Analytics & Visualisation Engineer

New Zealand Institute for Public Health and Forensic Science Ltd; New Zealand; Remote; NZD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working options

Four weeks annual leave + additional 2

PHF Science days

flu vaccinations

Subsidised health insurance

Employee Assistance Programme

Job summary

The New Zealand Institute for Public Health and Forensic Science Ltd seeks an Analytics and Visualisation Engineer on a fixed-term basis through 31 March 2027 to build and support public health dashboards and data pipelines across Aotearoa. You will join PHF Science experts to translate complex data into actionable insights.

Responsibilities include ETL pipeline development, API integrations, near real-time analytics, and setting technical standards for analytics apps, with a focus on continuous

Qualifications

• Experience in an analytics role enabling data extraction and insight.
• Relevant tertiary qualification in Computer Science, IT, Data Engineering or related discipline.
• Experience with data science or analytics tools (R/Python/R Shiny/Tableau/PowerBI/TSQL/Snowflake) and Azure.

Responsibilities

• Develop scalable data ETL pipelines and API integrations to support diverse datasets and GIS visualisations.
• Prepare solutions for near-real-time data collection, ingestion, storage and analysis.
• Develop standards for analytics apps development and deployment.
• Contribute to requirements gathering and design aligned with best practices.
• Identify opportunities for continuous improvement in service delivery and solutions.

Skills

Data analytics

R

Python

Tableau

PowerBI

SQL

Snowflake

Azure

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

ETL pipelines

GIS visualisations

API integrations

Azure cloud services

Job description

Te tūnga | The role

We have a fixed-term opportunity through to 31 March 2027 for an Analytics and Visualisation Engineer to develop and support PHF Science’s public health dashboards and pipelines. This will involve bringing together diverse and complex data to advance our organisation’s scientific value. You will partner with our experts across PHF Science to derive meaningful value from data.

• Development of scalable data ETL pipelines and API integrations to support the exploitation of diverse and complex datasets and integration with GIS enabled visualisations.
• Preparing solutions for near-real time data collection, ingestion, storage and analysis.
• Developing technical standards for development and deployments of analytics apps.
• Contributing to requirements gathering and recommendations that align with best practices and future state design.
• Identifying opportunities for continuous improvement for service delivery and solutions.

We offer flexible working options and are open to applications across anywhere in Aotearoa, including Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch.

Ngā painga | The benefits

• Flexible working options to support balancing work and non-work commitments.
• Four weeks annual leave, plus two additional annual leave days and three additional PHF Science days (usually the three days between Christmas and New Year’s Eve) 15 days sick leave Annual volunteer day to support an organisation or issue you care about in the community.
• Free annual flu vaccinations.
• Subsidised Southern Cross insurance & access to special retail discounts.
• Access to Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), a confidential and free counselling service.

Kia angitu koe | About you

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Experience in an analytics role that will enable you to complete the above tasks
• A relevant tertiary qualification in Computer Science, IT, Data Engineering or related discipline
• Relevant analytical coding experience, we use R/Python/R Shiny/Tableau/PowerBI/TSQL/Snowflake Cloud systems development experience, ideally for data science or analytics purposes and Azure
• Great numerical and analytical skills
• Excellent problem solving and troubleshooting skills
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Cross-cultural communication skills would be desirable, but not essential

Mō mātou | About Us

Established in 2025, formerly ESR, PHF Science is a New Zealand Government-owned research organisation dedicated to the health, wellbeing and safety of our communities. Specialising in public health and forensic sciences, we monitor disease, help ensure safe food and water, reduce harm from drugs, support the justice system and more. Our science powers innovations and solutions to help New Zealand prosper and grow. With four locations across Aotearoa New Zealand from Auckland to Christchurch and Wellington (Kenepuru and Wallaceville), we use world-leading science to monitor disease, test food and products, safeguard our water, and support the justice sector. By joining forces with experts and iwi, we’re tackling critical issues to ensure a better Aotearoa New Zealand for all. We are an accredited Living Wage employer and value our people, providing excellent environment for fostering and developing our people in a values-driven, flexible, and ever evolving landscape. We are committed to sustainability and are proud to have received our Toitū Carbonreduce Certification.

Applications close 12pm Friday 23rd October 2026.

Health, Safety and Wellbeing PHF Science is an equal opportunity employer and committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion. Your unique talents and experience will help us deliver exceptional services to New Zealand. We look forward to your application. We focus on recruiting individuals who share our core values of Mahi Rangatira (Our quality counts), Mahi tahi (our team spirit), Mahi Auaha (we push boundaries), Mahi Pono (we do the right thing). PHF Science is committed to developing a diverse, inclusive, equitable workplace where people feel they belong. We believe this is the right thing to do, but we also believe it is a worthwhile commitment that makes our organisation stronger and more capable through building on our diversity of thinking, enabling us to better understand the needs of our stakeholders and people and respond effectively to them. An inclusive environment means the diverse perspectives we have are more likely to be expressed, heard, and acted on. Please note the successful applicant will be required to complete a pre-employment drug-screen and police records check as conditions of employment.

We are New Zealand’s Crown Research Institute specialising in science for communities. We use world-leading science to safeguard our health, keep our communities safer, protect our food-based economy, and improve the health of our water and natural environment. Keeping people safe and healthy through science is our focus and our staff bring a wealth of different experience and backgrounds to deliver this expertise. If you have the skills, initiative and commitment for protecting people through science, we’d like to hear from you.

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