Emerging Professionals Programme (Feb 2025)

• Opportunities across multiple locations
• Add to your kete of knowledge by receiving training from some of the best
• Permanent opportunity with the ability to design your career journey

Te Whiwhinga mahi | The opportunity 

Our Emerging Professionals Programme will bring some of the country’s top emerging talent together with the best people from across Waka Kotahi. Through the work that you do, you’ll get the chance to improve and enhance the transport network and systems across Aotearoa. On offer is a unique opportunity for you to go places you never expected within our organisation to help deliver our customer promise – great journeys to keep New Zealand moving.

We’re currently hiring into the programme across the following streams: Engineering, Planning, Digital, Data & Analytics, Policy, Communications & Marketing and Human Resources.

You can expect:

• A rotational programme designed by you, to meet your career aspirations
• Opportunities to contribute to meaningful work that makes a real difference to New Zealand
• Manaakitanga – Support and Care | Whanaungatanga - Collaboration | Kotahitanga – Unity
• Ongoing learning and development opportunities that will set you up for the future
• To understand how Waka Kotahi embraces our partnership with Māori, and how this relates to the work you do
• To gain an understanding of a complex public-sector organisation and our industry
• To grow your network – including mentoring and buddy opportunities and partnerships

Ko koe tēnei | About you 

To be successful in this role, you will bring:

• Strong personal and cultural values that drive your performance and commitment
• The desire to collaborate and engage with a broad range of people
• A desire to learn and explore the new and gain skills and knowledge
• Natural curiosity around how things are done and how to make things better
• A pro-active approach
• You will demonstrate knowledge of, or a willingness to gain an understanding of Te Ao Māori and promote tikanga and Te Reo Māori. You will also have knowledge of, or a willingness to gain an appreciation of te Tiriti o Waitangi (the Treaty of Waitangi) as it applies in the public sector

Ko wai mātou | About us 

At Waka Kotahi NZ, Transport Agency, it all starts with our people. The organisation's performance and success depend on the people who choose to make this a great place to work and make a difference for Aotearoa. Waka Kotahi has a strong future focus, understanding that new technologies and changing customer expectations mean the transport system we know today will not be the one we deliver in ten years' time.

Waka Kotahi offers a range of incredible benefits for our employees, including flexible working, insurance benefits, e-bike subsidies and a host of others - which can you can check out here on our websites.

To be considered for this position you must have a legal right to live and work in New Zealand. Waka Kotahi requires that new employees are fully vaccinated (except for those who we accept have a genuine medical reason preventing vaccination).

Waka Kotahi is an equal opportunity employer (EOE). At the Agency we recognise the importance of diversity and inclusion and are committed to providing a working environment that embraces these values. Please let us know if you need any support or have any access requirements that will help you through the recruitment process.