Senior Business Analyst (Fixed Term or Secondment)

Job Title : Senior Business Analyst

Role type : Fixed Term or Secondment to 30 October 2026, Full-time hours

Location : Wellington City

General Salary range D : from $100,934 to $135,076 (midpoint $118,005) per annum dependent upon skills and experience

About the Role

As a Senior Business Analyst with the Fisheries Contracts Portfolio team, based in the Fisheries New Zealand (FNZ) Science & Information directorate, you will play a key part in ensuring that the operational functions within the directorate are delivered to a standard of excellence.

On a daily basis you will be providing business analysis, process, and advice to support the detailed design and implementation of a range of routine fisheries data and survey projects.

This role would suit a very experienced Business Analyst looking to step into a senior role or an existing Senior Business Analyst who is looking to expand their domain knowledge.

Key Responsibilities

• Working with the directorate to identify and initiate the setting up of high performing technology-based business practices, ensuring that Science & Information have systems with the capability to deliver information and reporting requirements
• Leading the analysis around the preparing and enhancing of current information systems to determine their fit for purpose and relevance to data required for operational delivery

About You

As a successful candidate you will have 5+ years' experience as a business / technical Business Analyst.

About the Team

The Science and Information directorate is responsible for the planning, collection, verification and stewardship of all the fisheries data and information that underpins robust fisheries management decision making.

There are 5 teams within the directorate; Stock Assessment, Aquatic Environment, Data Management, Fisheries Analytics and Contracts Portfolio.

The Contracts Portfolio team is responsible for managing vendor relationships and contracts for Fisheries New Zealand's major service providers and research service provider.

Benefits of working at MPI

We are committed to being a good partner under Te Tiriti o Waitangi which includes working closely with iwi, hapū, whanau and hāpori.

We aspire to reflect the diverse communities we serve, so we welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, and identities.

In your cover letter we'd like to know about you, your values, your interest and motivations for this role; the abilities, strengths, personal attributes and diverse perspectives you will bring to the role and this organisation, which may have also been gained outside of the workforce.

Applications close at 11.59pm on Sunday, 19 October 2025.

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