IUCLID Business Analyst

New Zealand Government; Wellington; On-site; NZD 77,000 - 116,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working culture

3 additional annual leave days

EPA Environment Day

Māori cultural capability program

Learning opportunities

Social club

Job summary

Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) in New Zealand seeks a technically capable Business Analyst to own the IUCLID platform and drive its continuous improvement. You will shape the application database, reporting database, publishing pipeline, and underlying Windows server infrastructure across the full development lifecycle.

You will engage with international IUCLID groups, assess new tools, and enhance internal components like Power BI reporting and data publishing.

Qualifications

• Proficient in writing, debugging, and tracing SQL data through complex queries, views, and stored procedures.
• Experience with Power BI report design, development and maintenance.
• Familiar with Azure platform components and DevOps tooling.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, and ability to work autonomously.

Responsibilities

• Own the IUCLID platform and drive its continuous improvement across the full lifecycle.
• Design, develop and improve the IUCLID solution package including databases and publishing pipeline.
• Manage vendor relationships, budgets, priorities, and testing of fixes/improvements.
• Communicate business needs into clear requirements for vendors and internal teams.

Skills

SQL

Power BI

Azure

Analytical thinking

Vendor management

Communication

Detail oriented

Platform oversight

Tools

SQL Server Management Studio

VS Code

Azure functions

Job description

As New Zealand's environmental regulator, the work we do today helps shape the future of our tomorrow. Our purpose | To tatoukaupapa 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, itseconomyand its people.Ourkaupapais about making the right decisions, based on evidence,mātauranga, and science.We are passionate people working as one EPA to encouragebig ideasand bold goals.

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

Jump in the waka - make history with us.

About our group |Mōteroopu

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

About the role |Mōtetūnga

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 dataontheintrinsicand hazardous properties of chemical substances. It is a key software applicationinternational 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 layerisnotrequiredon 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 tomaintainand 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,viewsand stored procedures, using tools such as SQL server Management Studio and VS Code.
• PowerBI :Both report design, development, and maintenance
• The Azure platform: Includes function app, application insights,API'sand 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.
• An eye for detail
• 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.

What'sin it for you |Ngāāhuatangakeiamātou

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.

• flexible working culture
• threeadditionalannual 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 willgenerally bemade 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.

Applications close |RāKatinga

5pm, 22 September 2026 We will review applications as they aresubmittedand may begin our selection process prior to the end of the application stage