Corporate Support - Geospatial Analyst at New Zealand Transport Agency, Wellington

Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role

• Use Geospatial data analysis and support Waka Kotahi's strategic objectives
• Work with a fun, supportive and diverse team
• Opportunity to grow and learn

Te Whiwhinga mahi | The opportunity

This is a great role for the innovative as you will be encouraged to take initiative to try new things. The team are dynamic and have developed a culture of mentoring, so if you are looking to grow this is the role for you.

Join us and be part of a team that enables decision making throughout the Agency. This is a great opportunity to work across the organisation providing specialist geospatial advice, managing data, and gathering requirements to understand business needs. This will enable you to enable the creation of tangible solutions that make an impact for the business.

We would consider either Geospatial analysts or advisors with experience in managing multiple projects, developing, and maintaining standard operating procedures, and managing stakeholder expectations.

Ko koe tēnei | About you

To be successful in this role, you will bring:

• Solid experience performing mapping, spatial analysis, editing, and visualisation using the Esri GIS product stack
• Working experience with FME desirable
• Experience with requirements gathering and documentation processes
• Excellent communicator and relationship builder
• Experience working in an agile project or programme environment
• Working experience with Jira and Confluence desirable
• Operationalisation of real-time data capture and risk analysis
• Excellent knowledge and some experience with spatial data and the geospatial industry
• Experience working in multi-disciplinary teams
• An interest in cross program integration including Power BI, Qlik, etc. is desirable
• Prior experience with large enterprise geospatial systems an advantage
• Experience working with Portal for ArcGIS, Insights for ArcGIS, and Velocity for ArcGIS desirable
• Familiarity with Open Data Platforms like Open Street Map would be a plus

Ko wai mātou | About us

At Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency, it all starts with our people. The organisation's performance and success depend on the people who choose to make this a great place to work and make a difference for Aotearoa. Waka Kotahi has a strong future focus, understanding that new technologies and changing customer expectations mean the transport system we know today will not be the one we deliver in ten years' time.

The Research and Analytics business unit is a unique multi-disciplinary team, with over 83 individuals, across 7 disciplines that support over 220 projects to ensure the right analytics and research are available to the organisation and the sector.

The Geospatial Team sits within this unit and we believe that looking at information through a location lens will help make your jobs easier. It will enable you to get new insights by viewing information in a way that reveals relationships, patterns, and trends.

Along with our other benefits we also have new Waka Kotahi Life, Income Protection and Critical Illness Insurance scheme available for permanent employees.

You will demonstrate knowledge of, or a willingness to gain an understanding of Te Ao Māori and promote tikanga and Te Reo Māori. You will also have knowledge of, or a willingness to gain an appreciation of te Tiriti o Waitangi (the Treaty of Waitangi) as it applies in the public sector.

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To be considered for this position you must have a legal right to live and work in New Zealand.

Waka Kotahi is an equal opportunity employer (EOE). At the Agency we recognise the importance of diversity and inclusion and are committed to providing a working environment that embraces these values. Please let us know if you need any support or have any access requirements that will help you through the recruitment process.

Please note that we may begin shortlisting as we receive applications. We encourage early applications as we may withdraw the advertising at any time.

For further information, email: careers@nzta.govt.nz

To be considered for this position you must have a legal right to live and work in New Zealand.

Waka Kotahi is an equal opportunity employer (EOE). At the Agency we recognise the importance of diversity and inclusion and are committed to providing a working environment that embraces these values. Please let us know if you need any support or have any access requirements that will help you through the recruitment process.

Please note that we may begin shortlisting as we receive applications. We encourage early applications as we may withdraw the advertising at any time.