Senior Business Analyst

New Zealand Police is working with the community to make New Zealanders be safe and feel safe. With over 13,000 staff, we provide policing services 24 hours a day, every day. We operate by land, sea and air, manage over 860,000 emergency calls a year and are always actively preventing crime and crashes.

We’re working towards specific goals and targets that highlight our intent to work collaboratively with iwi and communities, other government sectors and business partners to deliver ‘Our Business’ and achieve long-term change.

Mō matou | About us

The purpose of Te Tari Pūreke, Firearms Safety Authority is to enable New Zealand to be a world leader in arms safety. We regulate and administer the Arms Act and Arms Regulations.

Our business was established to lead, operate, and modernise the firearms system. We will achieve this by building stronger relationships with those in the firearms community, creating a more efficient and effective risk-based licensing system, and improving public confidence in the firearms licensing system.

We will earn trust and confidence by working together in partnership with other policing groups, iwi, the firearms community, wider New Zealand public and other agencies and organisations to achieve collective impact.

To learn more about us, click here to view our About Te Tari Pūreke video. 

Mō te tūnga | About the role

As senior business analyst (processes, projects and people) for the Partnerships Directorate, you will take responsibility to scope and stand-up multiple pieces of strategic work that help develop our business. You’ll be a liaison between employees and our firearms community, subject matter experts, vendors, consultants, and other organisations in the analysis, design, configuration, testing, maintenance, and handover of processes and projects that help us be more efficient, most cost effective, and more responsive to our community.

You will define and document business requirements, stakeholder requirements, business readiness assessments, current state analyses, gap analyses, and implementation plans. You'll create and contribute to high quality technical documents, communication materials and training packs. You’ll drive operational efficiencies from start to finish with the support of a small but high-performing change team and a pool of subject matter experts who want to work with you to help you succeed.

You will be experienced in facilitating workshops to identify business needs, processes, and potential solutions. Employee involvement and engagement is critical, so an understanding of engagement techniques and positive psychology is a bonus.

You will have strong research and analysis skills, able to ferret out information as needed, all the while building your network.

Most importantly, you’ll need to be able to articulate and present your findings and recommendations in a way that makes commercial sense. So, impeccable communication skills are essential, as is the ability to create outputs and artifacts that demonstrate compelling stories to your audience.

Takohanga Matua | Key Accountabilities:

• Take on the research, analysis, feasibility and implementation for new processes, projects and ways of working, and develop tools to help the business operate more efficiently.
• Produce compelling artifacts that propel your projects forward: business plans, budgets, current state analyses, business process maps, process workflows, communication materials and business proposals.
• Track and document changes for functional and business specifications; write detailed universally understood procedures for permanent records and for use in training.
• Understand how policy changes could and should be applied, and what the wider implications are.
• Build Q&As and base packs for technical changes.
• Oversee the implementation for your work: ensuring the right materials and stakeholders are engaged at the right time.
• Be the subject matter expert for your projects and following them through to completion, working with your team to ensure evidence of action and reinforcement is captured, presented, and acted on.
• Demonstrate commitment to the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi, Māori and other communities and cultures.

What you’ll bring:

• Exceptional skills using the M365 suite of products.
• Clear, concise and engaging writing skills. Plain Language training is a bonus.
• Be able to produce business artifacts to a very high standard.
• Excellent understanding of modelling techniques and methods.
• Knowledge and experience in conducting cost/benefit analyses.
• Understanding of and experience with developing and obtaining approval for business cases.
• Better Business Case Methodology.
• Requirements gathering.
• Business process mapping.
• Using project methodologies e.g., PRINCE2.
• Modelling tools an advantage.
• A minimum of 5 years’ experience in a similar role.
• Keeps knowledge up to date and participates in ongoing professional development.
• Understanding of technical documentation.
• Understanding of system development methodologies.

Skills:

The following Skills Framework for the Information Age (SFIA) technical skills are required for this role:

•         Business Analysis (BUAN)

•         Business Process Improvement (BPRE)

•         Requirements Definition and Management (REQM)

•         Consultancy (CNSL)

•         Relationship Management (RLMT)

Qualifications / Requirements:

• Applicants have working rights in New Zealand 
• Certificate Business Analyst Professional (CBAP) or equivalent an advantage
• Relevant tertiary qualification containing significant component of statistics or other mathematical disciplines, or equivalent experience preferred.

If you are an internal applicant, you must apply internally through the police system. You must provide an alternative contact email address.

This role is set at Individual Contributor level, this means your key purpose is “to deliver or enable others to deliver Our Business”

We will ask you questions based on “How we will deliver Our Business – Core Competencies” and the appropriate role level, i.e. Individual Contributor. For more information on Our Core Competencies, please copy and paste this URL:  https://www.police.govt.nz/sites/default/files/publications/core-competencies-how-we-will-deliver-our-business.pdf

These questions will be unique and specific to the role, focusing on the aspects the hiring manager believes are most important for that position at the time. For more information on Our Values, please copy and paste this URL: https://www.police.govt.nz/sites/default/files/publications/nzp-our-values.pdf

 Pre-Employment Checks:

• Standard Police vetting check
• References

To view more detailed information about our recruitment process along with further details about requirements please click below link:

Applicant Information Pack (External)

To view the position description for this role please copy and paste this link into a new browser:

https://www.police.govt.nz/sites/default/files/pd/12-2023/senior_business_analyst_te_tari_pureke_1.pdf

How to apply 

Pāwhiria i konei kia tonoa te tūnga | If this position sounds like you, click ‘Apply’ now.

You will be required to submit an application form and a CV.

Before confirmation of hire, pre-employment checks will be undertaken.

For further information on the application process, please copy and paste this URL: https://www.police.govt.nz/careers

Mēnā he pātai āu mō te tūnga, ka pai tō whakapā atu ki te Recruitment Advisor mā te Sandra on Swarti.Mehta@police.govt.nz | If you have any questions about this vacancy, the Recruitment Advisor, Sandra can be contacted on Swarti.Mehta@police.govt.nz

Ka katia ngā tono ā te 5pm, Rahina 13 Haratua 2024   | Applications close 5pm , Monday 13th May 2024

Please note: Deadline for applications is 5:00pm 13th May 2024. Applications may be reviewed prior to the close date as well as contact made with candidates.