Business Intelligence Developer - Wellington

Kumaravine - Celebrating Māori & Pasifika success; Wellington; Hybrid; NZD 88,000 - 104,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

TEC Days leave

Flexible working options

Wellness programme

Career development opportunities

Job summary

The Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) in Wellington seeks a Business Intelligence Developer to design, build and maintain enterprise BI solutions that drive insights for decision makers across TEC and partner organisations.

You will develop Power BI products, refine data visualisations, and collaborate with business stakeholders to translate requirements into robust analytics and dashboards. This role offers a collaborative, fast-paced environment with opportunities for career growth.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience delivering Power BI solutions in enterprise environments.

Responsibilities

• Developing BI products to support core TEC functions.
• Exploring new data visualization approaches.
• Advising on data visualization for different contexts.
• Maintaining the semantic layer between data warehouse and BI platforms.
• Integrating BI with 3rd party tools for predictive analytics.

Skills

Power BI

SQL

Data modelling

Analytics

Agile

Tools

Power BI

Job description

Business Intelligence Developer - Wellington

Business Intelligence Developer / Kaiwhakawhanake Mōhiohio Pakihi

Te Amorangi Mātauranga Matua, the TEC - is a small Crown agency with a big job to do - ensuring New Zealanders have the skills and the knowledge they need to build a great life, and ensure New Zealand thrives. We invest over $3 billion annually across the tertiary education and careers systems.

If you're looking for your “why”, then come and join us at TEC. We truly believe in the transformational benefits of education and vocational training and as a result we invest $3 billion a year in tertiary education and training and seek to lift the aspirations and skill bases of all New Zealanders from ages 7 to 74.

It's an exciting time in the careers and education sector with large scale and meaningful change taking place.

Data is key for TEC. Data and Digital Development establishes and manages the data pipeline from data collections to data development and insights to support the core business systems to the level required by TEC and partner organisations. Data and Digital Development is comprised of five teams grouped in centres of excellence: Data Collection, Data Development, Business Intelligence, Data Science and Web Development.

The Business Intelligence team contributes to a data-driven culture that adds value to TEC's business. It is focused on the delivery of business intelligence products, that create valuable insights to influence the decision making of TEC's businesses.

He angitūtanga: About the Role

Reporting to the Team Leader - Business Intelligence this role will be responsible for developing and producing management information to provide insights and aid decision making. This is an ideal opportunity for an experienced BI Developer who enjoys supporting and developing enterprise-level BI products that tell compelling stories, influence decisions and make a difference to learners in the tertiary sector.

• Developing BI products to support core business functions of TEC and partner organisations.
• Supporting and leading exploration of new approaches to data visualisation.
• Advising on the appropriate use of data visualisation for different purposes and context.
• Establishing the purpose and parameters of the data visualisation. Provides overall control to ensure effectiveness and consistency.
• Ensuring BI tools are optimised and aligned with current and future business requirements and maintaining the semantic layer between the data warehouse and the BI platforms.
• Supports the integration of the BI environment with 3rd party tools to provide predictive analytics and machine learning solutions.

We are looking for someone who is customer-focused, has great communications and people skills and willing to work in a collaborative and fast-paced environment. This role would suit an Intermediate BI Developer looking to work in a different sector.

You bring the following:

• Demonstrated experience delivering Power BI solutions in enterprise environments, with intermediate to advanced proficiency.
• Intermediate to Advanced SQL and analytics skills.
• Skilled in applying best practices in data visualisation.
• Ability to engage with business users to understand their information requirements.
• Very strong customer service orientation.
• Experience using an agile methodology.
• Strong experience with data modelling and analysis.
• Good understanding of database structures, theories, principles and practices.

• Up to three additional (TEC Days) leave days
• A range of benefits including flexible working options, a wellness programme.
• A motivated and supportive manager, keen to make the most of your skill set
• A focus on Career development and internal opportunities

The salary for this role starts at $87,997 through to $103,526 which is negotiable depending on experience.

The closing date for this role is Friday, 17th July 2026. For more information or if you have any questions, please contact [e-mail] .

Applicants must have the legal right to work in New Zealand and be able to maintain this on a permanent basis. If you do hold a visa, please upload a copy with your application.

Prior to the Tertiary Education Commission confirming any offer of employment, pre-employment checks will be undertaken including criminal conviction history and reference checking as a minimum.

The TEC 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