Delivery Enablement Lead - Screening - NPHS

• Provide portfolio-level leadership and oversight across national Screening programmes
• Strengthen governance, planning, reporting and delivery practices to support confident decision-making
• Influence across complex programmes, digital delivery, investment and stakeholder environments

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is the country's largest employer, delivering universal public healthcare to 5 million New Zealanders. We provide essential hospital, specialist, and community health services across 80+ locations from large urban centres to rural towns and remote communities. Our goal is to improve health outcomes for all New Zealanders by delivering equitable, accessible and innovative care. 

About the Role

As Delivery Enablement Lead, you will provide functional and thought leadership for delivery enablement across the Screening portfolio. You will strengthen the standards, governance, insights and ways of working that enable programmes and workstreams to deliver effectively, consistently and sustainably.

Working across Screening and with key partners, you will provide portfolio-level visibility of priorities, investment, resources, risks, dependencies and delivery performance. You will support senior leaders with clear, evidence-based advice, strengthen planning and governance, and help maintain a clear connection between strategy, delivery activity, benefits and outcomes.

About the Service

The National Public Health Service (NPHS) within Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora works towards Pae Ora (healthy futures) for all by engaging with the wider determinants that impact people's health, focusing on oranga/wellbeing, prevention, protection, and population-level intervention. We are connected across boundaries to deliver public health services that are nationally planned, regionally delivered and locally tailored.

About you

You will be an experienced delivery, portfolio or programme professional who can bring structure, insight and sound judgement to a complex environment. You will be comfortable working across organisational boundaries, influencing senior stakeholders without direct authority and turning complex delivery, financial and risk information into clear, practical advice.

You will bring:

• Significant experience in portfolio-level planning, governance, reporting, risk management, investment advice or delivery oversight within a complex organisation.
• Experience developing or improving delivery frameworks, governance models, reporting and assurance practices.
• Strong analytical capability, with the ability to interpret delivery, financial, resource, risk and performance information.
• Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and delivery teams, build trusted relationships and work collaboratively across functions.
• Experience working across technology, commercial or procurement environments, ideally within health, the public sector or large-scale transformation.

Working for Health New Zealand

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is dedicated to ensuring excellent healthcare for the people of New Zealand. We embrace a workforce that is diverse and inclusive so that we are better positioned to understand and service our community. We welcome applications from our diverse Māori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow communities.  

How to Apply

To apply please click “apply now”. All applications must be submitted through our online careers' portal by Monday, 23 November 2026.  If you have any questions about the role, please contact Maria Bennett via maria.bennett1@tewhatuora.govt.nz