Senior Performance Analyst | Wellington City

Job Description

Senior Performance Analyst

Role type: Permanent, full-time

Location: Wellington

Salary range, GSR D: $98,955 to $132,427 depending on skills and experience 

About the Role - Kōrero mō te Tūranga 

Fisheries New Zealand (FNZ) works to ensure that fisheries resources are managed to provide the greatest overall benefit to New Zealanders. Our focus is the sustainability of New Zealand's wild fish stocks, aquaculture, and the wider aquatic environment, now and for future generations.

We have an opportunity within our Governance and Performance team for someone to help our organisation continuously improve its performance.

The purpose of the position is to enable FNZ to deliver on its governance responsibilities by leading business improvement projects; undertaking business analysis and reporting and providing insights, and advice, on branch performance; risk identification, emissions reporting; some financial analysis; the development of branch performance metrics, and supporting budgeting, expenditure, human resource and cost recovery processes.

Responsibilities also include input into the development of our annual work programme and budget compliation.This work spans both business as usual and specific project based activity, with outputs including the development of advice papers setting out your findings, insights and recommendations.

This is not a role that requires data mining from large datasets. You'll be involved in gathering business information and some data from various areas, speaking with a variety of subject matter experts across Fisheries New Zealand, and working with the FNZ Leadership Team. You'll use information to support and improve aspects of Fisheries New Zealand's operations, including our statutory reporting obligations, business planning processes, risk management and annual budget preparation. This role requires significant analytical thinking skills and internal stakeholder engagement.

To find out more about Fisheries New Zealand and what we do please click here.

About You - Mōu 

Bring your relevant tertiary qualification, analytical skills, and significant relevant work experience along with your attention to detail and your enjoyment of working in a fast moving, busy environment where no two days are the same. You do not need to have a Fisheries background. You may come from the private or public sector, or perhaps from within the fishing industry. You'll have:

• Experience building productive relationships with stakeholders and senior leaders
• Refined interpersonal and communication skills
• Proven ability to collate and analyse detailed business and financial information, develop insights, and recommendations.
• Significant experience preparing reports and other written communication for senior leaders
• Ability to provide advice that supports robust decision-making processes
• Skilled in the use of data visualisation techniques
• Experience in business planning, analysis and performance monitoring.

You do not need to meet all of the role requirements to apply. We offer a breadth of development and learning opportunities and will welcome an application if you think you could make a great fit.

About the Team - Mō tō mātou Rōpū 

This role sits within the Strategy and Governance Directorate, and reports to the Manager Governance and Performance. A small, energetic and hard-working team, based on one floor, and surrounded by other smart, galvanised kaimahi working across various teams in Fisheries New Zealand. 

 About MPI - Mō te Manatū Ahu Matua 

We're passionate about growing prosperity in the sector while ensuring respect for Kaitiaki – guardianship of our natural resources.

Benefits of working at MPI - Ngā hua o te mahi i te Manatū Ahu Matua 

• Additional MPI leave days
• Ability to purchase extra annual leave
• Bi-annual paid eye test and contribution to the costs of corrective lenses/frames

Are you ready to make a difference? - Kua rite koe mō tēnei mahi whaitake? - 

We are committed to being a good partner under Te Tiriti o Waitangi which includes working closely with iwi, hapū, whanau and hāpori.

We aspire to reflect the diverse communities we serve, so we welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, and identities. As an organisation, we are committed to making Manatū Ahu Matua a great place to work for all.

In your cover letter we'd like to know about you, your values, your interests, and motivations for this role; the abilities, strengths, personal attributes, and diverse perspectives you will bring to the role and this organisation, which may have also been gained outside of the workforce.

To view the position description and/or apply online, please click “APPLY FOR THIS JOB” or visit the MPI Careers Site. To apply, you must hold the right to work in New Zealand or be eligible to obtain it – click here to find out more about work visa eligibility and options.

Applications close at midnight Friday 04 April 2025

If you have any questions about the role, please contact Aymon.McQuade@mpi.govt.nz

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