Tatauranga Aotearoa | Stats NZ Graduate Programs & Internships

Keep your CV concise and relevant, highlight relevant skills, qualifications, attributes and achievements. Confirm your interest in the job and organisation in your cover letter, and what you would bring. Consider what we have asked you in the advert. 

Avoid acronyms where possible and cover any gaps. Don’t be afraid to show some personality and keep it real. You can check out Careers NZ for advice and preparing for an interview and a CV template. 

Why are we asking you so many questions on registration and application?

• Ethnicity and Gender information helps us to ensure we are reaching a broad and diverse range of applicants.
• Some information is mandatory for Public Service/Government Agencies e.g. Serious misconduct and criminal conviction checks.
• Other questions help us to ensure you can succeed in your new role.

Once you’ve created a user profile you will receive an email confirmation, and once you’ve successfully applied for a role you’ll also receive confirmation.

We use a screening matrix when reviewing applications to assist us with shortlisting. When we have large numbers of similar applications, you may be requested to complete a phone or video screen.

We aim to ensure equal employment opportunities at Stats NZ and want to make sure all applicants are treated fairly and equitably, regardless of individual differences such as disability, race, ethnic origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, ethical or religious beliefs, or family responsibilities.

We welcome overseas interest in any of our career opportunities. However, to work in New Zealand you must:

• be a New Zealand citizen holding a New Zealand residence class visa, or
• be an Australian citizen or an Australian resident, or
• be a Cook Island (including Niue or Tokelau) citizen, or
• hold a current and valid work visa.

You can find out how to get a work visa at Immigration New Zealand.

NOTE: If you have a work visa, your conditions will dictate what you can accept and what we can offer. Please check your conditions before you apply for a role.

If you are invited to an interview, this will usually involve at least two to four-panel members and may involve competency-based questions and questions specific to the role, environment and setting.

We may ask you to provide a work sample or to give a presentation as part of an interview process.

If you would like to bring a support person or have any accessibility or support requirements we can assist with, do let us know so we can prepare for and accommodate accordingly.

Depending on the vacancy, psychometric testing may be included in the recruitment process. We’ll always discuss this with you before asking you to complete such a test. Examples might include:

• Aptitude and ability tests are designed to assess the abilities required to perform the role.
• Personality tests can identify and highlight typical tendencies and behaviours of the person.

We conduct pre-employment checks as part of our recruitment process which includes reference checking, specific checks related to the role e.g. qualifications and licenses.

Stats NZ conducts a criminal records check (through the Ministry of Justice) for all roles, and a serious misconduct check for those who’ve worked in the Public Sector in the past 3 years before any appointment is confirmed. Any offer of employment that is made is subject to the results of these checks being satisfactory.

A criminal conviction doesn’t necessarily mean you won’t be offered employment. It will depend on the nature of the position you’re applying for and the nature of the offences that resulted in the conviction.

If you are successful in the recruitment process, you will receive an offer to review on our careers page, you can log in to complete the paperwork online.

Your Manager will be in touch prior to you starting to explain the onboarding and induction process.

Good luck with your application, we hope to see you here at Tatauranga Aotearoa Stats NZ soon!

Learning and development

We encourage career development for our employees. We promote flexible, self-directed employee learning and development, with a wide range of internal and external training opportunities. These opportunities and programmes are delivered in a range of ways: face to face courses, e-learning, study groups, structured on the job training, and coaching. Study assistance is available for the study of relevant tertiary education. We also promote internal movements, and both internal and external secondments to support your career development pathway.

Leave entitlements

All Stats NZ full-time employees are entitled to 20 days of annual leave each year, rising to 22 days after five years’ service. On top of this, we have an additional three days of departmental leave provided to cover the days between Christmas and New Year period if the office is closed.

Personal health and wellbeing are very important to us so we offer a sick leave allowance of 15 days per year which can be used for yourself or for people under your care, as well as various circumstantial leave, such as parental leave and bereavement leave. We also offer annual leave cash up and the ability to purchase additional annual leave.

Flexible work

As part of our commitment to work-life balance, we offer flexible work by default. We promote a high trust environment and encourage employees to work with their Leaders to ensure how and when they work aligns with role requirements, business needs and their needs.

Diversity and Inclusion

Stats NZ is committed to the principles and practices of ensuring all people are provided with an equal opportunity to achieve their potential. Diversity and inclusion are critical components to our ethos. In recognising and valuing all the skills, talents, experiences, and perspectives of a diverse workforce, we will be better able to provide a more flexible and responsive service to meet the needs of our customers in the wider community.

Stats NZ will not tolerate discrimination on the grounds specified in the Human Rights Act, including race, colour, sex, nationality, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, religion, political beliefs, disability, family, age and marital status.

Wellbeing, Health and Safety

The wellbeing, health and safety of everyone at Stats NZ is a priority. We offer a multitude of benefits e.g. Flu Vaccines, Kaiāwhina – Volunteer Wellbeing Assistants, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), Eye Tests and corporate rates for a variety of services and products.

Coaching Culture

We encourage continuous coaching. This allows our people to work through everyday challenges with support and guidance from their People Leaders who attend coaching for performance training to be able to support their people to solve problems and manage issues.

Living Wage & 37.5-hour work per week

At Stats NZ we pay nothing less than the living wage and our standard work per week is 37.5 hours.

Allowances

Special duties allowance, Recognition of Māori and cultural values and perspectives allowance, Te Reo Māori language allowance.