We provide pathways into the procurement profession, promote and uphold best practices, and facilitate learning. We support procurement practitioners in developing their knowledge, skills, and mindsets to deliver government procurement that benefits New Zealand.
At any given time, we have many different workforce and capability priorities. These currently include:
We also have a number of other items that come up throughout the year, responding to the needs of the procurement system, and any significant changes.
The Workforce and Capability team’s work programme is reviewed annually, so that we can identify our priorities for the upcoming year. If you have any questions, you can email us.
Hīkina is New Zealand Government Procurement’s e-learning platform. We offer training modules and workshops to help improve your understanding and practice of:
Hīkina also has recordings of Knowledge Hours, a series of presentations on current and notable topics in procurement.
You can access Hīkina by logging in with your RealMe account and then entering your New Zealand government email address. Your personal details are not stored.
Our procurement graduate programme is designed to develop tomorrow's procurement leaders. It is the only one of its kind in the public sector. If you’re looking for an opportunity to enter the world of procurement, this graduate pathway is a great place to start.
We run regular Knowledge Hours, both online and in-person. Knowledge Hours are presentations and conversations about procurement, covering projects we are working on, compelling case studies and more.
Knowledge Hours take place roughly every two months. If you are a procurement professional working in New Zealand government, contact us to be added to our 'Events' list to receive invites.
We’ve designed two sets of frameworks, assessment tools and learning pathway guides for people who carry out procurement in the New Zealand public sector.
Anyone doing general government procurement can use the ‘Government procurement practitioners competency framework’ tools and resources.
People who work in Social Services government procurement specifically can use the Social Services Procurement competency framework tools and resources.
Individuals can use these tools to identify which skills to develop as they work towards the next role in their procurement careers.
People leaders can use them to identify skills gaps and opportunities for their team to upskill.