2022 Kaitātari Pūkenga | Graduate Analyst (Start ASAP)

Mōu | For you

Taturanga Aotearoa Stats NZ are dedicated to diversity, equity, inclusion, health and wellbeing. We welcome every age, gender, ethnicity, ability, religion, and background and encourage people to be their authentic selves.

The Tatauranga umanga Māori team produces data and insights about Māori businesses. Our work involves engaging externally with Māori stakeholders and across government. We are committed to continuously improving our outputs to ensure relevance for our customers.

Starting salary: $57,647 - $61,448 (+ superannuation) depending on skills and experience

• Flexible by default, balance life and work commitments
• Develop and grow your career (coaching, training, study support, secondments)
• An environment where we can all be leaders, where your ideas and input are encouraged
• Contribute to meaningful work that makes a difference to all people in Aotearoa
• 3 extra annual leave days (taken during Christmas office closure)
• Free annual flu jab, eye tests and subsidized eyewear
• Join various social, network and support groups (toastmasters, multi-cultural, social club)
• City based offices that cater to a variety of working styles and needs

Te tūnga | The role

This is an entry-level role for a graduate statistical and data analyst, with a focus on te ao Māori, based in our Te-Whanganui-A-Tara | Wellington office. The intention is that you will progress from a graduate to a statistical and data analyst role within 6-12 months, and have the opportunity to experience working in other teams in the organisation within 1-2 years.

In this role you will:

• Create relevant and informative insights that meet customer needs.
• Grow your skills in data analysis and te ao Māori.
• Build and maintain relationships with colleagues, our customers, and others across the organisation.
• Work with the team to positively improve our measurement of Māori businesses to better reflect the changing NZ environment.
• Continuously improve our outputs, processes, and methods.

Nōu te rourou | What you bring

We encourage and consider transferable skills and experience gained from outside of work e.g., whanau, church, sports, volunteering, or a comparable role in a different sector or industry.

We want your cover letter and CV to include information relating to:

• Your interest in data analysis and data for and about Māori.
• 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.
• Great communication and interpersonal skills to collaborate and influence a range of people and produce plain English insights and documentation.
• Experience and knowledge with coding packages (R & SAS particularly) would be an advantage.
• Why Tatauranga Aotearoa - Stats NZ is the place for you, why us, and why Government?
• 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.
• Where you've demonstrated customer centricity, everyone is a customer mentality, collaborated with others and invited feedback, spent time with diverse people and communities to broaden your views.

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 cover letter and CV! We are truly committed to diversity, inclusion and lifting our cultural capability. Let us know in your application if we need to make any specific accommodations during our process.

Please reach out to Geraldine Duoba on geraldine.duoba@stats.govt.nz to arrange a kōrero (chat) before you apply if that is what you need from this process. Or reach out to us with any questions at rata@stats.govt.nz.  

Note: We will be screening applications as we receive them to move swiftly to interview shortly after the advert closes on June 28 2022 at 11:55 pm (depending on application numbers this date may change). You may be asked to complete a pre-interview screen via phone or video.