Kaitātari Hoahoa

Kaitātari Hoahoa - Kaimātai Pūtaiao Raraunga | Design Analyst - Data Scientist
Seeking applicants with a passion for data and a problem solving mindset.
- Showcase your programming skills and innovative nature
- Work in our brand new 6 star green building, or work flexibly
- Meaningful work contributing to the measurement of child poverty

Mōu | For you
Tatauranga Aotearoa Stats NZ are dedicated to diversity, equity, inclusion, health and wellbeing. We welcome every gender, ethnicity, ability, religion, age and background and encourage people to be their authentic selves.

**Starting salary**: $80,571- $94,084 negotiable + superannuation
- Flexible by default, 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), see careers site for other benefits and networks
- City based offices that cater to a variety of working styles and needs

Te tūnga | The role
In this role your focus will be on building and modernising the processes and workflows that transform raw unstructured data collected from our household surveys into an analytical datasets for use by other analysts in the unit. You'll build strong relationships with the rest of the Wealth & Poverty Statistics unit, as well as the Work & Wellbeing unit. Your team includes other analysts with a data science specialty who are responsible for building and updating the system.
The day-to-day business of an Economic (Design) Analyst varies between different teams but includes some of the following tasks:

- Designing methods or standards to for specific statistical outputs
- Leading technical projects that improve current processes or methodology
- Using problem solving skills to troubleshoot technical issues with statistical production systems
- Driving the continuous improvement of statistical processes used to deliver regular outputs
- Interacting with both internal and external stakeholders to communicate technical information
- Providing technical coaching and advice

Nōu te rourou | What you bring
We encourage and consider transferable skills and experience gained from outside of work e.g., cultural, community work, sports, volunteering, or a comparable role in a different sector or industry.
We want to hear about any of the following in your cover letter and CV any information relating to:

- About your knowledge and experience, or willingness to learn about Te Tiriti, Tikanga, Te Reo and Te Ao Māori.
- How you've demonstrated, encouraged or supported diversity and inclusion in or outside of work.
- Examples of key relationships you've built and how and why relationships are important.
- Where you've demonstrated leadership, e.g., led by example, demonstrated problem solving, owned a project or piece of work, spoken up for yourself or others.
- Where you've shown curiosity and tried new things, taken on other perspectives, challenged the norm, learned and applied or shared your learnings.
- Bachelor's degree in relevant field (computer science, statistics, information management etc.) and that has a significant data component, or equivalent work experience.
- Experience using R or Python.
- Preferably experience with version control systems such as Git or SVN.
- Preferably experience with Stats NZ EPIC systems, including Pentaho.
- Background knowledge Stats NZ's survey support infrastructure is highly desirable.
- Evidence of ability to work as part of a collaborative team and development environment.

Ko mātou | About Us
Tatauranga Aotearoa - Stats NZ is a Central Government employer of around 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.
Me pēhea te tuku tono | How to apply

We encourage you to go to our careers site to learn more about working at Tatauranga Aotearoa Stats NZ.
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.