Capability Enablement Lead

Mai te hiku ki te taurapa, whitikina e te ra

From the tail of the fish to the tail of the waka, shines the sun

Thiswhakataukispeaks to our journey across Aotearoa, one waka, one purpose, powered by the natural forces that sustain us. Meridian is Aotearoa's largest renewable electricity producer, generating energy from the winds ofTawhirimatea, the waters of Tangaroa, and the warmth of Tama-nui-te-ra.

Together, our two brands,MeridianandPowershopretail electricity to more than 400,000 homes, businesses and farms across New Zealand.Nowthat'sapretty impressivecombo!

Mo te turanga | About the role

Meridian are looking for a Capability Enablement Lead for a 12 month fixed Term contract based in our Christchurch office, to help lift workforce capability across our customer facing teams in Retail, but supporting existing frameworks and standards that underpin effective learning.

This role isn't about delivering training, but building, supporting and embedding the structures and processes already in place, so our people can sustainably own and evolve its capability over time.

Au mahi | What you'll be doing

• Scope capability needs and support the development of existing learning frameworks and standards across our customer facing teams
• Establish consistent approaches to how capability is defined, built, and assessed, ensuring alignment to business needs and risk requirements
• Partner with Senior Leaders, Team Leads, and subject matter experts to ensure learning priorities focus on role-critical skills and compliance
• Enable and guide others to design and deliver high-quality learning aligned to agreed frameworks
• Introduce checks and balances that provide assurance learning is effective, consistent, and reduces risk in customer interactions
• Strengthen capability across customer facing teams and leaders to design, deliver and own learning over time.

Nga pukenga kei a koe mo tenei turanga | What you'll bring

• You'll have proven experience in learning and capability, with a strong understanding of how to design frameworks, standards, and approaches that lift performance at scale

• You'll have deep knowledge of adult learning principles and how they apply to real-world, operational environments
• You'll have a background working in complex organisations, with the ability to influence across multiple levels and bring alignment to competing priorities
• You'll be a great relationship builder - able to help lift people up and bring people together without doing the 'do' for them.
• You'll have skills in co-ordination, coaching, lifting capability and training - and possibly a little bit of corralling!

Nga painga ki a matou | What we can offer

We value work/life balance, so our flexible work options (where possible) make things easier for you and your whanau. We also offer:

• An attractive and competitive salary package plus discounts from several partnerships.
• Southern Cross Healthcare - Wellbeing one insurance, funded scheme for eligible employees to give you that extra peace of mind
• Enhanced leave provisions: three company paid days (over the holiday period), enhanced parental leave and options to buy up to 12 days additional leave
• Life, trauma and income protection insurance (which we hope you won't need!)
• Enhanced KiwiSaver contributions
• Excellent learning and development opportunities, we want you to be the best version of yourself and will help you get there!
• Award winning wellbeing programme that provides support whenever and wherever you need it
• Employee discounts off your power with Meridian, every bit counts

He aha koe i hono mai ai ki a matou? | Why join us?

We're a great place to work with plenty of opportunities and career development for those that want it. We value and live by three 'How to Be's': 'be gutsy', working together by 'being in the waka' and doing the right thing by 'being a good human'.

We embrace diversity and inclusion and ensure that everyone feels like they belong, are welcomed, feel valued, and feel comfortable to bring their whole selves to work. We want all our people to be the best that they can be, so we make sure that there's room for everyone to be exactly who they are, and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and experiences, including individuals with disabilities, diverse health needs, and those who identify as neurodiverse, because we believe our differences make us stronger. We believe that fun is good for you, and we make sure that our office vibe reflects that. We support each other and celebrate our successes.

Sustainability sits firmly in our DNA - both socially and environmentally - and we're doing what we can to help Aotearoa reduce their carbon emissions and we're helping support others in our generation communities to do the same.

Tono mai inaianei tonu | Apply now

All in all, we're a genuinely great place to work, with meaningful work, supportive teams, and a clear purpose. If this role sounds like a fit and you're keen to make a real impact on New Zealand's energy future, apply today and tell us what you'll bring to the role.

If you've got any questions, please email [email protected]. We're committed to becoming more accessible and providing support if needed. Please get in touch if there are parts of our process you would like assistance with (process found here: meridianenergy.co.nz/careers).

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Location: Christchurch

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