Senior Design Analyst

Here, you don’t just learn tools — you deepen the analytical, methodological, and design thinking capabilities that will support your career both now and into the future. You’ll work on national-scale problems that help Aotearoa understand itself more clearly — people, places, businesses, and the economy — and see firsthand how great design and analysis can shape real-world decisions.

We’re currently looking for a number of experienced

Senior Analysts to join teams across our Insights and Statistics (I&S) in both permanent and fixed-term opportunities.

Mō te tūnga | About the role

These roles give you the opportunity to lead thinking, shape practice, and lift capability — not just deliver analysis. As a Senior Design Analyst, you will utilise your previous professional experience to work across the full analytical and design lifecycle — from understanding problems and shaping methods, building solutions, engaging key stakeholders, identifying and mitigating risks, through to embedding standards, and continuously improving how we work.

You’ll use your technical expertise (R, Python, SQL, or similar tools) to analyse complex qualitative and quantitative data, ensure its integrity, and translate findings into clear, credible insights for stakeholders and decision-makers.

While strong technical capabilities are essential, what really sets a Stats NZ Senior Analyst apart is their ability to bring context, curiosity, and conceptual thinking into their work.

• You’re a systems thinker — able to see the big picture and how your work fits into it
• You’re collaborative and generous with your expertise
• You’re comfortable influencing without authority and contributing to direction-setting
• You’re committed to continuous improvement — for yourself, your team, and the system

As a proactive high performer who moves with pace and purpose, we will look to you to lead and influence design decisions across both projects and teams, provide expert advice on methodologies, standards and frameworks and actively contribute to the ongoing evolution of our design practice, tools and standards. You’ll continue to develop your leadership skills by mentoring and coaching analysts who support your workstreams and engaging with colleagues – within Stats NZ and internationally – to ensure we are continually applying best practice and can maximise our collective impact.

Ngā pūmanawatanga ōu | What you will bring

• Strong demonstrated professional experience (typically 4–6+ years) in analytics, research, or statistical design in complex or quickly evolving environments
• Relevant tertiary qualification (e.g. economics, finance, accounting, statistics, data science)
• Advanced skills in quantitative analytical techniques and comfort working with both structured and semi‑structured datasets to identify trends, issues, and relationships using tools such as R, Python, SQL or similar
• A delivery‑driven mindset—simplifying processes, removing obstacles, and ensuring your work is accurate, repeatable and explained in a way that delivers real value.
• Calmness, courage, and excellent judgement when navigating complex problems, ambiguity, risk, or sensitive situations.
• The ability to build trust quickly, form strong partnerships, and role‑model the proactive behaviours we expect to see from our Seniors.

If you’re an experienced analyst who is interested in moving beyond delivery into shaping practice and influencing direction, while having the opportunity to tackle nationally relevant work, we’d love to hear from you.

Mō mātou | About us

Stats NZ | Tatauranga Aotearoa is home to more than 1,400 people across the motu who are driven by a shared purpose: delivering trusted data and insights that help Aotearoa make better decisions. Our work supports Government, Māori and Iwi partners, businesses, communities, NGOs, and all New Zealanders — improving lives today and for generations to come. We’re a values‑led organisation that celebrates diversity in all its forms. We welcome every gender, ethnicity, ability, religion, age, and background, and we’re committed to creating a workplace where people can be their authentic selves and thrive.

Salary range: $97,270 - $131,601 + kiwisaver

How to apply | Me pēhea te tuku tono

We will not require a Cover Letter to be submitted for this role. Instead, we’ll ask you to answer a few capability-based questions, as part of our application form. These questions will help us better understand your experience and ensure that we can match your skillsets and goals to the right team and piece of work.

We’ll be reviewing applications as they come in so we can move quickly to interviews. You may be asked to complete a brief pre‑interview screen via phone. If you need any adjustments or support during the recruitment process, please let us know in your application — we’re committed to making the process accessible for everyone.

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You must have the right to live and work in Aotearoa New Zealand. Background and various pre-employment checks are part of our recruitment process.

Note to Recruitment Agencies: unsolicited CVs will not be accepted.