Principal Analyst

2 weeks ago

Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand Ministry of Education NZ Full time
Full time, permanent
- key role delivering forecasting that informs policy, practice and bargaining

  • He mea _
    _tārai __e mātou te _
    _mātauranga__ kia_
    _ rangatira__ ai, kia _
    _mana taurite__ ai ōna _
    _huanga_
  • We work to _
    _shape__ an _
    _education__ system that delivers _
    _equitable__ and _
    _excellent outcomes_


Our organisation is made up of talented and committed people around Aotearoa, from a wide range of backgrounds and cultures.

While we work in different groups and on different things, we all strive every day to make the biggest difference we can for our ākonga in our education system.

Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga recognises the partnership founded under Te Tiriti o Waitangi between Māori and the Crown.

We are committed to having Te Tiriti o Waitangi at the forefront of our work for and with Māori students, their whānau, hapū and iwi.


Mō tēnei tūranga | About this role
The Principal will lead on significant complex analysis in areas such as pay equity, teacher supply and collective bargaining. The Analyst will build analytical models that allow efficient and accurate investigation, negotiation, and implementation of bargaining agreements.

They will also extract and interrogate data to help provide insights on topics such as career trajectories of the schooling workforce or the future demand and supply of teachers.

Principal analysts will also mentor and provide technical guidance to junior staff.

  • Please note there is further information in the attached Job Description_._

We also offer:

  • Flexible working arrangements where everyone feels valued & supported
  • The ability to purchase extra days leave
  • A range of employee network groups
  • An inclusive environment that encourages your personal cultural competency journey
  • Development and learning, including mentorship programmes and internal secondments
  • Wellness initiatives to support your overall health and wellbeing

Mōhou ake | About you


As a strong strategic leader and thinker, you will bring your successful and significant modelling experience and principles to achieve and drive outcomes.

You will be collaborative in nature, engaging and effective in your leadership, and drive success for outcomes from a values-based perspective.


You will also have:

  • A tertiary qualification in an area that involves data manipulation and analysis, such as economics, mathematics, engineering, or science.
  • Significant coding experience (SAS, R and SQL preferred).
  • The ability to communicate complex concepts and evidence to a variety of audiences, both in writing and verbally.
  • An affinity for working collaboratively with internal customers and other stakeholders to determine needs, obtain information, develop approaches, and communicate results.
  • A proven track record in the delivery of complex analysis.
  • An acute eye for detail, taking pride in the accuracy of your work and offering robust and constructive peer review to colleagues and sound mentoring skills.
  • Experience delivering operational leadership within a complex environment.


You will also have knowledge of, or a willingness to gain an appreciation of te Tiriti o Waitangi (the Treaty of Waitangi) as it applies in the public sector.


Mātau rōpū ake | About our ministry, group, and team


At Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga, we work to provide services and support nationally, regionally and locally to the education sector, and in some cases, directly to ākonga and whanau.

To better deliver on this, we are undergoing an organisational design change. The transition phase to improve the way we deliver our purpose will be complete in 2023.


Te Pae Aronui was established within Te Mahau to provide the education sector with support and services that are more locally responsive, more accessible, and integrated.

It is the place where everything Te Tāhuhu does for ākonga can come together.

We gather insights, regulate, have service design and delivery functions, understand ākonga, whānau, communities and businesses - and use that to shape and influence the direction of education in Aotearoa New Zealand.


As part of Te Mahau, we work with whānau, hāpu, iwi, early learning services and schools / kura, to support ākonga and kaiako to create interactions in the magic space where learning happens.


We have a critical role to support a proactive and future-focused Te Tāhuhu that delivers on equity and excellence for all ākonga.

By 2025, we aspire to transform Te Pae Aronui so that:

people are thriving, connections are strong, the system is sound and we are producing equitable outcomes for ākonga and whānau.

Data and Insights provides high quality evidence to inform policy and practice.

We do this to influence the policies, actions and decisions that help shape the education system and drive excellent and equitable outcomes.

We pride ourselves in providing data and analysis that makes information relevant, understandable, and useful for paren

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