Senior Strategy Analyst
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Tēnei tūranga – About the role
The Senior Strategy Analyst will provide business analysis support across all Immigration New Zealand (INZ) Strategy and Striking the Balance programmes. In addition, they will provide input to specific priority projects assigned by the Director Strategy.
The Senior Strategy Analyst will use well-honed analytical and problem-solving skills to support the further development of INZ’s strategy. This includes supporting the development of a multi-year strategy to enable the successful delivery of INZ’s organisational goals and outcomes and working across INZ to ensure that strategic capabilities are designed, embedded and monitored on an ongoing basis.
The Senior Strategy Analyst will be required to provide comprehensive analysis, advice and document requirements for environmental and customer impacts on all aspects of the Immigration business strategy and capabilities for the future including areas including risk, organisational health and performance, system health, customer insights.
The Senior Strategy Analyst will bring their analytical and business capability understanding and perspective to work in partnership with the Director Strategy and key stakeholders across MBIE.
Ngā herenga – Requirements of the role
Personal specifications
- Senior level experience of strategic analysis work including working with impact analysis, tools and methodologies, in a complex business environment.
- Experience with business process design, current state and gap analysis and identification of strategic risks, mitigations and opportunities for organisational development.
- Some experience of strategy work in a customer-centered organisation in the private or consultancy sector would be preferred.
- Ability to use computer software packages including project management, word processing, PowerPoint and analytical tools.
- Ability to work with numbers and cost out options to support recommendations with quantitative data.
- Excellent communications, self-management and interpersonal skills.
- A high standard of written English and a proven ability to clearly present analysis and ideas on paper.
- Ability to work within a team environment and establish collaborative working relationships inside and outside the organisation.
- A tertiary qualification in a relevant discipline.
- Proficient in the Microsoft Office Suite, familiarity with project methods, preferably agile would be an advantage.
- Must be a NZ citizen or hold a residence class visa.
Takohanga tuhinga o mua – Key accountabilities and deliverables
Design and implementation of INZ’s strategy
Input to the translation and embedding of the endorsed INZ strategy
- Designs and monitors the execution of Striking the Balance across all areas of organisational capability and reporting on achievement as well as supporting the necessary governance framework for Striking the Balance.
- Utilises environmental scanning and data to benchmark and test current INZ processes and practices in relation to INZ’s business strategy.
- The Senior Strategy Analyst will be required to provide comprehensive analysis, advice and document requirements for environmental and customer impacts on all aspects of the Immigration business strategy and capabilities for the future including areas including risk, organisational health and performance, system health, customer insights.
Responsibilities will include:
- assessing the impact of emerging issues on business strategy, organisational design, capabilities and outcomes.
- contributing to and participating in project teams to identify options, designs and model alternatives for implementation of striking the balance.
- Providing input to advise ILT on how to reflect the outcomes of the strategic analysis to ensure the strategy is current.
- Applying approved project methodology, preferably agile, and analysis tools as required.
- Delivering to the needs of internal and external stakeholders.
Strategic foresight and analytical support for key strategic capibility development
- The Senior Strategy Analyst will bring their analytical and business capability understanding and perspective to work in partnership with the Director Strategy and key stakeholders across MBIE.
- Support priority projects and areas of organisational capability development for the future such as INZ’s Future Funding project, and Striking the Balance project initiatives such as People, Culture, Customer and other to be determined.
Specifically, assisting with the development of strategies for INZ’s Embedding Striking the Balance programme:
- Strategic thinking and insights.
- Planning and monitoring.
- Support facilitating workshops.
Relationship management
- Manages constructive relationships with work colleagues and external stakeholders in order to identify and share best practice information.
- Represents whole-of-Ministry views and protects its reputation in all interactions.
- Tests the effectiveness of stakeholder relationships using a range of appropriate measures and processes (including stakeholder feedback).
- Participates as an active team member and contributes knowledge and expertise needed to achieve INZ and MBIE outcomes
- Develop effective working relationships with INZ and MBIE managers and staff in order to transfer knowledge and learning from the team to the wider organisation.
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 Senior Strategy Analyst position reports into the Director Strategy within the Office of the Associate Deputy Secretary within the Immigration NZ 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
