Manager - Data Science

1 week ago


Upper Hutt, New Zealand New Zealand Government Full time

New Zealand Police is working with the community to make New Zealanders be safe and feel safe. With over 13,000 staff, we provide policing services 24 hours a day, every day. We operate by land, sea and air, manage over 860,000 emergency calls a year and are always actively preventing crime and crashes.

We’re working towards specific goals and targets that highlight our intent to work collaboratively with iwi and communities, other government sectors and business partners to deliver ‘Our Business’ and achieve long-term change.

Manager - Data Science, it starts with you
- Based on Police National Headquarters, Wellington
- Salary starting from $149,260
- Police Employee
- Permanent, full time
- Nationally Advertised Vacancy
- JR 4088402

About the role
The Evidence-Based Policing Service Centre sits within Insights and Deployment Group; the purpose of the Evidence-Based Policing (EBP) Centre is to embed an evidence-based approach into all operations of Police. By using information, crime-science and problem-solving methods we ensure that proven approaches and tactics guide our work, are seen in the results, and provide confidence that what we do works. EBP is a critical function to support the organisation in realising its opportunity to be the best Police service and deliver on Our Business.

Working closely with the Director, EBPC and Chief Data Scientist, the Manager - Data Science provides advice and support for the analysis and use of data both across the EBP programme of performance, research and evaluation, and across the organisation and wider criminal justice and research sectors.

This position will work collaboratively and seamlessly with other managers and teams across the EBP Centre, and other partners, to provide a multi-disciplinary and integrated approach to the delivery of high quality and innovative work.

**Key Accountabilities**:

- Direct data science teams to identify, scope, and execute projects by collaborating with other business stakeholders.
- Develop and manage strategic relationships and partnerships, and establish appropriate cadence, to engage with business groups, partners and stakeholders.
- Develop and implement delivery plans in conjunction with other managers including agreed project phases, objectives, deliverables, constraints and principle working activities.
- Lead and ensure the delivery of expert information and advice on specialised areas for the Police Executive, Directors, managers, and other senior staff.
- Provide leadership to other Data Science staff, in particular coaching and mentoring to help, guide or develop employees.

What you’ll bring
Being part of the Police whānau is about being our best to ensure our communities are safe and feel safe. Our Core Competencies provide a shared understanding of the behaviours, leadership and technical competence required for success at each level of Police. Whilst we are looking for skills, knowledge and experience relevant to the role, we also place high importance on your state of mind, the alignment of your values with ours, your ability to contribute to and build high performing teams, and the way that you lead yourself or others.

**Key skills include**:

- A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Operations Research, Mathematics, Physics, Computer Science, Engineering, or in a related field, or equivalent experience.
- Proven industry experience in at least one of the following: SAS, Azure Power BI, AWS, Qlik.
- Knowledge and experience in leading the full data management lifecycle end to end.
- Demonstrated high standard of delivery in conjunction with key stakeholders, senior leadership teams, governance groups and sector partners.
- Leadership experience, including coaching and mentoring of staff and developing policies, frameworks and resources in order to build a strengthened team culture.
- Have experience leading and facilitating engagement with diverse stakeholders and being able to interpret their needs into a strategic brief
- Be resilient, empathetic, knowledgeable and supportive of the wider EBP team.

This role is set at Individual Contributor level, this means your key purpose is “to deliver or enable others to deliver Our Business”.

We will ask you questions based on “How we will deliver Our Business - Core Competencies” and the appropriate role level, i.e. Individual Contributor. For more information on Our Core Competencies, please copy and paste this URL:
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About us
Our mission is to prevent crime and harm through exceptional policing. Our vision is to be the safest country. Our purpose is to ensure everybody can be safe and feel safe.

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