We’re on the lookout for a Senior Project Manager with deep expertise in end-to-end ERP delivery to join a high-profile programme during its critical investigation phase. It’s a great opportunity to be involved at the strategic outset of a transformative journey that will redefine the way our client operates.

Working alongside an established, high-performing programme team, you’ll play a pivotal role in assessing business needs, refining the ERP implementation strategy, and laying the foundation for successful execution. Your insights will directly influence the direction and structure of this large-scale initiative-an ideal role for someone who thrives in complex, high-impact environments.

What you’ll be doing:

• Leading ERP project planning and delivery during the investigative and design phases of a major enterprise transformation.
• Partnering with stakeholders to align business goals, identify process improvements, and define solution requirements.
• Creating clarity and structure in a dynamic environment, ensuring timelines, resources, and risks are expertly managed.
• Championing a collaborative, delivery-focused culture across cross-functional teams and senior leaders.

What you bring:

• Experience delivering multiple end-to-end ERP implementations, ideally starting from scratch.
• Demonstrated success in enterprise-scale transformation programmes-you understand what it takes to drive change at this level.
• Exceptional communication and influencing skills, with the ability to engage and inspire stakeholders at all levels.
• A sharp, analytical mind with a natural talent for problem-solving, planning, and prioritisation.
• A proactive, adaptable approach-comfortable with ambiguity and confident in making decisions as you help shape the path ahead.
• ERP expertise across major platforms such as SAP, Oracle, or Microsoft Dynamics is highly desirable.

If you’re looking for a career-defining challenge where your experience will be valued and your leadership will make a tangible difference, we want to hear from you.

Senior Software Engineer – Permanent Job Opportunity

• Auckland CBD
• Hybrid (3 days WFH)
• Cloud-Native | C#/.NET | Azure | Microservices

We are working with a leading Auckland central based tech client who are seeking a Senior Software Engineer with strong .Net, backend and cloud-native development experience.

For this position, you’ll be joining a high-performing, collaborative and purpose-driven team focused on building scalable, event-driven systems that support personalised messaging for global users. The team is working on a major POS re-engineering project, with plenty of greenfield development ahead.

Tech Stack & Must-Haves

• Minimum 5+ years’ experience in backend/integration roles using C#/.NET
• Solid cloud-native development experience
• Strong Azure experience
• Experience with microservices and non-relational databases
• Familiar with CI/CD, TDD, event-driven architecture, Git, Docker and Cosmos DB
• Experience working for customers and on SaaS products
• Proven ability to mentor junior engineers and drive technical improvements

The Culture
The client is known for its no-blame, ego-free culture. They prioritise:

• Collaboration over control – success is shared, not siloed
• Cross-functional teamwork – teams eat together, think together, and build together
• Remote-friendly working – with anchor days for connection and co-creation
• Family-friendly flexibility – and a people-first approach to work-life balance

Perks You’ll Love

• Paid wellness days + your birthday off
• Annual training budget for upskilling
• WFH setup allowance
• Health, life, and income protection insurance

What next?
Don’t delay! Hit “apply” today!

Please note, only applicants who are currently based in New Zealand with valid NZ working rights will be considered.

📍 Māngere, Auckland

🕒 On-site | Mon-Fri, 7am-4pm

💼 Permanent | Competitive Salary + up to $3K monthly commission & 18k Car Allowance

Lead from the front in a growth-focused branch transformation 🚀

Talent’s client is expanding their direct operations across New Zealand, starting with Auckland. We’re looking for a driven and hands-on leader to step into a Branch Manager (or Senior Sales & Ops Lead) role with a clear sales Branch Manager / Senior Sales & Operations Lead – Surveillance Solutions mandate and the potential to scale into a regional leadership position.

About the Role

The Auckland branch has transitioned from an agency model to a full corporate operation. You’ll take charge of a small but critical team to rebuild market presence and customer base in the construction sector. The immediate focus is Auckland, but the scope could grow to include oversight of Bay of Plenty and Wellington as other agency branches are internalised.

