Unit Managers

Coach a high-performing team and help create statistics that enhance the wellbeing of people, economy, and the environment for Aotearoa New Zealand.
- Coach, mentor, and develop a high-performing team
- Deliver today, design for tomorrow - lead a team balancing high frequency data and statistics and development work that spans social and economic statistical domains
- Enjoy meaningful mahi and flexible working arrangements.

**About Us | Ko mātou**

Stats NZ | Tatauranga Aotearoa is a Central Government employer of 1300+ 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. We welcome every gender, ethnicity, ability, religion, age, and background and encourage all our people to be their authentic selves.

**What's in it for you? | Ngā hua ka riro ki a koe**

We encourage you to go to our careers site to learn more about the **Way We Work** at Stats NZ and also check out our benefits. We want working for usto work for you

**Salary**:$ 138,071 to $162,436 + superannuation**

Other benefits of joining Stats NZ include:

- 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)
- City-based offices that cater to a variety of working styles and needs, including state of the art, 6-star green building in Wellington.

**The roles | Te tūnga**

We have 2x fixed-term Unit Manager opportunities in the Statistical Delivery - Social & Environment unit within Insights & Statistics.

As Unit Manager, you're responsible for the people leadership of a team of up to 13 analysts.

As part of the Statistical Delivery - Social & Environment leadership team, mutual support, shared problem-solving, and cross-unit cooperation are not just encouraged, but expected. You'll contribute to a culture where leaders back each other, share expertise, and work together to deliver our branch vision of weaving together the lived experiences of people and place, to create statistics that enhance the wellbeing of people, economy, and the environment for Aotearoa New Zealand.

In addition to the operational management of the unit, you will also ensure that the team has a strong customer focus and service delivery. You will play a critical role in fostering a team culture of operational excellence and continuous improvement.

The roles report to the General Manager, Statistical Delivery - Social & Environment.

**Unit Manager - Household Financial Statistics - Fixed term for 24 months**

You'll lead a team of experts focused on Household Financial Statistics, who collaborate to produce statistics on household income, housing costs, housing affordability, wealth, expenditure and child poverty from the Household Income and Living Survey. In your role you will work closely with a Statistical Production Lead and Senior Project Manager to enable the delivery of these critical statistics. You will also play a role in ensuring that Stats NZ is able to meet the requirements under the Child Poverty Reduction Act, working closely with MSD and other stakeholders.

**Unit Manager - Labour Market Statistics - Fixed term for 12 months**

You'll lead a team of experts focused on Labour Market Statistics, whose work contextualises key labour market findings within broader economic trends, supporting economists, banks, and other data users across the New Zealand and International data systems. Working closely with your Statistical Production Lead, you'll ensure the successful delivery of the Household Labour Force Survey (HLFS), Quarterly Employment Survey (QES) and Linked Employer-Employee admin data (LEED) data releases.

We're looking for someone who:

- leads through people and empowers technical leadership to thrive
- actively upholds Te Tiriti o Waitangi in their leadership and decision-making
- thrives in a fast-paced environment, particularly regular data releases
- brings a strong customer focus, embedding partner and stakeholder needs into the team's work
- leads collaboratively, actively contributing to the wider leadership of the branch and the Insights & Statistics group
- champions continuous improvement, fostering innovation and growth in others
- has demonstrated, encouraged, or supported diversity and inclusion in or outside of work.

**What you bring | Nōu te rourou**

We are committed to diversity, equity, inclusion and lifting our cultural capability. You don't need to be knowledgeable in all these areas already, but you do need to be on board with learning and have a genuine interest and willingness to grow on this journey with us.

**_ You must have the right to live and work in Aotearoa New Zealand. Background and various pr