Strategic Business Partner

Acting as a trusted sounding board, the role will provide candid, strategic and commercially grounded guidance on talent, organisational structure, and workplace culture to ensure sustainable high performance. Further, the role will identify talent across the portfolios and surface succession risks early to protect leadership continuity.SBPs must work closely with senior People & Assurance leaders — including the Manager People Services, Manager Culture & Capability, and Manager People Operations & Intelligence, to deliver integrated, aligned and end-to-end people outcomes across the People and Assurance function.**Ngā pūmanawatanga ōu - What you will bring** You are a senior strategic partner practitioner who thrives on working alongside senior leaders in complex environments. You bring strong judgement, a clear understanding of organisational strategy, a proactive forward-looking approach to shaping outcomes.You are a credible senior operator with distinct executive presence, known for your ability to influence, respectfully challenge and advise at the highest levels.

You build trust quickly and provide candid, well-informed guidance that lifts leadership performance and strengthens organisational outcomes.**Here’s what you will bring to the role:** • Proven track record of strategic business partnering at the executive level within large, complex organisations including influencing enterprise strategy and structural change outcomes • Extensive experience in senior-level people partnering roles, preferred experience in people leadership • Skilled in executive coaching and lifting leadership performance • Solid understanding of NZ employment frameworks, industrial and employment relations risk and public-sector accountability with the ability to work in alignment with People Services on complex employment matters • Highly developed ability to anticipate, translate and influence outcomes from emerging opportunities and risk • Experience ensuring leaders maintain fair, lawful, and consistent people practices aligned to organisational frameworks and policy expectations • Experience providing constructive, respectful challenge and strategic guidance in high-pressure situations • Strong business and commercial acumen, ability to navigate complexity and understand and communicate organisational trade-offs and impacts. Understanding of how organisational value is created through strategy execution, change, capability, workforce planning and people insights functions • Tertiary qualification in HR, business or a related field, or equivalent proven strategic partnering experience.**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 https://careers.kaingaora.govt.nz/a-great-place-to-work/benefitsAs 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.**Mō mātou - Our Organisation** 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.**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**Tūhono mai - Join us** To view the position description and apply for this role, please follow the online process via http://careers.kaingaora.govt.nz.

Please note: all applicants, including existing employees, need to follow this process. If you have any questions about this role, please contact [email protected].**Applications close on Wednesday 8th July at 11:55pm.**We value diversity and are committed to working with each other and our customers in an inclusive and respectful way. We welcome applicants from all walks of life and appreciate the richness of experience that your point of difference brings to the organisation.

If you don’t tick all the boxes in this listing but think that you could be a great fit based on your unique background and skillset, we would welcome an application from you. Don’t hesitate, as we may review applications as they are received and reserve the right to close advertising early.## Ngā taipitopito tūranga mahi | Job details| | || --- | --- || Employer: | Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities || Location: | Wellington || Position type: | Ongoing - Full Time || Category: | Human resources, recruitment & training || Date listed: | 24-Jun-2026 || Salary range: | N/A || Closing date: | 08-Jul-2026 || Reference: | 79459-1 || Attachment: | || File links: | Strategic Business Partner People and Assurance PD June 2026.pdf || Website: | http://www.hnzc.co.nz/hnzc/web/home.htm |\n#J-18808-Ljbffr