Senior Data Analyst

Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment

Senior Data Analyst using analytical skills to inform energy policy decisions at MBIE. Leading modelling projects and collaborating with policy teams to deliver impactful insights.

Posted 7/2/2026full-timeWellington • 🇳🇿 New ZealandSenior💰 NZ$101,911 - NZ$121,196 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Apply your strong analytical experience to inform decision-making in the energy sector.
Work closely with policy teams to deliver analysis and insights to inform policy design and advice.
Lead the delivery of a robust and compelling evidence base to inform key policy decisions in the energy sector.
Manage a complex modelling and analytical work programme, ensuring effective delivery of the Ministry’s energy modelling services.
Lead the ongoing development of the Ministry’s core modelling tools.
Analyse potential futures of energy supply, demand, and greenhouse emissions.
Produce analysis and evidence to inform policy development and design, including analysing policy options and monitoring how policies are tracking.
Translate requirements into effective solutions to provide the evidence needed to inform advice to Ministers.
Build relationships with a wide variety of stakeholders within MBIE, across Government, and in the energy sector.
Commit to innovation and continuous improvement, generating new ideas and ways of doing things to ensure the Ministry’s core modelling tools and methods remain fit-for-purpose.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Significant experience in classical modelling, forecasting, econometrics, or a closely related discipline is essential.
Demonstrated experience applying modelling, forecasting, econometric, or analytical skills to real-world problems in the public or private sector.
Strong ability to work with complex data, produce robust analysis, and communicate insights clearly to a range of technical and non-technical audiences.
Experience leading analytical projects, managing delivery, and working collaboratively with stakeholders to understand requirements and deliver fit-for-purpose outputs.
Experience working with policy teams or contributing analysis that supports policy development, monitoring, or advice would be an advantage.
A background in economics, applied economics, or an understanding of economic concepts would be beneficial.
Intermediate to advanced skills in R, or a comparable statistical programming language, with the ability to support reproducible, high-quality analysis.
A collaborative, self-starting approach, with the ability to deliver high-quality results under pressure and in a changing environment.
You MUST have the legal right to live and work in New Zealand.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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Hard Skills & Tools

ForecastingAnalytical SkillsComplex Data ManagementEvidence-Based AnalysisModelling Tools Development

Soft Skills

CollaborationCommunicationSelf-StarterInnovationStakeholder Engagement