we may appoint before the closing date if we find suitable applicants during the recruitment process! So if you are interested get your application in quick. Applications can be registered through our career’s website www.timaru.govt.nz/jobs.

The District

Timaru District is a thriving and innovative community. It is the central hub for the South Island, servicing a large agricultural heartland, with a growing economy that provides the import and export gateway for primary sectors. We boast a Top 10 most loved beach in New Zealand and have access to mountains, rivers and lakes, making Timaru an ideal destination for recreational, sporting and cultural pursuits.

Let’s not forget about that 7 minute commute to work!

The Organisation

The Timaru District Council aims to enable democratic local decision-making and action by, and on behalf of communities, to promote the social, economic, environmental, and cultural well-being of its communities in the present and for the future. With around 400 staff, there are a diverse range of roles from front facing community to support and technical specialists.

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