2 X Senior Manager

2 weeks ago

Wellington City, New Zealand Statistics New Zealand Full time

Join an organisation contributing to meaningful outcomes, About Aotearoa, for Aotearoa - data that improves lives today and for generations to come.
- Bring your extensive experience in policy leadership and team development
- Lead and grow a policy team working on system-level challenges in Aotearoa's data landscape
- Contribute to meaningful work in a fast-paced, evolving environment
- Wellington-based role.

**The role |**Te tūnga**

This is a unique opportunity for two experienced policy leaders to join our policy team to shape New Zealand's data future while building and developing a policy team in a complex, fast-paced environment.

Reporting to the General Manager - Policy within the Office of the Chief Executive, you will lead a team of 6-8 policy professionals. You'll work alongside another Senior Manager - Policy and the Chief Policy Advisor, with responsibilities divided across core focus areas, including:

- Creating the authorising environment for greater use of administrative data
- Driving policy work on the future direction of census, and social investment through integrated data
- Strategic, long-term planning for macroeconomic statistics
- Leading the development business cases and investment planning
- Adapting to the digital era and meeting evolving customer needs
- Fostering trust and confidence in how data is used and protected.

This role is suited to a senior policy professional with a strong track record in leading policy work and developing people. You will bring:

- Proven experience in managing policy teams, particularly in ambiguous and fast-moving environments
- Strong leadership, coaching, and project management skills
- The ability to influence senior stakeholders and navigate complex system-level challenges.

If you're passionate about building capability, leading through change, and making a lasting impact on New Zealand's data system, we'd love to hear from you.

**What you bring |**Nōu te rourou**
- Extensive experience in managing and developing policy teams
- A deep understanding of public policy and the machinery of government
- A proven track record in leading teams delivering complex policy programmes and driving results
- Strong planning, organisational, and analytical skills
- Excellent mentoring and coaching abilities, with a focus on building capability and supporting staff through change
- The ability to quickly identify critical issues and provide pragmatic, strategic advice
- Ability to guide and review policy work to ensure insights are clear, actionable, and aligned with strategic objectives
- Proven experience overseeing the production of high-quality written outputs, with a strong focus on clarity, accuracy, and impact.

**About Us | Ko mātou**

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, 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.

**_ 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._**
- Reference #
- 15929
- Posted on
- 05 Aug 2025
- Closes on
- 17 Aug 2025 23:55
- Location(s)
- Wellington
- Expertise
- Policy
- Job level(s)
- Management
- Work type(s)
- Permanent full-time

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