Programme Manager, Eastern Porirua Cadets – Porirua City Council – Porirua

Overview

Want to help develop the next generation of environmental leaders from Eastern Porirua?

Great leadership opportunity

Enjoy a role making a visible difference in your community

Competitive salary with flexible working options available

Porirua City is a great place to live, work and raise a family, with significant growth and opportunities.

We're upgrading our infrastructure, connecting our city and managing how we grow.

We're developing and creating a resilient, liveable city for our future generations and need skilled people like you to help make it all happen.

All about the job

This is your opportunity to make a real difference.

We partner with Kainga Ora to deliver a vital programme of work revegetating Eastern Porirua, through a team of Cadets.

You'll be at the forefront of restoring key sites like Bothamley Park and Cannons Creek, with over a 100,000 native plants.

You'll do this while supporting rangatahi (young people) from Eastern Porirua into meaningful career pathways in the environmental sector, who all contribute to making our community even more beautiful and vibrant.

You will be responsible for :

Leading and managing staff to deliver the key activities within the programme of work

Overseeing all daily operations within the Cadetship Programme

Creating, implementing and maintaining work plans, cycles and schedules

Planning and delivering against the budget

Measuring and reporting on progress against objectives and budgets.

Note this is a fixed-term role, until mid December 2026.

All about you

We're looking for a motivated and driven manager to lead the Eastern Porirua Cadetship Programme — a unique initiative combining environmental restoration, youth development, and community impact.

You'll need to show us that you :

Have great people leadership skills and can create a high performing team environment

have a qualification in horticulture or similar, and recent experience in this field

will foster meaningful and positive working relationships internally and externally

have excellent organisational skills along with the ability to establish priorities and meet deadlines

have an understanding of Health and Safety legislation.

What you need to do now

Come and join our hardworking Parks team and be part of our welcoming and engaging environment.

Please contact Julian Emeny on for more information.

Porirua City Council is committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion.

We actively encourage applications from all backgrounds.

If you have any support or access requirements during our recruitment process, please let us know when you apply, and we'll do our best to get you sorted.

You will need to apply via our careers centre : .

To find out more about working for Porirua City, watch the video.

Applications close on Wednesday 17 September 2025.

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