You’ll report directly to the GM based in Australia and work closely with national leadership across sales and ops.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Win back clients and expand the construction customer base
• Drive B2B sales and strategic engagement across major development and civil projects 🏗️
• Lead a small, hands-on team with accountability for performance, safety, and delivery
• Own OH&S responsibilities (including monthly compliance sign-offs)
• Liaise with other NZ agents and support operations across the North Island
• Deliver against clear KPIs: unit utilisation, sales growth, and client retention

What They’re Looking for in Sales Acumen

• Sold to construction, infrastructure, or civil customers
• Knows how to win back clients and drive repeat business
• Has existing relationships or networks in the Auckland construction scene
• Proactively generate leads, reconnect with former clients, and bring in new business
• Understands how the rental cycle works (e.g. 8-9 month surveillance unit hire periods)
• Can identify and engage with the right decision-makers (project/site managers, not just front-line workers)
• Brings practical commercial instincts-can make strong but sensible offers
• Uses on-the-ground insights to guide where the business should focus next

We’re Also Looking For

• Experience in rental sales, B2B services, or surveillance tech
• Comfortable in a hands-on leadership role
• Familiarity with health & safety and structured reporting
• Exposure to multi-site or distributed operations (ideal for regional growth)

What’s in It for You

• Permanent opportunity with strong growth trajectory 🌱
• Salary $120-150k base + up to $3K/month performance bonus
• Car allowance ($18,000/year)
• Laptop, mobile phone, iPad and PPE provided 💻📱
• Training trip to Sydney for onboarding
• High-trust culture with collaborative support across ANZ
• Autonomy and career progression toward a North Island leadership role

Working Hours & Location

• Fully on-site at the Māngere branch
• 7am-4pm, Monday to Friday
• Some domestic travel may be required

Important to Note

• Must have full NZ working rights (citizenship, residency or valid work visa)
• Sponsorship is not available for this role

Ready to lead with purpose and rebuild a high-performing sales-led operation?

Apply now and let’s kōrero.

Help shape one of the most ambitious AI transformations in Aotearoa. Our client is building an AI-enabled workforce and they need a seasoned AI engineer to drive the frameworks, tooling, and foundations that power intelligent agents across the business.

📍 Auckland or Fully Remote (NZ-based only) | 6-Month Contract

🌟 Why This Role Matters

This isn’t just about building models, it’s about enabling others to build safely, efficiently, and at scale. You’ll join the Agentic Platforms team as a hands-on generalist who can think strategically, code practically, and communicate clearly with stakeholders from engineers to executives.

🎯 What You’ll Be Doing

• Architecting and evolving AI frameworks and design patterns
• Enabling secure, accurate, and scalable AI agent deployments
• Developing best practice guidelines for internal teams adopting GenAI
• Supporting integrations with SharePoint, Confluence, ServiceNow, and Snowflake
• Collaborating with technical and non-technical stakeholders to translate complex needs into simple AI-powered solutions
• Driving knowledge sharing and standardisation across teams

✅ Must-Have Skills

• Strong hands-on experience with Generative AI development (LLMs, RAG)
• Proven history of building and maintaining AI/ML systems in production
• Confidence designing AI guidelines, frameworks, and patterns others can adopt
• Experience working across large organisations with varied stakeholder groups
• Fluency in Python and solid grounding in AI agent principles
• Familiar with integrating AI into enterprise systems and knowledge stores
• Comfortable with ambiguity, able to take initiative and guide best practice

🌈 Culture & Team Fit

You’ll work alongside passionate AI engineers in a lean, supportive squad. This role is replacing some of the hands-on bandwidth of the AI Engineering Lead, so autonomy, maturity, and strong decision-making are essential. You won’t just build-you’ll enable others to build better.

🔧 Tech Environment

• Python, GenAI, RAG, LLMs
• SharePoint, ServiceNow, Snowflake, Confluence
• Microsoft Copilot Studio, OpenAI, AWS Bedrock/Sagemaker
• Internal agent frameworks & orchestration tools

🏠 Flexibility & Contract Details

• 6-month contract with likely extension
• Fully remote if based outside Auckland

Like what you see? Let’s have a kōrero.

Help shape the future of AI for Talents client. This contract role sits within the Agentic Platforms team, where you’ll be working hands-on with Agentforce-Salesforce’s new low-code AI platform-helping build and deploy intelligent agents at scale.

