Impact the success of our largest ever technology investment
Build relationships and work in a collaborative and supportive environment.
Hybrid role in Lower Hutt with WFH days.
We’re looking for a Portfolio Analyst to join our Technology Systems Investment (TSI) Programme, a major, greenfields transformation introducing multiple new technology platforms for our regions water provider.
This is a fixed term position until July 2026 with remuneration between $93,445 and $131,922 including KiwiSaver, appointment remuneration is dependent on experience.
The Opportunity
This is not a standard PMO role. You’ll be embedded in a large, complex programme spanning 8 delivery streams, working at the centre of governance, financial performance, and delivery insight, you will ensure robust project practice can be achieved programme wide.
Day to day you will:
· Deliver clear, high-quality reporting and insights that give leaders visibility of programme health, risks, and performance.
· Support end-to-end programme financial management, including budgeting, forecasting, and tracking spend across multiple workstreams.
· Provide analysis and reporting on financial outcomes, highlighting variances, trends, and emerging cost pressures to support informed decision-making.
· Partner closely with Finance to ensure financial reporting is accurate, timely, and aligned with organisational processes.
· Coordinate governance processes, ensuring forums run effectively and decisions and actions are tracked and progressed.
· Maintain oversight of risks, issues, and dependencies, helping ensure they are actively managed and escalated where needed.
· Contribute to programme assurance activities, including health checks and performance monitoring.
· Help shape and embed programme management practices, tools, and standards across multiple workstreams.
· Build strong relationships across Digital, Finance, and delivery teams to ensure alignment and transparency across the programme.
About you
To be successful in this role you will bring at least 4 years’ experience working in ICT project or product delivery roles and:
Have a good understanding of delivery or project methodologies (ideally with Agile or Prince2 certification).
Great collaboration and relationship management skills, with the ability to coordinate and lead activity.
Broad expertise across a wide range of practice methods for digital products and service programmes.
Excellent planning with expertise in financial analysis, financial reporting and forecasting outcomes.
Great communication and collaborative competency to incorporate analysis practices within technology programmes.
Proficient reporting capabilities with good written and verbal communication.
Benefits
At Wellington Water, our purpose extends beyond delivering great water services for the region; we foster a thriving community, support a diverse workforce, and offer supportive development opportunities. We genuinely care about your safety and wellbeing.
Our benefits include:
Flexible working arrangements including up to 2 days working from home.
Comprehensive wellbeing programme, including one paid wellbeing day annually.
Formal and informal professional development opportunities.
For a full list of our employee benefits click here.
About us
Wellington Water is the professional water services provider across Greater Wellington and South Wairarapa. Our job is to provide safe and healthy drinking water, collect and treat wastewater, and ensure the stormwater network is well managed. We’re a multi-council owned entity, tasked to manage the infrastructure and deliver water services to our communities.
The value of water (a precious taonga) sits at our organisational heart. Our people are passionate about providing waters services for our communities and environment which is reflective in our values; Tangata Tiaki, Whānau and Mana.
Applications close: 9th April 2026
How to apply
To view a copy of the position description: click here
To apply for the role, click on the ‘apply’ button or visit the Wellington Water Careers site, please note if you are a Wellington Water employee please apply using your work email.
For further information, email: JoinUs@wellingtonwater.co.nz
Applicants must be legally entitled to work long-term in New Zealand.
Our water, our future.
Wellington Water is a Council Controlled Organisation (CCO) that manages the water infrastructure assets on behalf of Wellington, Hutt, Upper Hutt and Porirua city councils, South Wairarapa District Council, and Greater Wellington Regional Council, from source to sea. This includes all three waters - water supply, stormwater and wastewater.
We supply water, plan, investigate, design, project manage and maintain pipes, reservoirs and pump stations in the region. We are passionate about water conservation, efficiency and providing the best level of service for ratepayers in the Wellington region.
Want to work with us?
People work at Wellington Water because they want to make a difference. If you want to help deliver great outcomes to the community and influence the health, environment and wellbeing of the region, then our fast-paced company wants to hear from you!
We’re always on the lookout for great engineers, planners, operators and business folk with a passion and interest in the environment and the water industry.
In our fun, family friendly and flexible working environment, you will thrive if you value collaboration, hard work and delivering results.
If this sounds like you, then register your interest in working for us today at https://careers.wellingtonwater.co.nz/ and hear what’s it’s like to work at Wellington Water from the people who work here.
