Kaiwhakahaere – Kitenga Whāinga Kaha | Manager – Disability Insights at Statistics NZ, Canterbury

Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role

• Kaiwhakahaere - Mākete Mahi | Manager - Labour Market
• Kaiwhakahaere- Kitenga Whāinga Kaha | Manager - Disability Insights

Are you an experienced people leader looking for a new challenge, or looking for an opportunity to apply your skills from other relevant experience?  Work and Wellbeing Statistics has 2 rare and exciting manager opportunities available!

Lead meaningful and rewarding work measuring, understanding, reporting on and drawing insights on a range of social statistics including: the labour market and New Zealand's official unemployment, employment, and underutilisation measures; and the prevalence of disability, and the experiences and needs of disabled people.

Lead a talented team of technicians and/or analysts, as well as contribute to the collective leadership of the Work and Wellbeing business unit with the senior manager, other managers, and Principal Analysts.

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 depending on the successful applicant's skills and experience + Kiwisaver

We want working for us, to work for you! See our careers site to find out about "The Way We Work" and "The Way We Lead", the work we do and our benefits.

• Flexible by default, balance life and work commitments
• Develop and grow your career (coaching, training, study support, secondments)
• Contribute to meaningful work that makes a difference to all people in Aotearoa
• 3 extra annual leave days (taken during Christmas office closure)
• City based offices that cater to a variety of working styles and needs

Te tūnga | The role

Both the Manager - Labour Market, and Manager - Disability Insights, roles are permanent. 

Both roles report to the Senior Manager - Work and Wellbeing. 

You will be responsible for a team of Data Technicians and/or in the Work and Wellbeing business unit spread across Ōtautahi (Christchurch), Pōneke (Wellington), Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland) and/or remote locations.  Your key focus will be to lead your team and put people first, while developing and delivering on a busy work programme of regular statistical releases.

The regular statistical releases produced by the Labour Market team include the results of the quarterly Household Labour Force Survey (HLFS), working age population statistics, and injury statistics.  The Disability Insights team is gearing up to publish insights and statistics from the 2023 Household Disability Survey and holds subject matter expertise on disability across Stats NZ's household surveys.

It is preferred that the Manager - Labour Market is based in Pōneke (Wellington), while the Manager - Disability Insights role can be based in either Ōtautahi (Christchurch), or Pōneke (Wellington). 

In both roles, each day will be different, with your conversations, focus and support of your people and team shifting between a range of different types of work.  This will include: supporting your team member's development and wellbeing; developing, maintaining and monitoring progress against delivery workplans; managing risk, working through issues, identifying and supporting improvement opportunities through the statistical production process; and building and maintaining relationships with customers and stakeholders within and outside Stats NZ, including working collaboratively with internal teams who support us in collecting the data and getting data and insights published.

Nōu te rourou | What you bring

• We value and consider transferable leadership skills and experience gained from outside of work e.g., cultural, community, sports, volunteering, or a comparable role in a different sector or industry.
• The "Way We Lead" tab on our careers site demonstrates what success looks like for Leaders at Tatauranga Aotearoa Stats NZ, tell us in your application how this aligns with you.
• We want to see more Māori and Pacific people in our leadership roles as it's important our organisation represents the communities we serve.
• 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.
• Strong people leadership skills, including a coaching, empowering, and inclusive approach.
• Listens, trusts, and takes on advice and feedback from technical experts and others around them.
• A can-do attitude and a growth mindset, seeking to develop yourself and others.
• Relationship and communication skills to build trust and rapport with your team, peers, customers, and stakeholders.
• Operational management / organisation skills to manage work and create clarity for the team.
• Proven track record of delivering on priorities and identifying and managing risk.

Me pēhea te tuku tono | How to apply

Please indicate in your cover letter whether you are interested in being considered for one role (and which one) or both roles (and if you have a preference).

Reach out to Andrew.Heath@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. 

Let us know if we need to make any specific accommodations to support you during the recruitment process.

We will be screening applications as we receive them, and you may be asked to complete a pre-interview screen via phone or video.

Click apply, and we will be in touch as soon as we can!

Note to Recruitment Agencies: unsolicited CVs will not be accepted, do not contact the Hiring Manager directly, instead reach out to jobs@stats.govt.nz

You must have the right to live and work in Aotearoa New Zealand and offers will be subject to background checks and other pre-employment checks.