Business Analyst - Wellington - Permanent at Fire and Emergency New Zealand, Wellington - Wairarapa

Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role

• Build your Business Analysis toolkit
• Join a Business Analysis Practise with a reputation for delivering quality
• Gain experience working on a wide range of interesting projects, $95-105k p.a.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Business Analyst to join our Investment and Portfolio directorate and help us deliver on mahi that matters. Our Kaupapa is to put our customers at the heart of our delivery and our team has earned a reputation for delivering quality work. This is an opportunity for someone who is at the early stages of their Business Analysis career. Develop your knowledge within a supportive team and make a real difference to the business!

Mō tēnei tūranga – About the role

To help deliver on Fire and Emergency's values our team is building a strong business analysis capability. Our value proposition is that “Our directorate enables Fire and Emergency to make better investment decisions and provides the organisation with the tools and support to realise the benefits of those decisions.” To better support the organisation in delivering change we are looking to appoint a permanent Business Analyst to:

• Define problems and assist in developing solutions
• Gather high quality requirements
• Provide analytical support to projects
• Capture current state
• Improve business processes
• Be part of building the organisation's Business Analysis capability

The Business Analyst role is a vital part of our project delivery. The practice we are working to establish will work across a broad range of initiatives. As a member of the team during this phase you will help to establish a toolset that will be used across the organisation.

Join our team, knowing that your contribution will make a difference for our people and the communities we serve. 

The Investment and Portfolio directorate is a well-established function within Fire and Emergency. We have lots of different and complex projects running simultaneously, supporting each other in the work we do. And our mahi reaches across the organisation and across the motu. 

Ko tāu nā ki tēnei tūranga – What you'll bring to the role 

By joining our team as a Business Analyst, you will leverage your professional curiosity and aptitude for challenging the status quo. Your previous work experience will demonstrate that you are organised, collaborative, and can build relationships all while dealing with ambiguity.  

Ideally you have: 

• Previous Business Analysis experience or transferable skills from a similar role (e.g. business advisor, senior project coordinator) 
• An ability to build collaborative working relationships with a wide range of people across an organisation
• Excellent communication skills at all levels of an organisation
• The understanding and ability to create and update business diagrams
• Shown initiative and good judgement and the ability to work autonomously
• Demonstrated exceptional analytical and conceptual thinking skills
• An ability to undertake requirement gathering, process and gap analysis
• Documentation and facilitation skills
• Exceptional time management skills

 
We offer a variety of professional development opportunities – especially if you're interested developing skills across the project delivery disciplines. We support and encourage everyone at Fire and Emergency to develop their professional skills. 

Ko wai mātou? – Who we are 

Fire and Emergency New Zealand is a Crown Entity established on 1 July 2017 under the Fire and Emergency New Zealand Act 2017. The role of our new organisation is to reduce unwanted fires, respond to structural and vegetation fires and other emergencies including motor vehicle crashes, medical emergencies, hazardous substance related incidents and natural disasters, and to support increased community resilience.

Our vision is to build stronger communities and protect what matters most to the people within them. We are proud to be recognised as New Zealand's most trusted public sector agency. Our values reflect what our people believe is core to who we are and the organisation we aspire to be:

• We Do the Right Thing – Kia Tika
• We Serve and Support – Manaakitanga
• We Are Better Together – Whanaungatanga
• We Strive to Improve – Auahatanga.

Our employee benefits include matched KiwiSaver employer contributions of up to six percent, life and income protection insurance for eligible employees, and a wellness policy that allows for generous sick leave provisions so you can look after yourself.

Ko te tono mai – How to apply

Keen to apply? Great! You can download a copy of the position description through our FireJobs website – just click on the job listed under the current vacancies. And for specific questions about this role, please email nhqjobs@fireandemergency.nz

We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and communities. We are committed to being an inclusive organisation that helps our people and communities to thrive. And being a successful organisation means that we are better together and reflect the communities that we serve.

Applications close Sunday 1 October. 

Please note:  Eligibility to work in New Zealand is mandatory for this role.