- Full Time
- Application Closes 18 Sep 2025
- Manawatu - Palmerston North
- General and Operations Manager
Are you looking for a challenging, rewarding and diverse position? The Faculty of Health and Humanities, UCOL, has an opportunity for a full-time permanent Operations Manager. This is a varied, challenging and rewarding role. The role is fast-paced and ever-changing meaning enthusiasm, flexibility and a sense of humour are necessary. Bring your exceptional people and time management skills and come and work with us.
The successful candidate will have:
- Excellent communication skills
- A positive and solutions focused outlook
- Attention to detail and time management skills
- A flexible nature to thrive in a changing environment
- Strong analytical skills and an eye for detail
- Ability to multi task and keep focused
- Leadership skills
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Performance and financial management skills
- Advanced computer skills
The successful candidate will be comfortable working in a team environment, with a reasonable degree of autonomy, and appreciate that confidentiality and loyalty is of extreme importance. If you have a strong focus on customer service with an ability to develop positive relationships, demonstrated skills and experience with various software systems and have an impeccable eye for detail; then this is the ideal opportunity for you. Day to day you will be supporting the Executive Dean, and providing support to the Academic Portfolio Managers. Based in Palmerston North, situated in the CBD, your forms of customer interactions are phone, email and face to face. Your ability to effectively and efficiently manage your workload in a varied and fluid environment will enable excellent service delivery and support of work across the Faculty on all Campuses. Our UCOL whanau is spread from Wairarapa, Manawatū, Horowhenua and Whanganui.
UCOL Te Pūkenga is a government-funded Institute of Technology, with campuses in Manawatu, Whanganui, Wairarapa. It meets the needs of local communities and industry by providing tertiary level training to over 6,000 students each year through a wide range of programmes from entry level certificates and foundation courses to diplomas, degrees and opportunities in post graduate study.
At UCOL we embrace diversity, talent and performance, and provide our staff with an extensive range of opportunities to develop intellectually, professionally and personally.
Applicants for this position should have NZ residency or a valid NZ work visa.