Join an organisation contributing to meaningful outcomes through data. At Stats NZ we're About Aotearoa, for Aotearoa - data that improves lives today and for generations to come. Bring your extensive policy and mentoring skills and experienceContribute to meaningful work focused on the data system in Aotearoa New ZealandWellington based roleThe role | Te tunga This is an exceptional opportunity for a truly experienced policy professional to be part of a team of policy experts focused on shaping New Zealand's data future.
Reporting to the Policy Director within the Office of the Chief Executive, the policy team looks across the data and statistics system to identify opportunities and potential areas for improvement. This includes work in the areas of:
supporting social investment through integrated datastrategic, long-term planning for the future of macroeconomics statisticscreating the authorising environment for greater use of administrative dataadapting to the digital era and meeting evolving customer needsfostering trust and confidence in how data is used and protected.Best suited to a seasoned policy professional, to be successful in this role you'll need strong coaching and leadership skills, experience in leading high-profile pieces of work and influencing and respectfully challenging senior leaders. You'll enjoy being busy and working across a variety of policy mahi.
What's in it for you? | Nga hua ka riro ki a koe The Policy team at Stats NZ is a small, hard-working and fun group of professionals who maintain a customer-centric philosophy. Here you'll find:
diverse strategic and tactical policy work supporting senior leaderssupportive management and a hardworking teamcomfortable, modern offices in central Wellingtonvaried and important work for Stats NZ and Aotearoa's data futurea broad range of employee-led social and community groups.To be successful in this role you'll need to be able to hit the ground running, with the agility to work across a range of complex subjects. You'll need:
a thorough understanding of public policy and the machinery of governmenta proven track record in leading complex policy deliverablesa minimum of five years experience in policy analysis and developmentstrong planning and organisational skills and an analytic mindfantastic mentoring and coaching skillsto be adept at identifying critical issues quickly and providing pragmatic solutionsthe ability to effectively analyse information, provide context, and shape it into actionable policy insightsexpertise in crafting high-quality written reports with a strong emphasis on accuracy, ensuring that your reports meet the highest standards.We understand transferable skills can come from experience gained from outside of work. We encourage you to be you in your application.
Tatauranga Aotearoa - Stats NZ is a Central Government employer of around 1200 people across Aotearoa. We provide data and statistics to support the decisions of Government, Maori 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.
How to apply | Me pehea 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. Applications close at 12pm, Friday 15th November.
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.
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.
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