This is a rare chance to work on a cutting-edge internal initiative backed by a major enterprise. You’ll be part of a high-trust squad defining frameworks, solving real business problems, and bringing autonomous AI into everyday operations.

📍 Auckland or Remote (anywhere in NZ)

🖥 Remote-first; Aucklanders ideally onsite 1-2 days/week

🎯 What You’ll Be Doing

• Build and refine reusable AI agent compnts on Agentforce (Salesforce).
• Design data and knowledge integrations across platforms.
• Develop testing, monitoring, and governance frameworks for AI deployments.
• Contribute to FinOps practices through cost tracking and optimisation.
• Lead enablement sessions and produce clear documentation to upskill others.

🔑 What You’ll Need

✅ Salesforce development or architecture experience (Agentforce experience = huge bonus)

✅ Strong grasp of how AI agents work-prompting, orchestration, tools

✅ Solid programming skills (ideally Python) and experience with AI/ML engineering

✅ Ability to think critically about cost, performance, and secure deployment

✅ Able to work independently but collaborate with a wider team

✅ Not afraid to use tools like ChatGPT to prototype and learn fast

You don’t need 5 years of Agentforce experience-nobody does. But you must understand how AI agents function and be ready to dive deep.

🤝 Culture & Fit

The team is pragmatic, fast-moving, and supportive. You’ll be working alongside smart engineers and chapter leads who are shaping AI standards as they go. You’ll need to be self-sufficient but not solo-support is there when needed.

Keen to be part of something truly innovative? Apply now or get in touch for a kōrero.

Join our clients bold AI journey as part of their flagship “Agentic Platforms” team. This role is pivotal to delivering live, production-grade AI agents that automate network ticket triage-cutting resolution time and unlocking major efficiency gains. The groundwork is laid, the proof of concept is done-it’s time to build fast.

📍 Auckland or Remote (NZ-based)

🖥️ Flexible – Fully remote, or 1-2 days onsite if Auckland-based

⏰6 month contract (likely extension)

Why this role matters:

This isn’t an R&D role-it’s about delivering working systems at speed. You’ll be the go-to AWS specialist responsible for building the production-grade cloud platform these agents will run on. Think: secure, scalable, and lightning-fast execution.

What you’ll be doing:

• Build and deploy the AWS-based platform to host agentic AI systems
• Lead infrastructure design and provisioning (using IaC from the get-go)
• Collaborate with engineers, solution designers, and product teams
• Integrate platform with our clients internal network tools
• Monitor platform performance, ensure security, and drive production readiness

Must-have skills (non-negotiable):

• Deep, hands-on AWS engineering experience
• Strong with IaC-Terraform or AWS CDK
• Proven ability to build secure, scalable infrastructure
• Comfort with AWS services: EC2, S3, VPC, IAM, Lambda, API Gateway
• Solid understanding of AI/ML services like SageMaker or Bedrock
• Commercial experience building or supporting AI systems preferred

You’ll thrive if you:

• Have real-world experience building agent-based or AI-powered systems
• Are delivery-focused and pragmatic
• Enjoy moving fast, building quickly, and making impact
• Can write clean, scalable code and solve problems autonomously
• Collaborate well but don’t wait for permission to start

Keen to be part of something truly innovative? Apply now or get in touch for a kōrero.

A fantastic role for a legal professional PQE3yrs+ to embrace and work in the fascinating world of media classification!

At Classification Office – Te Mana Whakaatu we prevent exposure to harmful content while upholding the right to freedom of expression and empowering New Zealanders to make informed choices about what they, and their rangatahi and tamariki, watch.

As our Senior Advisor – Legal you’ll provide legal advice and support across the organisation, and support the Chief Censor and Deputy Chief Censor to carry out statutory functions.

About the Role

You’ll be our first port of call for all things legal.

While based in the Corporate Services team your work straddles the organisation, providing advice and guidance on corporate/organisational matters as well as managing legal queries and advice within the classification arena.

This could include a broad array of work such as supporting the Deputy Chief Censor on the application of law in a classification scenario, an initial opinion on an enforcement agency enquiry, risk and compliance, or procurement of services and development of contracts.

