Senior Advisor - Accessibility | Kaitohutohu Matua - Wāteatanga
Statistics NZ
Te tūnga | The role
This is a fixed-term opportunity through to April 2027, covering a secondment. The role can be based in Wellington, Auckland, or Christchurch.
As Kaitohutohu Matua - Wāteatanga | Senior Advisor - Accessibility at Tatauranga Aotearoa | Stats NZ, you’ll play a pivotal role in supporting accessibility for disabled people across Aotearoa New Zealander. Working within the Specialist Data Capability Team, you’ll collaborate closely with Accessibility Advisors, engagement specialists, and survey delivery teams, with support from the Unit Manager - Specialist Data Capability.
You’ll build strong, trusted relationships across the organisation, partnering with groups such as the Accessibility Working Group and the Diversity & Inclusion Working Group. Your influence will span major initiatives including the Census, the Household Disability Survey, and Census statistical releases - helping embed accessibility from design through to delivery.
This is a role with real impact. You’ll lead accessibility requirements for Census engagement, support inclusive survey outputs, and help lift organisational capability so Stats NZ’s services and data products are accessible, inclusive, and meaningful for disabled people and their whānau across Aotearoa.
Nōu te rourou | What you bring
We understand transferable skills can come from experience gained outside of work. We encourage you to be you in your application.
You will bring:
- Experience working with accessibility tools or technology, or a demonstrated understanding of barriers faced by disabled people.
- Proven relationship management experience, with a strong collaborative approach.
- Experience delivering accessible solutions that address barriers to participation and support equitable outcomes for tāngata whaikaha Māori, disabled people, and their whānau.
- An understanding of intersectionality and how overlapping identities, experiences, and barriers can shape access, participation, and outcomes for disabled people, including tāngata whaikaha Māori, Pacific disabled people, disabled women, rainbow disabled people, and other communities
- Experience and confidence in leading presentations and meaningful discussions with a range of audiences.
- An understanding of data collection processes, statistical information needs, and data quality.
- Experience working through ambiguous or complex issues within a large organisation.
- Highly developed conceptual and analytical skills, with the ability to clearly articulate advice, insights, and priorities to key stakeholders.
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 open to 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.
Ngā hua ka riro ki a koe | What’s in it for you?
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!
Starting salary: $96,307 - $130,298 + KiwiSaver
Other benefits of joining Stats NZ include:
- Develop and grow your career through coaching, training, study support, secondments
- Contribute to meaningful work that makes a difference for people across Aotearoa
- 3 extra annual leave days (taken during Christmas office closure)
- State of the art, 6-star green building in Wellington
- Flu Vaccines, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), eye tests and corporate rates for a range of services and products.
Ko mātou | About Us
Tatauranga Aotearoa | Stats NZ is a central government employer of 1400+ 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.
Me pēhea te tuku tono | How to apply
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.
We will be screening applications as we receive them to move swiftly to interview. 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 or Lana.Brown@stats.govt.nz (Unit Manager - Specialist Data Capability) if you have any questions.
You must have a valid work permit or visa 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.
