Senior Business Analyst at Wellington Water, Wellington - Wairarapa

Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role

Set good practices for business analysis

• Focus on operational delivery initiatives
• Permanent position, based in our Petone office

This is a full-time position of 40 hours per week.

The remuneration range for this role is $108,644 to $153,379 (including KiwiSaver) depending on skills and experience.

The opportunity

As Senior Business Advisor, you will advise, translate and bridge the gap between business needs and technical requirements employed across Wellington Water's digital environment.

You'll be working closely with business stakeholders and with the partners and vendors we use to ensure appropriate standards for documentation and to instil good practice across the business.

Focusing on operational delivery initiatives, you will:

• Develop and document the technical requirements for the products and solutions we build, buy and currently utilise
• Lead business stakeholder sessions to identify solution requirements
• Actively work with business stakeholders to document solutions and products
• Provide analysis of current solutions for improvement opportunities

About you

To be successful in this role you will bring:

• A tertiary qualification in a relevant field or equivalent experience, with CBAP or other related certification advantageous
• Four plus years' experience in solution documentation within a cross-functional solution development team
• Proven track record of technical documentation in data platform environments
• Experience using multiple solution delivery methodologies and related tools, including Jira, Confluence, MS Visio and Promapp
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to work collaboratively in a team-oriented environment

Benefits

At Wellington Water, our purpose extends beyond delivering great water services for the region. We foster a thriving community, support a diverse workforce and offer supportive development opportunities. We genuinely care about your safety and wellbeing.

Our benefits include:

• Flexible working arrangements including up to two days working from home
• Comprehensive wellbeing programme, including one paid wellbeing day annually
• Formal and informal professional development opportunities
• Five weeks' annual leave accrual available following two years of continuous service

For a full list of our employee benefits click here.

About us

Wellington Water Ltd is the professional water services provider across Greater Wellington and South Wairarapa. Our job is to provide safe and healthy drinking water, collect and treat wastewater, and ensure the stormwater network is well managed.

We're a multi-council owned entity tasked with managing the infrastructure and delivering water services to our communities. From Wednesday, 01 July 2026, a new chapter in water services begins. Tiaki Wai will take over responsibility for providing Three Waters Services to approximately 433,000 residents across the Wellington metro region.

Tiaki Wai will own the water assets it operates, giving it greater independence to manage and improve water services for current and future communities. Wellington Water employees will transition into this new council-owned entity.

The value of water (a precious taonga) sits at our organisational heart. Our people are passionate about providing water services for our communities and environment, which is reflected in our values: Tangata Tiaki, Whānau and Mana.

Applications close Wednesday, 17 June 2026.

How to apply

To view a copy of the position description: click here.

To apply for the role, click the 'apply' button or visit the Wellington Water Careers site. Please note that if you are a Wellington Water employee, please apply using your work email.

For further information, email: JoinUs@wellingtonwater.co.nz

Applicants for safety-sensitive roles will be required to undergo drug and alcohol testing prior to commencing employment with Wellington Water. You must also be legally entitled to work long-term in New Zealand or be eligible to obtain a work visa.