Senior Integrated Planner | MSD - services for the future | Wellington
Job Description
About the role | Mō te tūnga
• Based at National Office in Wellington
• Permanent role
Play a key role in one of New Zealand’s largest public sector transformation programmes.
This is a unique opportunity to influence end-to-end planning, align delivery across workstreams, and drive outcomes that make a real difference for communities.
You will be part of a transformation-focused planning function within MSD’s services for the future programme, working across multiple workstreams to enable integrated delivery planning and alignment.
The Senior Integrated Planner is responsible for developing and maintaining an aligned, end-to-end delivery plans across programme workstreams. You will analyse and integrate planning activities, maintain schedules, and provide insights that support aligned delivery across scope, timelines, and resources.
This role plays a critical part in ensuring effective programme delivery through planning expertise, cross-workstreams dependencies and sequencing risk identification, and continuous improvement of planning practices.
What you bring | Ōu pūmanawatanga
• Proven experience in programme or portfolio planning within large-scale transformation environments
• Strong understanding of delivery frameworks including Agile, Waterfall, and hybrid models
• Experience using planning tools such as MS Project, JIRA or Smartsheet,
• Ability to analyse data and provide insights to inform decision making
• Strong stakeholder engagement and collaboration skills
• Ability to manage complexity, identify risks and implement mitigation strategies
• Ability/willingness to embed Te Ao Māori into BAU
What’s in it for you
• Opportunity to shape a large-scale transformation programme
• Work in a supportive and inclusive environment
Position Description | He Whakaahuatanga Tūnga
Salary | Utu-ā-tau: $103,815.00 - $125,958.00
Applications close | Ka kati ngā tono hei te: Sunday 28 June 2026
About us | Mō mātou
The Ministry of Social Development (MSD) is a people-centred organisation. We’re in communities across the motu, working with partners to help New Zealanders be safe, strong and independent.
We provide social policy advice to government, and assistance including income, employment and housing support to people of all ages, families, whānau and communities.
As a Te Tiriti o Waitangi partner, we are committed to supporting and enabling Māori, whānau, hapū, Iwi and communities to realise their own potential and aspirations.
Our people are as diverse as the communities we serve. We care about the wellbeing and success of our people and provide a supportive and inclusive working environment where people can thrive and be who they are.
Join MSD’s flagship transformation programme, MSD – services for the future, and help shape how we deliver services to New Zealanders for the next 30 years.
MSD – services for the future is about MSD’s future role and how we can make a bigger and better difference for New Zealanders. It will help us achieve the shifts we want to make to achieve our strategic goal, Te Pae Tawhiti.
How to apply | Me pēhea te tuku tono
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Joining us | Ko te hono mai
Joining MSD means being part of a whānau that celebrates the diversity each individual represents.
We show manaaki, we care about the wellbeing and success of people and want everyone to thrive and be who they are in a supportive and inclusive working environment. We work together to make a difference for communities while doing the right thing with integrity. You can find out more about our values here.
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