Mōu | For you

Tatauranga 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.

Starting salary: $66,819 - $78,610 negotiable + superannuation

• 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 of the art, brand new 6-star green building in Wellington

Te tūnga | The roles

As a Statistical and Data Analyst you will be involved in all aspects of the production process for our regular statistical releases. These roles span data collection, validation, compilation, analysis and publication of data and release materials.

Engaging with suppliers and customers to build relationships, while providing excellent customer focus and applying your analytical thinking to ensure our outputs make sense in the macroeconomic context and are fit for purpose.

In our environment, you'll develop subject matter knowledge and apply this to solve problems and provide new insights to data. You may work on the development of new statistics or the re-development of existing statistics, to ensure our statistical products reflect the contemporary context and meet the needs of our customers

sWe have a number of vacancies across our unit in the following teams

• Production and Supply Use team produce detailed annual National accounts and regional GDP. Wellington based.
• Income and Saving team present information on different sectors of the economy. Christchurch or Wellington based.
• Balance of Payments (BOP) and International Investments Position (IIP) statistics which are used to understand New Zealand's trade and investment with the rest of the world Christchurch or Wellington based.
• Investment team produces detailed balance sheets and sector based national accounts statistics Christchurch or Wellington based.
• National Accounts Quarterlies - produces quarterly GDP among other economic indicators Christchurch or Wellington based.

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, and challenged the norm.
• Where you've demonstrated customer centricity.
• Your experience performing data analysis.
• Any experience writing and using R, SAS or other programming languages.

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

We encourage you to be you in your application! We are truly committed to diversity, inclusion and lifting our cultural capability. You don't need to be knowledgeable in these areas, but you do need to be on board with learning. And please let us know in your application if we need to make any specific accommodations during our process.

Please reach out to Camille Mosely, Manager - Investment at