Intelligence Coordinator

Department of Internal Affairs; Wellington; Hybrid; NZD 71,000 - 89,000; Full time

Job summary

The Department of Internal Affairs in Wellington is seeking an Intelligence Coordinator to support the Regulatory Intelligence & Insights team. You will identify and triage risks, collect and collate information, and work with intelligence analysts to produce tactical, operational, and strategic outputs.

Key responsibilities include data analysis, trend identification, and proactive engagement with partner agencies.

Qualifications

• Experience extracting and analysing quantitative and qualitative information from multiple sources.
• Ability to research, collect and conduct preliminary analysis to identify emerging trends, issues and risks.
• Comfort working with various software and information management tools.
• Sound judgement to triage information, requests, and identify risk.
• Strong initiative with a proactive and innovative mindset.
• Effective interpersonal skills, with the ability to develop and maintain productive relationships.
• Ability to communicate clearly to a range of audiences, in written and verbal format.

Responsibilities

• Identify and triage risks across regulatory systems to support decision making.
• Support intelligence analysts by collecting and collating information from diverse sources.
• Develop and maintain timely intelligence outputs for tactical, operational, and strategic use.
• Engage with stakeholders across government and partner agencies to share insights.

Skills

Data analysis

Information gathering

Stakeholder engagement

Critical thinking

Communication skills

Initiative

Team collaboration

Job description

• Locations 45 Pipitea Street, Wellington, 6011, NZ
• Job Schedule Full time

Job Description

The Regulatory Services Group,leadsand influences three key regulatory systems for Aotearoa. In the gambling system we deliver community wellbeing through reducing gambling related harms; in the anti-money laundering (AML) system we protect the trust in the financial systems of Aotearoa, and in the charities system we promote public trust and confidence in the charitable sector and encourage the effective use of charitable resources.

We are a responsive risk-based regulator focused on reducing harm, and ensuring that iwi, hapū and communities across Aotearoa are safe, resilient, and thriving.

The role | Te tūnga

We are looking for an Intelligence Coordinator to come join our Regulatory Intelligence & Insights team. As a pivotal function for our team, our Intelligence Coordinator works across various systems and information sources to identify and triage risks, support our intelligence analysts, collect and collate information, and work alongside our stakeholders. Your work will directly contribute to operational and strategic decision-making across our regulatory systems.

Key to your success in the role will be your familiarity with analysing data and information, critical thinking to identify trends and risks, your initiative and innovation, and a collaborative approach to support our intelligence analysts developing tactical, operational, and strategic intelligence outputs. Working collaboratively in teams, across the business, and with a range of partner agencies, your effective and influential engagement skills will be important.

Our environment is dynamic and often uncertain, so we’re looking for adaptable and innovative talent wanting to make their mark or enter the intelligence field. Here in Regulatory Services, intelligence staff have access to a range of professional development opportunities, intelligence networks across government, excellent technology support, and the opportunity to work with subject matter that is interesting, challenging, and has a real-world impact.

• Experience extracting and analysing quantitative and qualitative information from various sources
• Ability to research, collect and conduct preliminary analysis to identify and highlight emerging trends, issues and risks
• Comfort working with various software and information management tools
• Sound judgement to triage information, requests, and identify risk
• Strong initiative with a proactive and innovative mindset
• Effective interpersonal skills, with the ability to develop and maintain productive relationships
• Ability to communicate clearly to a range of audiences, in written and verbal format
• A passion for continuous improvement, with strong planning and task prioritisation skills.
• Familiarity with intelligence is desired

At the Department of Internal Affairs, we are committed to offering a collaborative and innovative culture where your perspective and ideas will be welcomed. We want our people to thrive within a culture of best practice, while being able to set and achieve goals and being encouraged to challenge the status quo.

To learn more about the diverse, important mahi we do at the Department and see why we're a great place to work check out our website https://www.dia.govt.nz/

The appointing range for this role is $71,208 - $88,614.

Applications for this role close 5pm, 25 March 2026.

Please also note that you must have the legal right to live and work in New Zealand as well as the ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance to the level of Secret to be considered for this role. Use this tool to check if you are eligible for security clearance:Eligibility self-check tool | Protective Security Requirements