Position Description

Title Group Manager Human Resources

Business Group Corporate

Reports to Deputy Chief Executive CorporateLocation Wellington

About LINZ and your team

Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) makes sure New Zealand has accurate information about where people and places are, that people have confidence in their property rights, and that Crown property is well managed for future generations.

Our responsibilities include managing land titles, geodetic and cadastral survey systems, topographic information, hydrographic information, managing Crown property and supporting government decision making around foreign ownership.

The Corporate group supports LINZ with specialised services, advice, knowledge and technology, making sure the organisation runs smoothly and effectively. We translate strategic and operational decisions into action; help the organisation manage change; and support LINZ to plan and deliver services for New Zealanders.

Our BEST Values

Your purpose at LINZ

The Group Manager Human Resources leads the development, implementation and support of LINZ people-related activities, and ensures they are fit for purpose for our diverse and technically complex organisation. The role is responsible for the design and delivery of LINZ people, talent and capability frameworks in order that:

- LINZ is future-proofed- Learning agility is enabled- A vibrant culture with engaged staff, and skilled and savvy leaders is ensured- LINZ is positioned as a leader within the Natural Resources Sector, and as an

initiator of collaborative all-of-government opportunities.

The Group Manager Human Resources leads the culture and work programme of the Human Resources group to ensure it contributes to the successful operation of the “One Corporate” model.

The role is focused on delivering what is needed for today’s Human Resources customers and stakeholders, whilst visualising and realising ways for the organisation to deliver in new and smarter ways in the future. The Group Manager Human Resources advocates for positive and people-enabling practices, is a change agent, a network manager, and a superior influencer and communicator.

Leaders at all levels of the organisation are expected to take collective responsibility and to work horizontally across LINZ to achieve outcomes.

This position is part of the Corporate Leadership Team and is required to work collectively and collegially to take decisions on priorities across the Group, ensuring resources and capabilities are best used from an organisational perspective.

What you’ll do

Key accountabilities

Strategic Organisational Contribution Contributing to all of government initiatives around Human

Resources Management and providing leadership in the Natural Resources Sector.

Providing a source of best thinking and practice for people leadership and change.

Aligning Human Resources strategy with that of the wider business, ensuring that planning and activity supports key business goals.

Supporting a High Performing LINZ Providing constructive and positive approaches to the

development and implementation of policies, strategies and processes to mitigate industrial and other risks for the organisation, while providing frameworks for positive action.

Ensuring the overall effectiveness of the Human Resources Group is evaluated and is meeting organisational needs.

Ensuring that key human resources and people data and analytics are readily available to the wider business, and that the business has access to the key data it needs to perform effectively.

Providing oversight of the leadership and advice provided to managers around the actions needed for successful and effective business planning. Emphasising the support of talent, workforce planning and people development.

Developing and implementing effective coaching and mentoring for managers, and providing ongoing support around this in order to develop effective human resources management competence and accountability. This includes fostering and encouraging positive staff relations, and the effective management of performance and cultural change.

Leading and positioning the Human Resources group to support LINZ being a High Performing Organisation by: Championing and implementing core LINZ strategies. Ensuring that the Human Resources group are enabled and

agile, in order to support the change environment effectively and with minimal risk.

Identifying current and future capability requirements to deliver against the business plan, and contributing to gap-closing strategies (including succession planning and career pathing) using LINZ policies and practices.

Ensuring an effective performance management framework is in place and that, underpinned by effective coaching and support from the Human Resources group, it enables people leaders to proactively and ably manage their people. Providing oversight of the employment relationship environment and the relationship with staff representatives.

Providing coaching and mentoring to staff. Undertaking, and ensuring that staff undertake, on-going professional development through a combination of internal opportunities and external exposure.

Ensuring all LINZ financial, legal and internal policy risks are

managed and complied with. Being a trusted advisor exemplifying the BEST values.

Who you’ll work with

Direct reports Manager, Human Resources Operations Manager, Organisational Development Manager, Human Resources Business Partners Human Resources Co-ordinator

Key working relationships

The Group Manager Human Resources needs to have strong working relationships with the Chief Executive and other members of the Executive Leadership Team. Other key collaborative internal relationships are with the Corporate leadership team, the Strategic Communications & Digital Services team, and members of the IS&D Group. There is also an important direct relationship with the Chief Executive.

The Group Manager Human Resources needs to build strong working relationships with managers and staff across Land Information New Zealand.

Key external relationships include:

Industry experts in all facets of human resources across the public and private sectors

Human resources leaders in the natural resources sector

What you’ll bring to LINZ

Qualifications and experience

The ability to translate whole of government requirements into organisational-specific systems and approaches

Previous experience in a similar role, in a similar size organisation People management experience Demonstrated ability to build long term and collaborative

relationships Excellent written and oral communication skills Tertiary qualification in a relevant field

Your leadership competencies

Everyone has an important leadership role to play at LINZ. The Leadership Success Profile describes the leadership competencies that will enable you to be successful in your role, align with our BEST values and help LINZ to be a high performing organisation.

Leadership competencies for everyone at LINZ

BEST leadership competencies How you bring your BEST

Achieving ambitious goals

Demonstrate achievement, drive, ambition, optimism, and delivery-focus; to make things happen and achieve ambitious outcomes.

Working with pace and urgency

Making things happen Being passionate

about driving success Celebrating

achievements

Engaging Others

Connect with and inspire people; to build a highly motivated and engaged workforce.

Showing care and respect for others

Valuing diversity Backing others to

succeed

Resilient Show composure, grit, and a sense of perspective when the going gets tough; to help others maintain optimism and focus.

Being optimistic Demonstrating

composure Being open to failure

and learning from it

Leadership competencies for all people leaders

BEST leadership competencies How you bring your BEST

Leading strategically

Think, plan, and act strategically; to engage others in the vision, and position teams, organisations, and sectors to meet customer and future needs.

Looking up, out and across

Connecting with the bigger picture

Meeting future customer needs

Developing talent

Coach and develop diverse talent; to build the people capability required to deliver outcomes.

Coaching and mentoring others

Helping others grow from mistakes

Enabling others to be better everyday

Leadership competencies for your role

BEST leadership competencies How you bring your BEST

Leading with influence

Lead and communicate in a clear, persuasive, and impactful way; to convince others to embrace change and take action.

Influencing up, down and across

Sharing skills and knowledge

Being an champion of change

Leading at the Political Interface

Bridge the interface between Government and the Public Sector; to engage political representatives and shape and implement the Government’s policy priorities.

Influencing across the sector

Championing LINZ’s expertise

Being passionate about NZ’s success

Enhancing system performance

Work collectively across boundaries; to deliver sustainable and long-term improvements to system and customer outcomes.

Collaborating across the system

Being adaptable, agile and dynamic

Sharing our skills and what we know

Band ANZSCO code HR / Financial Delegation

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