Principal Statistician | Kaimātai Tauanga Mātāmua (Fixed-Term)

Overview

Join an organisation contributing to meaningful outcomes, About Aotearoa, for Aotearoa - data that improves lives today and for generations to come.

• Meaningful work contributing to the design of the next Census
• Balanced work life with friendly hours
• Use your skills to grow the capability of others and create lasting change.

Stats NZ | Tatauranga Aotearoa is a Central Government employer of 1300+ people across Aotearoa. We provide data and statistics to support the decisions of Government, Māori and Iwi organisations, businesses, NGOs, and New Zealanders. Our work is About Aotearoa, for Aotearoa - data that improves lives today and for generations to come. We welcome every gender, ethnicity, ability, religion, age, and background and encourage all our people to be their authentic selves.

The role | Mō te tūnga

This is a 12-month fixed term role and will be reporting to the Interim Chief Methodologist.

As a Principal Statistician, you are a highly skilled technical leader with a deep knowledge of statistics and statistical design, particularly for household and social surveys. We are looking for an expert to provide further technical leadership to our Methods and Design group, to deliver statistics that make a difference to every New Zealander. This expert methodologist will :

This role requires someone with a strong customer focus, comfortable with ambiguity and change, and sound decision-making ability. You will have statistical consultancy experiences commensurate with your role, practical experience in Official Statistics and ideally you will have international experience in this field.

Our commitments and expectations

We understand transferable skills can come from experience gained from outside of work. We encourage you to be you in your application. We are committed to diversity, equity, inclusion and lifting our cultural capability. You don't need to be knowledgeable in all these areas already, but you do need to be on board with learning and have a genuine interest and willingness to grow on this journey with us.

Tell us about yourself in your cover letter, what attracted you to this role, and what you would bring to Stats NZ.

Benefits

How to apply | Me pēhea te tuku tono

If this sounds like you, click on the Apply now button to be redirected to the application page on our careers site. The position description is located on the right-hand side of the page.

We will be screening applications as we receive them to move swiftly to interview. You may be asked to complete a pre-interview screen via phone or video. Please let us know in your application if we need to make any specific accommodations during our process.

You must have the right to live and work in Aotearoa New Zealand. Background and various pre-employment checks are part of our recruitment process.

Note to Recruitment Agencies : unsolicited CVs will not be accepted.

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