Business Analyst - Planning, Funding and Outcomes at Te Whatu Ora, Te Manawa Taki

Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role

• Based in either New Plymouth, Hamilton, Rotorua, Tauranga or Gisborne| Permanent Full-time
• Play a key role in supporting regional and national teams to make informed, data-driven decisions that improve health outcomes and equity
• Work with large datasets, build dashboards, create models, and provide insights that directly impact strategic investment and policy decisions

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

Your work will directly support the analysis of business needs, systems, and processes, delivering high-quality solutions that support our strategic goals and operational efficiency. A core focus of the role is to listen, engage, and solicit requirements to address health needs and desired health outcomes, with a strong emphasis on achieving health equity across population groups.

You must be based in one of the five locations within Health New Zealand's Te Manawa Taki region.

Key Responsibilities and What You'll Be Doing

• Business Analysis & Requirements: Lead the identification and documentation of complex PFO business requirements, translating them into clear functional and non-functional specifications.
• Data & Insight Conduit: Serve as the critical link between national and regional PFO teams, accessing and interpreting key data sets to provide timely, accurate monitoring and reporting.
• Strategic Reporting: Manage various reporting expectations, developing data models, dashboards, and repeatable analytical tools to enhance decision-making and monitor investment performance.
• Equity-Focused Design: Input into service design and development early in the process to ensure analytical requirements are met, and to guarantee new systems of care are equitable, efficient, and address Māori and Pacific health outcomes.
• Solution Delivery: Collaborate across the system, acting as a trusted advisor who translates technical information for business users, ensuring solutions achieve overall system benefit.
• Insight & Modelling: Provide modelling expertise and actively contribute to the development of robust business cases and funding proposals.

About the Team/Service/ Location

The PFO team is responsible for the commissioning of all funded NGO services across the Te Manawa Taki region, which spans Taranaki, Waikato, Lakes, Bay of Plenty, and Tairāwhiti.

Join the System Planning, Design & Improvement Team at Te Manawa Taki and play a key role in ensuring our commissioning teams make informed, data-driven decisions that genuinely improve community health outcomes.

About you

Do you have a passion for data and a commitment to health equity? Do you excel at translating complex business needs into actionable solutions?

You are a collaborative team player with exceptional communication skills and a deep commitment to improving health outcomes.  You might be a recent graduate or have held some developing business analyst roles over the last few years.

• Analytical Skills: Experience in scoping, collecting/extracting, analysing, forecasting, and presenting health or health investment insights.
• Statistical Expertise: Knowledge and experience applying quantitative statistical methods, frameworks, tools, and techniques to deliver high-quality insights.
• Technical Proficiency: Experience using Business Intelligence Visualisation Tools such as Power BI, SQL, and Excel.
• Storytelling with Data: Ability to translate complex analytical results and findings into a compelling narrative with a strong pre-equity focus.
• Stakeholder Management: Excellent facilitation, negotiation, and stakeholder engagement skills, with experience gathering requirements across complex programmes.
• Commitment to Equity: A strong, demonstrable commitment to improving health outcomes, reducing health inequalities, and promoting equitable access to care for all New Zealanders.
• Relevant tertiary qualification

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 11:59PM Sunday 22 February 2026.

For further information, please contact Helene Carbonatto on helene.carbonatto@tewhatuora.govt.nz

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

We will review applications as received and may proceed with the recruitment process before the closing date of this advert.