Kaiwhakahaere – Ngā Ritenga & Hoahoatanga | Manager – Methods & Design at Statistics NZ, Wellington

Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role

Kaiwhakahaere - Ngā Ritenga & Hoahoatanga| Manager - Methods & Design

2 roles: 1 Permanent and 1 fixed term one year to cover for person on secondment

If people leadership is your thing, we want to hear from you! People are at the heart of our work: your role is to engage, empower, develop, and support them to succeed.

Mōu | For you

Tatauranga Aotearoa Stats NZ are dedicated to diversity, equity, inclusion, health, and wellbeing. We welcome every gender, ethnicity, ability, religion, age, and background and encourage people to be their authentic selves.

Starting salary: $114,614 - $134,134 negotiable + superannuation

• Flexible by default, balance life and work commitments
• Contribute to meaningful work that makes a difference to all people in Aotearoa
• 3 extra annual leave days (taken during Christmas office closure), see careers site for other benefits and networks

Te tūnga | The roles

The permanent role is a co-manager role for the Kohinga Raraunga me ngā Kōmitimiti Kāinga (Household Collections and Data Integration) team and can be based in any location, though the team is primarily based in Ōtautahi and Pōneke (Christchurch and Wellington). Reporting to the Pouwhakahaere  - Te Tautoko & Hoahoatanga mō ngā Ritenga Mahi (Senior Manager - Methods Support & Design). In this role, you will co-lead a team of up to 15 people who provide methodological support and statistical advice to the household survey team and the data integration team in the organisation and across the wider data system. This means you could be in conversations about such things as the Household Labour Force Survey, the General Social Survey and the Integrated Data Infrastructure in the same day.

The second role is a fixed term secondment cover for approximately one year and can be based in either Ōtautahi or Pōneke . You will report to the Pouwhakahaere  -  Te Tautoko & Rangahau mō ngā Ritenga Mahi (Senior Manager - Methods Support & Research), and will lead Ngā Kohinga Taiao, Ōhanga Hoki (Environment and Economic Collections), a team of up to 12 people located across the motu. This team provides methodological support and statistical advice to environmental and economic output teams throughout the organisation and the wider data system. As manager you'll have a key role in identifying common methodological needs throughout the organisation and working with the team's analysts to meet those needs. In any given month they provide support to up to 20 different teams, ranging from pre-publication advice through to multi-year development projects.

You will also be part of the leadership team. We would welcome your unique addition to the way we learn from each other, challenge each other, and build each other up. We work hard to create a safe, fun and supportive group.  

Nōu te rourou | What you bring

In these roles, you'll provide people leadership to your team, specifically focusing on supporting individual wellbeing and development and team culture. You will look to grow technical skills, subject matter knowledge, and peer-to-peer leadership within your team as they work with new or changing data.  This role is primarily about people leadership, so while an understanding of the work we do is useful, it's not critical - you'll build what you need as you go.

Therefore, we want to hear about any of the following in your cover letter and CV any information relating to:

• The "Way We Lead" tab on our careers site demonstrates what success looks like for Leaders at Tatauranga Aotearoa Stats NZ. Please tell us in your application how this aligns with you.
• We're committed to lifting the capability of all leaders when it comes to applying Te Tiriti, Tikanga and Te Reo in a work setting. Willingness to learn and role model is a must so tell us what you've done or how you plan to grow and develop your capability.
• Be an authentic relationship builder
• Be a real people person and thrive on supporting your staff to develop and grow

Ko mātou | About Us

Tatauranga Aotearoa - Stats NZ is a Central Government employer of around 1400 people across Aotearoa. We provide data and statistics to support the decisions of Government, Māori and Iwi organisations, businesses, NGOs, and New Zealanders. Our work is About Aotearoa, for Aotearoa - data that improves lives today and for generations to come. 

Me pēhea te tuku tono | How to apply

We encourage you to be you in your application! We are truly committed to diversity, inclusion and lifting our cultural capability. You don't need to be knowledgeable in these areas, but you do need to be on board with learning. 

Please reach out to Sharon Snelgrove, sharon.snelgrove@stats.govt.nz to arrange a kōrero (chat) before you apply if that is what you need from this process. Or reach out to our team with any questions rata@stats.govt.nz.  

Applications close at midnight on Sunday, 26 March 2023

Note: We will be screening applications as we receive them to move swiftly to interview shortly after the advert closes (depending on application numbers this date may change). You may be asked to complete a pre-interview screen via phone or video. Please let us know in your application if we need to make any specific accommodations during our process.

We encourage you to go to our careers site to learn more about working at Tatauranga Aotearoa Stats NZ.

Note to Recruitment Agencies: unsolicited CVs will not be accepted, do not contact the Hiring Manager directly.

You must have the right to live and work in Aotearoa New Zealand. Background and various pre-employment checks are part of our recruitment process.