Senior Design Analyst | Kaitātari Hoahoa Matua
Statistics NZ
- Use your passion for data to improve the lives of people in Aotearoa
- Bring your creativity, innovation, and ideas to work
- Develop and grow your career (coaching, training, study support, secondments)
- Based in Auckland, Wellington or Christchurch offices
About Us | Ko mātou
Stats NZ | Tatauranga Aotearoa is a Central Government employer of 1200+ people across Aotearoa. We provide data and statistics to support the decisions of Government, Māori and Iwi organisations, businesses, NGOs, and New Zealanders. Our work is About Aotearoa, for Aotearoa - data that improves lives today and for generations to come. We welcome every gender, ethnicity, ability, religion, age, and background and encourage all our people to be their authentic selves.
What's in it for you? | Ngā hua ka riro ki a koe
We encourage you to go to our careers site to learn more about the Way We Work at Stats NZ and also check out our benefits. We want working for us… to work for you!!
Salary: $ 96,307 to $ 113,303 + superannuation
Other benefits of joining Stats NZ include:
- Balance life and work commitments
- Develop and grow your career (coaching, training, study support, secondments)
- Contribute to meaningful work that makes a difference to all people in Aotearoa
- 3 extra annual leave days (taken during Christmas office closure)
- City based offices that cater to a variety of working styles and needs, including the state-of-the-art, 6-star green building in Wellington.
The roles | Te tūnga
As a Senior Design Analyst, you'll be responsible for researching, designing, and implementing a range of innovative statistical, data and analytical solutions to support and inform all stages of the data and statistics lifecycle across Stats NZ. The roles provide support in the form of expert guidance and advice to a wide range of teams and individuals across Stats NZ and the wider data ecosystem. In addition, the senior roles within each design area will have a key role in supporting, mentoring, and enabling other analysts within the team with their work and with their ongoing development.
We are recruiting for one permanent Senior Design Analyst, in the Household Financial Statistics Unit. Stats NZ is also recruiting for similar roles in other Units, including fixed-term positions.
About the Household Financial Statistics Unit
The Household Financial Statistics Unit produces statistics about household income, expenditure, wealth, and poverty in Aotearoa New Zealand using a range of administrative and survey-based data sources. A key output for this team is high quality data and statistics about child poverty to meet the requirements of the Child Poverty Reduction Act 2018.
The Senior Design Analyst role would suit someone who can bring:
- Experience and interest in social and environment, population and housing, macroeconomic, or working with administrative data.
- A bachelor's degree in a relevant field (computer science, statistics, etc.) that has a significant data component or equivalent experience.
- Strong experience in technical leadership, e.g. in decision making, problem solving, or leading a technical project or piece of work.
- Curiosity, and passion for innovation and application of conceptual and creative thinking skills to trouble-shoot and to develop or improve statistical designs, systems and processes.
- Experience and strong capability performing data analysis using statistical applications (particularly R, but also others such as Python, SAS or equivalent).
- Great team-working skills, personal resilience and the confidence to create strong working relationships.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills that can explain complex concepts in plain English.
- Demonstrated customer centricity.
- Leading and develop technical capability, coaching and supporting others.
- Experience with relevant quantitative and qualitative research on a range of diverse and complex research questions.
- Knowledge or commitment to developing understanding of Te Tiriti, Tikanga, Te Reo, Te Ao Māori
- Demonstrated advocacy for, or support of, diversity and inclusion.
What you bring | Nōu te rourou
We understand transferable skills can come from experience gained from outside of work. We encourage you to be you in your application.
We are committed to diversity, equity, inclusion and lifting our cultural capability. You don't need to be knowledgeable in all these areas already, but you do need to be on board with learning and have a genuine interest and willingness to grow on this journey with us.
Tell us about yourself in your cover letter, what attracted you to this role, and what you would bring to Stats NZ.
How to apply | Me pēhea te tuku tono
If this sounds like you, click on the Apply now button to be redirected to the application page on our careers site. The position description is located on the right-hand side of the page.
If you have a preference for a office location, please include this in your application.
We will be screening applications as we receive them to move swiftly to interview. The job may be closed before the advertised closing date depending on application numbers.
You may be asked to complete a pre-interview screen via phone or video. Please let us know in your application if we need to make any specific accommodations during our process.
Please reach out to recruitment@stats.govt.nz if you have any questions.
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You must have the right to live and work in Aotearoa New Zealand. Background and various pre-employment checks are part of our recruitment process.
Note to Recruitment Agencies: unsolicited CVs will not be accepted.