You’ll engage with a wide range of external stakeholders including external legal teams, enforcement and government agencies, entertainment agencies, suppliers and the public.

With fascinating subject matter in an evolving landscape of how people engage with media, your sound and pragmatic legal advice plays a key role organisationally, and supports the work of the Chief Censor and Deputy Chief Censor.

About You

In addition to having a law degree and a current New Zealand practising certificate (or the ability to get one without delay), our ideal candidate will have:

• at least three years’ legal experience post professional qualifications
• experience writing high quality legal advice, documents and reports
• excellent communication skills with an articulate, succinct tendency
• a high level awareness of diverse media and the impacts of technology
• the ability to switch between differing pieces of work with ease, and
• a good degree of time management and commitment to deadlines.

While ideally your legal experience is via central government, we’re also interested in seeing applications from those in the social or community sectors or media and entertainment sectors. Key for this role is your ability to provide sound legal advice across a range of areas, and a desire to embrace the depth and breadth of the role.

Some of the material we classify can be personally challenging and while you won’t be exposed to all of it, you will need a strong level of personal resilience.

About Us

Classification Office – Te Mana Whakaatu is an independent Crown entity responsible for classifying material such as films, TV shows, streaming content, magazines, games, computer files, and images.

Our work helps maintain the important balance between freedom of expression and protection from harm. We work with streaming services providers, traditional entertainment media and law enforcement agencies on the ‘darker side’ to help reduce the impact of publications that promote such things as child exploitation, terrorism, sexual violence and real-life violence.

We actively engage with and inform the public, providing research services, disseminating information, public presentations, and enquiry response.

We offer a fantastic team culture and we’re a team known for our professionalism, integrity and impartiality in delivering robust public services. As a team we operate an open, honest, quiz loving, co-operative environment with respect for individual diversity.

The role is based in our central Wellington office on the Terrace.

To Apply

If this sounds like the opportunity for you, click the link and apply now! In addition to attaching your CV we’d love to see an impressive cover letter outlining why this is the job for you.

For further information about this role and a detailed job description, please contact Jacaleen Williams on 021 732 996 or Nicci McQueen on 027 297 8075 at Talent International.

Please don’t delay – apply now! We will review applications as they are received.

Opportunity knocks…

• We are recruiting 3x Senior BA opportunities for a Workday implementation project. These are 6 month contract opportunities.
• You will be joining this organisation during an exciting time of transformation, whilst they are in the early stages of the project.

Why you’re special…

• You are a contract Business Analyst that has specifically worked on either Payroll systems, HRIS implementations or complex system integration projects ideally that have utilised Mulesoft.
• You have worked in complex environments.
• You have Agile project experience (ideally Scaled).
• Communication is one of your key strengths with the ability to navigate a large environment going through a digital transformation.

What’s in it for you?

• Work for a great brand in market
• 6 month contract initially
• We payroll fortnightly
• Critical project with high impact and multi-year

Please apply now to register interest.

Please note we are only able to consider those candidates with valid work rights residing in New Zealand. This is not a remote role so being based in Auckland with the ability to attend the office is important.

If you’re passionate about digital capability uplift and making a real impact through education and training, this role will give you both purpose and plenty of room to grow.

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What you will be doing

• Targeting a range of enterprise level organisations across Auckland
• Partnering with stakeholders (IT Managers, Head of IT, CIO etc.) to understand their training needs and align solutions

• Proactively identifying growth opportunities within accounts and cross-selling services
• Preparing account plans, reporting on KPIs, and ensuring high levels of satisfaction and retention
• Representing the business at industry events and client workshops

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Who you are

• An experienced Account Manager or Client Relationship Manager, with a keen interest in all thing’s tech
• You understand the NZ tech landscape and are passionate about helping businesses upskill
• Commercially minded, with the ability to spot opportunities and deliver value
• Strong communicator who’s confident engaging with senior stakeholders
• A team player who’s organised, self-motivated, and thrives in a fast-moving environment

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You’ll be joining a team that’s deeply committed to supporting digital growth across New Zealand. Expect a values-driven culture, flexible working, and a commission structure that rewards your efforts.
If you are keen to learn more, please apply with an updated profile.

