Senior Test Analyst - NPHS at Te Whatu Ora, All Locations

Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role

• Fixed Term for 12 months, full-time National role in Prevention Screening
• Contribute to building testing capability across teams by mentoring junior testers and championing best practice testing approaches.
• Help deliver reliable, high-quality digital solutions that support better healthcare outcomes for communities

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is the country's largest employer, delivering universal public healthcare to 5 million New Zealanders. We provide essential hospital, specialist, and community health services across 80+ locations, from large urban centres to rural towns and remote communities. Our goal is to improve health outcomes for all New Zealanders by delivering equitable, accessible and innovative care.

About the Role

The Senior Test Analyst is responsible for leading and contributing to testing activities for Prevention Screening. Primarily, this role will work across BreastScreen Aotearoa and Te Puna, the National Breast Screening System.

As a Senior Test Analyst, you will lead and contribute to testing activities across Prevention Screening digital projects and programmes that support operational priorities and improve digital capability across Health New Zealand. You'll be responsible for designing and executing comprehensive testing strategies across functional, automation, performance and security testing, while ensuring quality standards are consistently met throughout the delivery lifecycle.

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys solving complex problems, improving testing practices, contributing to equitable outcomes for all participants, and working collaboratively within fast-paced delivery environments.

Key responsibilities for this role include

• Develop and implement comprehensive test strategies, plans and test cases
• Execute testing activities and analyse results
• Identify, document and manage defects and testing issues
• Design, develop and maintain automated test scripts and frameworks
• Conduct performance and security testing to ensure reliability and compliance
• Collaborate closely with developers, Business Analysts, Product Owners and Prevention Screening Programme and project teams
• Manage and maintain test environments for delivery teams
• Mentor and support junior testers and promote best practice testing approaches
• Drive continuous improvement across testing processes, tools and frameworks

About the Service

The NPHS within Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora, work towards Pae Ora (healthy futures) for all by engaging with the wider determinants that impact people's health, focusing on oranga/wellbeing, prevention, protection, and population-level interventions. We are connected across boundaries to deliver public health services that are nationally planned, regionally delivered and locally tailored.

About you

You're an experienced testing professional with strong technical capability, attention to detail, and a passion for delivering high-quality digital solutions. You'll bring a collaborative mindset, strong analytical thinking, and the ability to work confidently across complex delivery environments while balancing quality, timelines and stakeholder expectations.

You will have

• Experience working with integrated platforms (APIs, system-to-system flows) given the register, imaging providers, and national ecosystem
• Strong data capability (SQL in particular) given reporting, performance, and programme insights requirements
• Experience navigating vendor-delivered or custom platforms (like Pinga), including configuration, enhancement, and integration layers
• Understanding of health or other regulated environments, including privacy and data stewardship
• User-centred thinking and accessibility awareness, particularly as consumer-facing components will evolve over time
• 5+ years' experience in software testing, including strong automation testing experience
• Proven experience leading testing activities across complex projects
• Experience working with a range of testing methodologies and frameworks
• Strong experience with test automation and management tools
• Knowledge of software development life cycles
• Experience conducting functional, performance and security testing
• Strong defect management, troubleshooting and problem-solving capability
• Experience working collaboratively with cross-functional delivery teams
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Software Engineering or a related field
• ISTQB certification preferred
• Experience with programming languages and cloud platforms

Working at Health New Zealand 

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is dedicated to ensuring excellent healthcare for the people of New Zealand. We embrace a workforce that is diverse and inclusive so that we are better positioned to understand and service our community. We welcome applications from our diverse Māori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow communities.   

How to Apply 

To apply please click “apply now”. All applications must be submitted through our online careers' portal by Monday, 29 June 2026. If you have any questions about the role, please contact Maria Bennett via maria.bennett1@tewhatuora.govt.nz

Whilst Health New Zealand is undergoing change, affected kaimahi will be given preference and priority for this position.