Quality Assurance Design Team Leader

• Excellent opportunity lead a team of high performers
• Bring your Strong design & Leadership skills to the team
• $137,436, plus 5 weeks holiday and many more fantasic benefits

Mō mātou - Our Organisation

Kāinga Ora has a COVID-19 Vaccination policy that requires employees to be fully vaccinated; you will be required to provide your vaccination pass during the recruitment process.

At Kāinga Ora, ours is the important responsibility of transforming New Zealand's housing choices, outcomes and the entire housing sector by creating homes and communities that allow New Zealanders to thrive.

What is exciting about working for Kāinga Ora is getting the chance to make a real and positive impact on New Zealanders' lives.

With skills, planning and purposeful action, our people are creating the homes and neighbourhoods that will build the future of Aotearoa.

We are passionate about transforming New Zealand for the better. That includes being a trusted partner for Māori and iwi, protecting and enabling their rights, interests and aspirations under the guidance of Te Tiriti o Waitangi.

The Construction and Innovation Group supports Kāinga Ora to grow its public and supported housing portfolio through the design and development of high quality homes that meet the needs of the community now and in the future, and by driving innovation across the construction sector.

Ko tā mātou mahi - Our Role

The Quality Assurance Design Team help achieve design quality on public housing projects through the provision of design advise, design management advise and the implementation of design quality assurance processes.

As well as undertaking this work themselves, the Quality Assurance Design Team Leader leads a team of Assessors and enables them to work as an effective team to achieve design quality outcomes.

Ngā pūmanawatanga ōu - What you will bring

• Demonstrated experience and capability to lead teams effectively including mentorship, embedding a strong culture and leading performance and quality.
• A tertiary qualification in design and / or construction with a Master's Degree in Architecture and registration as an architect in NZ or overseas being an advantage.
• A long-term (10-15 years minimum) experience in the design or delivery of complex buildings with interdisciplinary teams and multiple stakeholders.

Experience and subject matter knowledge in the residential sector will be beneficial.

• A demonstrated expertise in an area of design such as concept design, construction systems or documentation standards.
• Experience leading and facilitating design quality review systems, processes, and providing team leadership, in a multi-faceted and demanding environment.
• Demonstrated analytical and communication skills, specifically on the auditing and reporting of design quality, quality assurance and risk related processes.
• Excellent interpersonal and relationship management skills
• Empathy and understanding of social housing is desirable including knowledge of issues, priorities and concerns facing key customer and community groups.
• Understanding of partnership obligations under the Treaty of Waitangi

Nōu te rourou - What's in it for you?

We offer competitive salaries, five weeks' annual leave and a benefits package including a range of insurances, flexible working arrangements and career development.

These benefits are described in more detail here .

As a Kāinga Ora - Homes and Communities employee, we want to make sure that you have all the tools and support you need.

We want to ensure you are healthy and have work-life balance. We also want to support and grow your personal and career development through on-the-job learning, training courses, secondments and study opportunities.

Ō Tātou Uara - Our Values

Our values were developed by us, for us. They unite us as an organisation and guide how we work every day. Our values are :

• Manaakitanga - People at the Heart
• Mahi Tahi - Better Together
• Whanake - Be Bold