Are you a Policy and Strategy leader ready to take the next steps in your leadership journey and contribute to our region?

We’re looking for a Policy and Strategy Manager to lead our organisational environmental and community policy work, and play a key role in external policy direction discussions.

The role

You’ll lead a talented team working across policy, rural, climate change and iwi and hapu engagement. You’ll guide and manage our policy monitoring, evaluation, reporting and development in line with our broader strategic direction and relevant plans, as well as leading policy and rural advice, and driving policy in consultation with iwi and hapu.

You’ll provide leadership and guidance to a skilled team navigating a complex landscape. You’ll ensure there’s collaboration and integration of science and evidence based analysis into the team’s work, and be the voice of sound policy advice to Council, the Executive, and colleagues.

This is a permanent role, based in Palmerston North.

About you

You’ll be a seasoned policy and strategy specialist, with experience leading and mentoring a team of professionals.

While your policy experience might be from local or central government, or from the consulting field, you’ll be astute to strategic opportunities and the intricacies of government instruments and how they impact our work, our resulting response, and implementation.

You’ll have:

• proven people leadership experience
• deep policy experience and a strong understanding of legislation pertaining to local government
• a sound understanding of te ao Māori and a commitment to partnership
• excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with a collaborative spirit
• a tertiary qualification in policy or planning.

Ideally, you’ll bring experience from the local government sector but we’re keen to hear from policy and strategy professionals outside of this too. Given our work encompasses legislative change you’ll be able to compassionately lead and navigate through ambiguity and complexities. You’ll be a trusted advisor, a compassionate leader, and have a mindset that takes others on the journey too.

As this is a level three management role you’ll be committed to a high level of service delivery and professionalism, and the associated people and management responsibilities.

About Us

The Horizons region extends over 22,200km² – from Ruapehu in the north and Horowhenua in the south, to Whanganui in the west and Tararua in the east. Our purpose is to work with and for our community in the use and protection of our environment, managing our precious resources of land, air and water; as well as public transport and a key role in emergency management. At Horizons Regional Council we work to make our region a healthy environment where people are thriving, including our staff.

Based in Palmerston North we’re a family friendly organisation, and our people enjoy a balanced work/home lifestyle, with the great outdoors on the doorstep.

Our benefits include:

• ongoing professional development and opportunities across the organisation
• a positive focus on employee health and wellness initiatives including a wellness day
• a day off on your birthday
• life insurance
• family friendly work environment
• supportive and social work environment.

Horizons is an equal opportunity employer committed to ensuring we have a diverse and inclusive workplace to be reflective of the diversity of the region.

For more information about this fabulous opportunity or a detailed job description, please contact Jacaleen Williams at Talent International on 021 732 996 or Nicci McQueen on 027 297 8075.

Applications close on Sunday 22 June 2025 and may be reviewed as received. Please note you must have the right to live and work in New Zealand to be considered for this role.

Are you an experienced Senior Programme Manager ready to deliver large-scale projects that shape a city’s future? This is your opportunity to lead some of Lower Hutt’s most transformational infrastructure initiatives-from the iconic Te Wai Takamori o Te Awa Kairangi / RiverLink Programme to City Link Bridge, major Streetscape Improvements, and the Infrastructure Acceleration Fund.

We’re looking for a strategic and collaborative leader to oversee the planning, coordination, and successful delivery of these high-impact programmes. You’ll work closely with a team of skilled Project Managers to ensure projects are seamlessly integrated, risks are managed, resources are well-allocated, and outcomes are aligned with strategic goals.

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What You’ll Be Doing

• Leading a portfolio of high-profile infrastructure projects
• Overseeing end-to-end programme delivery across multiple workstreams
• Engaging and managing stakeholders, from local authorities to community groups
• Navigating change, resolving disruptions, and ensuring clear reporting to governance bodies
• Driving continuous improvement and innovation in programme delivery

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What We’re Looking For

• 5+ years’ experience managing complex programmes
• A recognised programme/project management certification (e.g. MSP, MoP, PMP, Prince2, Agile)
• Strong leadership and stakeholder engagement skills
• Solid background in financial and contract management
• A forward-thinking, proactive approach with a passion for infrastructure that delivers real community outcomes

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Why Join Us?
You’ll be part of a passionate team making a lasting difference to the future of Lower Hutt. We offer a flexible working environment, an attractive benefits package, and the chance to work on projects that truly matter to the community.

