Senior Business Analyst - Emergency Management and Business Continuity
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Tēnei tūranga – About the role
MBIE is an important and complex agency, with a broad scope of responsibilities across 18 regulatory systems and a range of different stakeholders, business partners and customers who rely on us for information and advice. High quality and accessible data and insights are key to MBIE’s ability to understand impact in systems, manage risk effectively and support policy and investment decisions that ultimately help us to achieve our core purpose to grow New Zealand for all.
The Senior Business Analyst – Emergency Management and Business Continuity (EMBC) is responsible for providing strategic and operational advice on EMBC data, insights, and reporting related matters across MBIE. Key duties include:
- Leading and providing expert advice on the design, and ongoing development, of the analysis and reporting framework for business continuity and emergency management information that informs all levels of the organisation, including the Senior Leadership Team.
- Working closely with the Wellbeing, Health and Safety Data and Insights Team (in the Workplace, Safety and Security Branch) with business continuity and emergency management information.
- Providing expert technical skills in the collection, storing, transformation, modelling, analysis and reporting of EMBC information.
- Providing expert advice and insights to the Head of Emergency Management and Business Continuity, People Leaders, and other internal stakeholders.
- Influencing continuous improvement with regards to response readiness and emergency preparedness.
Ngā herenga – Requirements of the role
Personal specifications
- Advanced knowledge of and extensive experience using data analysis tools such as Power BI Desktop, Power BI Service, Microsoft Excel, and Sharepoint, and a demonstrated ability of using these applications to deliver actionable reporting and insights to leaders and decision-makers.
- Extensive knowledge and understanding of data analysis and reporting practice, methodologies, techniques, and principles.
- Knowledge or experience in emergency, incident, business continuity management and New Zealand’s National Resilience System would be desirable (for example, CIMS training, EM qualification).
- Continuously looks to improve and enhance reporting products and identifies opportunities to automate, streamline, and refine existing processes and activities.
- Superior relationship management, influencing and problem resolution skills.
- Demonstrable experience of managing significant programmes of work.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills, including a demonstrated ability to think analytically about issues and express ideas clearly.
- Well-developed inter-personal skills and ability to work at all levels within the organisation including with senior management.
- Ability to balance working in a team environment with the need to operate independently and with autonomy when necessary.
- Time management and the ability to prioritise.
- Must have the legal right to live and work in New Zealand.
- The ability to obtain and maintain a national security clearance.
- Credit check required (no).
- Required to drive (no).
- Policy vetting (no).
Takohanga tuhinga o mua – Key accountabilities and deliverables
Emergency management and business continuity data, insights, reporting and analysis
- Utilises a high standard of business analysis skills to develop, implement, and maintain national initiatives supporting business continuity, incident management and emergency preparedness.
- Investigates, analyses and produces bespoke EMBC reporting for time-sensitive requests from within MBIE and for external stakeholders.
- Provides expert advice on data management, analysis, and reporting processes and strategies.
- Maintain, and where appropriate enhance current systems, reporting and processes to lift preparedness standards to best practice.
- Collaborates with business and data analysts within MBIE to coordinate the design and delivery of key analytics to support the business.
- Provides in-depth analysis and reporting on current and emerging EMBC trends including what this information means in relation to the performance of operational services, and compliance with relevant legislation.
- Contribute towards the continuous improvement of the immediate team and the Branch’s services.
- Represent the Ministry in a variety of forums, as and when agreed.
All of Government coordination
- Maintains knowledge, competency and understanding of MBIE’s involvement in the National Resilience System and All of Government activities and what this means for EMBC data and insights.
- Manages relationships across MBIE and externally ensuring effective flow of information.
- Highlights trends, alerting the responsible manager, Head of Emergency Management and Business Continuity and General Manager Workplace Safety & Security (as appropriate) on a regular and consistent basis.
Strategic planning
- Support the Head of Emergency Management and Business Continuity in identifying short, medium, and long term strategies for the Ministry to develop its incident management and business continuity and performance, including:
- Its approach to establishing assurance and ensuring continuous improvement of arrangements.
- Producing an annual work programme.
Wellbeing, health and 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 Senior Business Analyst – EMBC position reports into the Head of Emergency Management and Business Continuity within the Workplace, Safety and Security Branch. The branch sits within the Corporate and Digital Shared Services 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
