Senior Analyst Mātauranga Māori

An opportunity to utilise your Mātauranga Māori skills, lead data capture and analysis as we investigate the work of teachers
- 24 months fixed term opportunity
- National Office, Wellington

Help shape the future of Education
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
At Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga | Ministry of Education, we work to provide services and support nationally, regionally and locally to the education sector, and in some cases, directly to ākonga and whānau.
We help shape the policies, settings and performance of the education system for early learning, schooling and tertiary. We do this by building relationships and understanding the needs of those who receive our services.
We are making significant changes to how we deliver our mahi by:

- Taking practical action to give effect to te Tiriti o Waitangi.
- Giving priority to regional and local voice.
- Delivering greater responsiveness, accessibility and integrated services and support.
- Improving feedback loops and information flows.

Our organisation is made up of talented and committed people across 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 every child, young person and adult student in our education system.
Mō tēnei tūranga | About this role
The Senior Analyst Mātauranga Māori within the Pay Equity team is responsible for leading Mātauranga Māori practice within the pay equity investigation team. As Senior Analyst Mātauranga Māori, you will be responsible for capturing data from a variety of sources and provide quality assurance oversight on data translated from Māori to English. This role will have a focus on investigating the work of teachers in English and Māori medium, across the learning, primary and secondary education sectors.
Working closely with colleagues in the Pay Equity team, union parties and other key stakeholders, you will conduct qualitative interviews with teachers and comparators, in either te reo or English, ensuring the data is accurately recorded and analyse the transcripts along with remuneration data, job descriptions and collective agreements to present the terms, skills, responsibilities, demands and working conditions of these jobs.
You will also be responsible for developing templates and guidance material to be used during the investigation and producing project documentation.
We provide flexible working environments where everyone feels relevant, valued and supported. We encourage and support professional development for all team members.
Please note there is further information in the attached Job Description.
Mōhou ake | About you
As the Senior Analyst Mātauranga Māori, you'll be able to work effectively with a variety of internal and external stakeholders to analyse complex business issues and develop effective solutions.

**You will also offer**:

- Being an active listener and confident engaging communicator.
- Proficiency to kōrero, write and understand te reo and knowledge of Tikanga.
- Experience working with Iwi or te reo māori based groups
- Ability to research, capture and analyse data.
- Skilled using Microsoft office packages with excellent writing skills.
- Passion to make a difference with willingness to learn new things.
- Availability to travel nationally to conduct interviews and collect data as necessary

About our group and team
Te Puna Ohumahi Mātauranga | Education Workforce advances education workforce strategy, including a focus on specialist services, employment relations, pay equity, education payroll, supply and scholarship functions. Our group ensures the system has the right people in the right places at the right time for early learning, kōhanga reo, schools and kura.
The Pay Equity team sits within the Employment Relations and Pay Equity team within Te Puna Ohumahi Mātauranga | Education Workforce and is responsible for investigating and settling education sector pay equity claims. With pay equity investigations already underway for support staff in schools we are now building our team to investigate a claim for all teachers across early childhood education, primary and secondary schools.
Pay equity means that people are paid equally for doing work of equal value. It acknowledges the value of the skills, responsibilities and demands of workers in female dominated occupations that have suffered gender-based discrimination because of perceptions and prejudices about the value of “women's work”.
This in an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic, warm and high performing team. We work collaboratively with early learning services, schools and kura nationwide, union representatives, and participating comparator organisations, to conduct robust investigations into whether the work of teachers is u