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Applications close Friday, 27 June.
Only applicants with the right to work in New Zealand will be considered.
For a confidential conversation, contact Nicci McQueen at
? Nicci.McQueen@talentinternational.com
? 027 297 8075
Ready to make your mark? Apply now with your CV and cover letter.

Programme Manager – Transform the Future of Lower Hutt

• 2-Year Fixed Term Contract

• Lead City-Shaping Infrastructure Projects

• Competitive Benefits & Flexible Working Options

• Based in Lower Hutt

Are you an experienced Senior Programme Manager ready to deliver a project that shapes a city’s future? This is your opportunity to lead some of Lower Hutt’s most transformational infrastructure initiatives-from the iconic Te Wai Takamori o Te Awa Kairangi / RiverLink Programme to City Link Bridge, major Streetscape Improvements, and the Infrastructure Acceleration Fund.
We’re looking for a strategic and collaborative leader to oversee the planning, coordination, and successful delivery of these high-impact programmes. You’ll work closely with a team of skilled Project Managers to ensure projects are seamlessly integrated, risks are managed, resources are well-allocated, and outcomes are aligned with strategic goals.

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What You’ll Be Doing

• Leading a portfolio of high-profile infrastructure projects
• Overseeing end-to-end programme delivery across multiple workstreams
• Engaging and managing stakeholders, from local authorities to community groups
• Navigating change, resolving disruptions, and ensuring clear reporting to governance bodies
• Driving continuous improvement and innovation in programme delivery

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What We’re Looking For

• 5+ years’ experience managing complex or large-scale programmes
• A recognised programme/project management certification (e.g. MSP, MoP, PMP, Prince2, Agile)
• Strong leadership and stakeholder engagement skills
• Solid background in financial and contract management
• A forward-thinking, proactive approach with a passion for infrastructure that delivers real community outcomes

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Why Join Us?
You’ll be part of a passionate team making a lasting difference to the future of Lower Hutt. We offer a flexible working environment, an attractive benefits package, and the chance to work on projects that truly matter to the community.

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Applications close Friday, 20th June.
Only applicants with the right to work in New Zealand will be considered.
For a confidential conversation, contact Nicci McQueen at
Nicci.McQueen@talentinternational.com
027 297 8075
Ready to make your mark? Apply now with your CV and cover letter.

We’re looking for a Policy & Advocacy specialist to support the delivery of the advocacy and policy strategy for our client. This is contract role where you’ll be supporting the delivery of the advocacy and policy strategy around New Zealand

You will be working with an awesome charity advocating for Men’s mental health.

This is a 6 month contract that offers flexible working arrangements within NZ.

About the Role

You’ll be an expert in Policy and Advocacy support having worked for both Government and a Corporate or Not for profit environment. You’ll be able to speak to all levels of stakeholders from Government Officials to your internal team.

• Operationalising our client’s advocacy and policy strategy through targeted initiatives and stakeholder engagement
• Contributing to the development of a strategy for partnerships with government and officials, researchers, clinical stakeholders, corporates and NGOs
• Coordinating events and engagements with healthcare professionals and health organisations to promote their policy positions
• Draft and support the development of submissions, policy briefs, and briefing materials for government agencies and inquiries
• Working with the internal media and engagement teams to align public campaigns with advocacy priorities
• Collaborating with internal research and data teams to identify research needs and support evaluation of advocacy impact
• Manage relevant contracting and procurement processes as required.

About You

We’re seeking someone with a proven track record in policy, advocacy or public affairs environments. You’ll also:

• Be able to produce well thought out, high quality written outputs (briefs, submissions, policy memos)
• Have excellent stakeholder engagement and relationship management abilities
• Be capable of working independently and manage multiple priorities well
• Have an understanding of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and its application in a health and policy setting
• Have political nous and an excellent understanding of the political landscape.
• Experience from the NGO sector, men’s or community health, would be a bonus.

If this sounds like the perfect opportunity for you then apply now, we would love to hear from you!