Kaitātari Kaupapa Here Principal Data Analyst

2 weeks ago

Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand New Zealand Government Full time
Fixed Term/Secondment - 2 years

  • High profile work programme
  • Supportive team environment
  • Flexible working to support your worklife balance
Mō tēnei tūrangi mahi | About this role

We are looking for a Principal Data Analyst to join our Joint Evidence Data and Insights Group/Te Hunga Mārama o Te Taiao.

This is your chance to play a leadership role as we reform Aotearoa's environmental monitoring and reporting system (EMRS), to strengthen the environmental evidence base needed to make decisions and ensure effective stewardship of the environment.

You will lead work to weave together data and knowledge systems, identify and fill critical gaps in science, research, and data, and to bridge across a number of reform programmes.

A key focus of your role will be connecting with partners to plan and deliver this foundational work programme for our EMRS.

You will work closely with teams within the Ministry, but will have a strong outward facing focus too, particularly with iwi/Māori, central government agencies, local government and Crown Research Institutes.

You will have the ability to present complex information and data to a diverse range of stakeholders, including Ministers, in ways that can be easily understood.

A key part of this role will be providing leadership and guidance to the team; sharing your expertise to build capability and strengthen the quality of our policy advice.

Ngā pūkenga me ngā wheako | Skills and experience

We are looking for people with experience leading complex strategic data and data system projects who can plan and deliver quality work in a fast-paced environment.


You will also bring:

- strategic leadership and intellectual capability
- the ability to actively lead multiple and/or complex pieces of work concurrently, and independently plan and manage workload
- technical knowledge in data systems, data standards and data stewardship and the interaction of these systems to support regulatory policy
- applies advanced system, strategic and critical thinking, clear and logical reasoning and sound judgement to analyse evidence and issues
- a collaborative operating style
- intellectually sharp, capable, and agile you will lead, influence and manoeuvre through complex political situations effectively
- ability to lead engagement with delivery agencies, stakeholders and government agencies to ensure the advice provided is practical and effective
- proactive collaboration with clients/users to develop a strategic view of medium and long term needs and analyses issues in a strategic and system context
- proactiveness to the role in developing a strategic view of information needs, and research and evaluation agendas in the medium-term to long-term in a strategic and system context
- political savvy in terms of tact, discretion and diplomacy
- coaching and mentoring experience
- commitment to developing your cultural capability and capacity in te ao Māori.

Mō mātou | About the Joint Evidence, Data & Insights Group

To maintain a flourishing environment, we need to understand how our environment is changing, how our activities drive this change and how we can manage our impact.

The Joint Evidence, Data and Insights Group are the stewards of New Zealand's environmental monitoring and reporting system, enabling decisions that support a flourishing environment.

We're working to improve what we monitor, how we monitor it, and how we communicate environmental information that is used for decision making.

We reflect Te Tiriti o Waitangi by bringing our Treaty Partners, Te Ao Māori and Matauranga into all that we do.

Whānuitanga Utu ā-Tau | Salary range
Salary range for this role is $159,491 to $194,044 pa. Appointment within this range will be based on skills and experience.
Ngā hua ka puta i te mahi ki MfE | Benefits of working at MfE
- a flexible by default approach to create a healthy work-life blend
- agile ways of working, allowing you variety and challenges across the organisation as we work as 'One MfE'
- generous leave entitlements
- active employee networks including Māori Rōpū, Asian Network, Neurodivergent and Disability Networks, Women's Network, Tagata Moana (Pacific Peoples' Network), and Rainbow Network
- opportunities for development and education.


Check out other benefits of joining us and hear what our people say about Working at MfE | Ministry for the Environment.

Mō mātou | About us
The Ministry's purpose is He taiao tōnui mō ngā reanga katoa - a flourishing environment for every generation.
A key priority for the Ministry is building Te Ao Māori capability. This means we work with our Treaty partners to advance Māori priorities for the environment and for environmental success.

We will be confident and coordinated in our ongoing engagement with Māori and lead the natural resources system in engaging for success with tangata whenua.

We will grow our capability and capacity to accurately reflect Māori views in our work. We accurately reflec

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