• Permanent, Full time
• Auckland based (preferred location, but will consider Wellington/Christchurch)

Mō mātou | About Us

As New Zealand's national statistics office, Tatauranga Aotearoa Stats NZ is uniquely positioned to support the decisions that the Government, Māori and Iwi organisations, businesses, NGO's and New Zealanders make every day. Our structure, culture and systems are designed with collaboration and customers in mind - mobilised and working together to realise our ambition: About Aotearoa, for Aotearoa - data that improves lives today and for generations to come.

Mō te tūnga | The role

The role is based in our Auckland office, with opportunity to work remotely or in any of our other national offices in Wellington and Christchurch, under our Collection Operations Umbrella.

As a Senior Analyst in our Performance and Insights team you will be informing the collection of business and household surveys across all New Zealand. Successful candidates will be responsible for business intelligence reporting at all levels, supporting our Data Collection Managers and Senior Leadership Team, as well as our General Manager and Executive Leadership Team.

You will also play a key role in the leadership of the team by mentoring the junior analysts, leading work streams and projects, and advising the technical trajectory of the team.

Our team has a continuous improvement focus ensuring our work is relevant and valuable, we use modern products to integrate our reporting across the business; including Power BI, MS SQL, Power Automate, and Salesforce.

Your key responsibilities would include:  

• Developing and coaching Junior Analysts.
• Internal stakeholder management.
• Developing advanced BI reporting.
• Developing automated and sustainable reporting.
• Continuous improvement projects.

Starting salary:  $ 83,747 - $ 89,659 negotiable based on experience.

Mōu | About you

We are looking for a candidate with strong analytical and communication skills and strong experience in BI analytics. We are looking for you to show most of the following:

• A passion for leadership through coaching and mentoring.
• Ability to work independently using SQL queries and Power BI.
• Ability to identify and lead BI initiatives through your knowledge of technology.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Ability to interact across all levels within the organisation.
• Quick to learn and understand new concepts.
• Enjoys working with business leaders aiming to streamline business processes.
• Knowledge/familiarity with or a commitment to learn/understand Te Ao Maori, including ensuring opportunities at Stats NZ reach the Maori community.
• A university degree or equivalent experience in an analytical field (e.g., statistics, economics, sciences) would be an advantage.

You'll be joining an inclusive environment where people, regardless of gender, race, disability, religion or background are supported to be able to do their best work. This includes:

• Flexible by default, balance life and work commitments
• Opportunity to develop and grow your career (coaching culture, study support, secondments, acting up)
• Exciting and meaningful work that makes a difference to Aotearoa
• 3 departmental leave days (usually taken over Christmas office closure)
• Health and wellbeing support
• City based offices that cater to a variety of working styles and needs

Me pÄ“hea te tuku tono | How to apply

If the above matches your skills and experience, don't delay, click apply now.

Any questions that haven't been answered in this advert or the position description or if you have difficulty with your application, please email jobs@stats.govt.nz.

We will be screening applications as we receive them in order to move swiftly to interview shortly after the advert closes on Tuesday 5th April 2022. You may be asked to complete pre-interview screen.

Check out our careers site to find out more about Tatauranga Aotearoa Stats NZ.

Note to Recruitment Agencies: Unsolicited CVs will not be accepted, see our careers site for our process.

You must have the right to live and work in Aotearoa New Zealand and a current Covid Vaccine pass to apply for this job.