Technology Services

Technology Services - Senior Managers - Three Roles Available

Play your part in contributing to meaningful outcomes, About Aotearoa, for Aotearoa - data that improves lives today and for generations to come
- Three senior roles in our Technology Services team, with two in Wellington and one in Christchurch
- Work alongside statistical experts to enable them to deliver nationally important work
- Report to our Chief Technology Officer and be part of our Technology Services Leadership Team
- Lead multi-disciplinary technology teams across the full development and operating lifecycle to deliver customer centric services
- Work in our brand new 6-star green building in Wellington or in our first-of-a-kind shared agency building in Christchurch, and work flexibly using our modern Microsoft 365 toolset

Mōu | For you

Taturanga 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.
- 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
- State or the art, brand new 6-star green building in Wellington

Te tūnga | The role

Reporting directly to the Chief Technology Officer, you will be part of Stats NZ's Technology Services' Leadership team, accountable for delivering value for money business outcomes for our customers, stakeholders and partners that come from the informed use of official statistics and related information.

Each of the three Senior Managers will lead one of the following portfolios areas / service lines:

- Collections - you will focus on supporting, enhancing, and creating new data ingestion processes and systems, and delivering a full multi-model survey collection platform.
- Processing - you will focus on leading the delivery of statistical production systems and processing platforms
- Outputs - you will focus on the systems used to release our outputs. Medium term focus will be on the upgrade and replacement of our legacy dissemination systems.

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 see the following in your cover letter and CV any information relating to:

- Why Tatauranga Aotearoa - Stats NZ is the place for you, why us, and why Government?
- Any information about your knowledge and experience, or desire to learn and build knowledge and experience of Te Tiriti, Tikanga, Te Reo and Te Ao Māori, and engagement with Māori.
- How you've demonstrated or encouraged diversity and inclusion in and/or outside of work.
- Examples of strong relationships you've built and how and why relationships are important.
- Examples where you've demonstrated leadership, e.g. lifted others up, led by example, demonstrated problem solving, owned a project or piece of work, spoken up for yourself or others.
- Examples where you've shown curiosity and tried new things, taken on other perspectives, challenged the norm, reflected on your own and other's behaviours, attitudes or motivations to learn.
- 5+ years' experience working in technology service delivery in complex, large scale ICT environments
- Experience of managing, coaching, motivating, and developing a multi
- disciplinary workforce and harnessing the talents of employees at all levels.
- Understanding of the machinery of government and related processes and procedures
- Excellent leadership, interpersonal, coaching and listening skills with the ability to build relationships, credibility and communicate within all levels of the organisation (internally and externally)

Ko mātou | About Us

Tatauranga Aotearoa - Stats NZ is a Central Government employer of around 1400 people across Aotearoa. We provide data and statistical outputs to support the decisions that the Government, Māori and Iwi organisations, businesses, NGOs and New Zealanders make every day. 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

Check out our careers site to find out more about working at Tatauranga Aotearoa Stats NZ.