Business Analyst / Senior Business Analyst | Wellington City

Job Description

Business Analyst/Senior Business Analyst

Role type: Permanent full-time

Location: Wellington

Salary band & range: General Salary Range

Business Analyst: F $76,463 to $89,215 depending on skills and experience

Senior Business Analyst: D/E $87,008 to $118,005 depending on skills and experience

About the Role - Kōrero mō te Tūranga

We are looking for a high performing Business Analyst/Senior Business Analyst to work within the Design & Implementation team in Biosecurity New Zealand.

You will be driving positive change, working through continuous improvement activities and processes,  planning and supporting quality delivery of outputs and outcomes.

Your role will include:

• Creating new services and workplace tools for operational efficiency and measurement.
• Developing the frameworks and tools for business analysis of Biosecurity New Zealand processes, programmes, and projects.
• Driving insights through analysis and optimising workflows with process mapping.
• Working alongside business teams to guide and support the implementation of changes.
• Contributing to initiatives which uplift the overall capacity and capability to deliver projects. This may include providing training or additional support to staff.

About You - Mōu

We are looking for someone who can combine their skills and experience in business analysis disciplines and methodologies with excellent inter-personal and communication skills.

Ideally, you will also have:

• The ability to work with a high degree of accuracy and detail, while maintaining an understanding of the bigger picture. You will be able to assimilate complex information and explain it clearly to others.
• Proven experience planning and facilitating meetings and workshops.
• The ability to communicate effectively across all organisational levels, and with external vendors, stakeholders, and customers.
• An understanding of the public sector and the machinery of government. 

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

The Design & Implementation team brings together the disciplines of operational policy and service design to support the implementation of operational delivery changes across Biosecurity NZ.

The team is important for ensuring the Biosecurity NZ operating models are successful by working with the subject matter experts in the business to design and develop new processes and ways of working.

About MPI - Mō te Manatū Ahu Matua

Our role includes seizing export opportunities for our food and fibre sector, improving sector productivity, ensuring the food we produce is safe, increasing sustainable resource use, and protecting New Zealand from biological risk.

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

• Additional MPI leave days
• Annual Wellness payment
• Career development and internal opportunities across the branch and organisation

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, whānau 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 Ministry for Primary Industries a great place to work for all.

In your cover letter we'd like to know about you, your values; your interest 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 on 5 August 2025.

If you have any questions about the role, please email melissa.heaney@mpi.govt.nz 

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