IUCLID Business Analyst

Environmental Protection Authority NZ; Wellington; On-site; NZD 77,000 - 116,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Three additional annual leave days

Home setup grant

Environment Day

Māori capability program

Science Symposium

Social club

EPA awards

Job summary

Environmental Protection Authority NZ in Wellington is seeking a technically capable business analyst to own our IUCLID platform and drive its continuous improvement. IUCLID is used to record, store, maintain, and exchange data on chemical substances and is a key tool for international regulatory bodies.

You will design, develop and improve the IUCLID solution, including the application and reporting databases, publishing pipeline, and Windows server infrastructure, with strong SQL skills and a

Qualifications

• Strong SQL skills with complex queries, views, and stored procedures.
• Proficient in Power BI report design, development, and maintenance.
• Experience with Azure platform services and DevOps tooling.
• Ability to translate between technical and scientific audiences.
• Demonstrated vendor management and budget oversight.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Own the IUCLID platform and drive its continuous improvement.
• Design, develop and improve the IUCLID solution package, including databases and pipeline.
• Manage relationships with multiple vendors and translate business needs into requirements.
• Test fixes, manage budgets and vendor invoicing, and oversee delivery against agreements.

Skills

SQL

Power BI

Azure

Analytical thinking

Vendor management

Stakeholder communication

Tools

SQL Server Management Studio

VS Code

DevOps tooling

Job description

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Environmental Protection Authority NZ – Wellington, North Island

As New Zealand's environmental regulator, the work we do today helps shape the future of our tomorrow.

We are the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA), New Zealand's independent environmental regulator. Our role is important; to help protect our country's unique way of life by looking out for the health of its environment, its economy and its people.

Our kaupapa is about making the right decisions, based on evidence, mātauranga, and science. We are passionate people working as one EPA to encourage big ideas and bold goals.

What we achieve today helps shape the future of New Zealand for generations to come.

Jump in the waka - make history with us.

The purpose of the Hazardous Substances & New Organisms (HSNO) Group is to manage consent, application and reassessment processes.

About the role | Mō te tūnga

The Hazardous Substances team are looking for a technically capable business analyst to own our IUCLID platform and drive its continuous improvement.

IUCLID is a software application used to record, store, maintain, and exchange data on the intrinsic and hazardous properties of chemical substances. It is a key software application international regulatory bodies in the chemical industry.

The successful candidate will work with the hazardous substances team to design, develop and continuously improve the IUCLID solution package: the application database, reporting database, publishing pipeline, and the windows server infrastructure that under pins it, operating across the full solution development lifecycle. Strong SQL skills are essential. Familiarity with the deeper infrastructure layer is not required on day one, but the appetite to grow into it (supported but multiple vendors) is.

The role involves participating in international IUCLID working groups, implementing updates and upgrades to the platform, assessing emerging IUCLID adjacent tools for their fit with EPA's work, and managing and improving the internal tools that surround it, such as: Power BI reporting, web publishing of IUCLID data. It offers an opportunity to contribute to an international community of IUCLID users and the management of scientific data.

You will manage relationships with multiple vendors to maintain and improve the platform. This includes translating business needs into requirements, communicating priorities, ensuring tasks and projects are delivered against agreements, testing fixes and improvements, and managing the associated budgets and vendor invoicing.

About you | Mōhou ake

• SQL: Confident writing, debugging, and tracing data through complex queries, views and stored procedures, using tools such as SQL server Management Studio and VS Code.
• Power BI : Both report design, development, and maintenance
• The Azure platform: Includes function app, application insights, API's and the broader DevOps tooling.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to take initiative and work autonomously across multiple technical systems.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and manage vendor relationships, including commercial and budget oversight.
• Strong written and oral communication, particularly translating between technical and scientific audiences.

The breadth to look across the platform, reporting layer, and the upgrade roadmap, and tell us where this should be heading over the coming years.

The role provides plenty of variety, interesting and challenging opportunities, working with colleagues focused on making a difference. You will be joining a close-knit and supportive HSNO group who are focused and dedicated to our work and whānau.

There are a range of benefits that our people value:

• three additional annual leave days between Christmas and New Years
• $400 gross payment to help you set up working at home
• an annual paid EPA Environment Day to support the community with environmental initiatives
• in-house Māori cultural capability building programme
• learning opportunities, including the annual Science Symposium
• active and lively social club, and diverse groups and support networks
• EPA awards recognising individual and team effort

Salary Range |

$77,045- $115,567per annum (midpoint $96,306).

This is the full salary range of the band, from 80% - 120%. Appointments will generally be made at or below the midpoint of this range, depending on skills and experience.

Applications will only be considered from those who have the entitlement to legally work in New Zealand and who are already located in New Zealand.

We are open to supporting inter agency secondments. If possible, please discuss the prospect of joining us with your current manager, before submitting your application.

5pm, 22 September 2026

We will review applications as they are submitted and may begin our selection process prior to the end of the application stage