Principal Business Analyst
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Tēnei tūranga – About the role
The Principal Business Analyst provides support to the Manager, Immigration Health Team by leading key activities, supporting the Immigration Health Team manager with providing technical direction on the design of immigration health instructions, process, systems and associated products, and drafting briefings to Ministers, communication and correspondence related to immigration health screening.
The Principal Business Analyst is responsible for ensuring quality and consistency of advice and practices in relation to their work. In addition, they will provide guidance and mentoring to other members of the team, and take the lead in management of the Immigration Health Team’s Official Information Act requests, complaint and media responses; and represent the Immigration Health Team perspective in internal and external health policy engagements.
Ngā herenga – Requirements of the role
Personal specifications
- Proven experience working with senior leadership teams and providing high level strategic and operational advice.
- Proven experience writing effective briefings to ministers and senior leadership teams, synthesising advice, and navigating different interests.
- Proven experience in designing and implementing government policies that are customer focussed and coherent across a complex regulatory system.
- Proven understanding of the analysis process required to ensure impacts across interconnected policies, systems, processes and business groups are well understood.
- In-depth knowledge of processes at the centre of government as well as wider governmental processes and protocols.
- An ability to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing with a wide range of people at all levels, both internal and external to MBIE.
- A self-starter that recognises and acts on opportunities
- The ability to deliver successful outcomes in a demanding environment.
- The ability to influence, lead, and facilitate others to achieve outcomes.
- Strategic thinking; can identify and assess organisational risk, long term potential outcomes and anticipate consequences and trends.
- An ability to think strategically and translate ideas and concepts into concrete actions.
- The ability to gain and maintain a national security clearance if required
- Credit check required (no)
- Required to drive (no)
- Police vetting (no)
- Must be a New Zealand citizen or Permanent Resident
Takohanga tuhinga o mua – Key accountabilities and deliverables
Advice and Leadership
- Provides thought leadership on impacts on immigration health screening requirements, systems and processes in relation to INZ system change proposals.
- Provides technical expertise on Immigration policy and processes; and Official Information Act, complaints and ministerial responses; and responses to oral and written parliamentary questions.
- Models positive management and leadership behaviours
- Fosters an open, collaborative environment that encourages quality, innovation, ongoing learning and knowledge sharing within the team.
- Represents the branch and INZ on internal or external cross-agency reference/working groups as required.
- Leads specific projects as required and takes responsibility for own work.
Support
- Provides support to the Manager, Immigration Health Team on policy, process and system matters, media queries and in internal and external engagements.
- Drafting of papers, communication and correspondence related to immigration health screening.
- Provides support to the Manager, Immigration Health Team by being available on call if required.
Relationship Management
- Participates as an active team member and contributes knowledge and expertise needed to achieve MBIE’s outcomes.
- Develops effective working relationships with other MBIE managers and staff in order to transfer knowledge and learning from the team to the wider organisation.
- Builds and maintains effective relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders, as necessary, in order to identify and share best practice information and to promote the Ministry, its products and services.
- Represents whole-of-Ministry views and protects its reputation in any external interactions.
Wellbeing, health & safety
- Displays commitment through actively supporting all safety and wellbeing initiatives.
- Ensures own and others safety at all times.
- Complies with relevant safety and wellbeing policies, procedures, safe systems of work and event reporting.
- Reports all incidents/accidents, including near misses in a timely fashion.
- Is involved in health and safety through participation and consultation.
Tō tūranga i roto i te Manatū – Your place in the Ministry
The Principal Business Analyst position reports into the Manager, Immigration Health Team position within the Enablement branch. The branch sits within the Immigration New Zealand group.
To mātou aronga – What we do for Aotearoa New Zealand
Hīkina Whakatutuki is the te reo Māori name for the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment. Hīkina means to uplift. Whakatutuki means to move forward, to make successful. Our name speaks to our purpose, Grow Aotearoa New Zealand for All.
To Grow Aotearoa New Zealand for All, we put people at the heart of our mahi. Based on the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi / The Treaty of Waitangi, we are committed to upholding authentic partnerships with Māori.
As agile public service leaders, we use our breadth and experience to navigate the ever-changing world. We are service providers, policy makers, investors and regulators. We engage with diverse communities, businesses and regions. Our work touches on the daily lives of New Zealanders. We grow opportunities (Puāwai), guard and protect (Kaihāpai) and innovate and navigate towards a better future (Auaha).
Ngā matatau – Our competencies
Cultivates innovation We create new and better ways for the organisation to be successful by challenging the status quo generating new and creative ideas and translating them into workable solutions.
Nimble learning We are curious and actively learn through experimentation when tackling new problems by learning as we go when facing new situations and challenges.
Customer focus We build strong customer relationships and deliver customer-centric solutions by listening and gaining insights into the needs of the communities we serve and actively seeking and responding to feedback.
Decision quality We make quality and timely decisions that shape the future for our communities and keep the organisation moving forward by relying on an appropriate mix of analysis, wisdom, experience, and judgement to make valid and reliable decisions.
Action oriented We step up, taking on new opportunities and tough challenges with purpose, urgency and discipline by taking responsibility, ownership and action on challenges, and being accountable for the results.
Collaborates We connect, working together to build partnerships with our communities, working collaboratively to meet shared objectives by gaining trust and support of others; actively seeking the views, experiences, and opinions of others and by working co-operatively with others across MBIE, the public sector and external stakeholder groups.
Te Tiriti o Waitangi
As an agency of the public service, MBIE has a responsibility to contribute to the Crown meeting its obligations under Te Tiriti o Waitangi (Te Tiriti). Meeting our commitment to Te Tiriti will contribute towards us realising the overall aims of Te Ara Amiorangi – Our Path, Our Direction, and achieve the outcome of Growing New Zealand for All. The principles of Te Tiriti - including partnership, good faith, and active protection – are at the core of our work. MBIE is committed to delivering on our obligations as a Treaty partner with authenticity and integrity and to enable Māori interests. We are committed to ensuring that MBIE is well placed to meet our obligations under the Public Service Act 2020 (Te Ao Tūmatanui) to support the Crown in strengthening the Māori/Crown Relationship under the Treaty and to build MBIE’s capability, capacity and cultural intelligence to deliver this.
Mahi i roto i te Ratonga Tūmatanui – Working in the public service
Ka mahitahi mātou o te ratonga tūmatanui kia hei painga mō ngā tāngata o Aotearoa i āianei, ā, hei ngā rā ki tua hoki. He kawenga tino whaitake tā mātou hei tautoko i te Karauna i runga i āna hononga ki a ngāi Māori i raro i te Tiriti o Waitangi. Ka tautoko mātou i te kāwanatanga manapori. Ka whakakotahingia mātou e te wairua whakarato ki ō mātou hapori, ā, e arahina ana mātou e ngā mātāpono me ngā tikanga matua o te ratonga tūmatanui i roto i ā mātou mahi.
In the public service we work collectively to make a meaningful difference for New Zealanders now and in the future. We have an important role in supporting the Crown in its relationships with Māori under the Treaty of Waitangi. We support democratic government. We are unified by a spirit of service to our communities and guided by the core principles and values of the public service in our work.
What does it mean to work in Aotearoa New Zealand’s Public Service?(external link) — Te Kawa Mataaho The Public Service Commission
