Position Management Analyst

New Zealand Government; Upper Hutt, Wellington, Masterton District, Porirua; On-site; NZD 75,000 - 79,000; Full time

Job summary

New Zealand Police is seeking a Position Management Analyst in Wellington to provide expert advice on position management, educate partners, and lead data cleansing and standardisation of MyPolice data. You will support organisational change and integration into HRIS systems while partnering with diverse stakeholders across the business.

The role emphasises problem solving, risk assessment, and continuous data improvement, aligning with the Organisation and Position Management team within the

Qualifications

• Proven experience providing high-quality advice and guidance to customers, peers, and key leaders.
• A continuous improvement approach to ensure the creation and maintenance of good quality data.
• A strong background in problem solving, identifying and assessing risk.
• Skilled at partnering with and engaging across diverse stakeholders and leadership levels.
• Identifies and escalates risk to Senior Leaders and teams when needed.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical subject matter advice on position management practices and processes.
• Educate customers and enabling partners to advocate for better position management practices.
• Cleansing and standardisation of MyPolice data.
• Support organisation in managing structural changes and integrating into HRIS, MyPolice.
• Assist in implementing organisation system change processes and projects.

Skills

Customer service

Analytical thinking

Data analysis

Stakeholder management

Risk assessment

HRIS

Job description

New Zealand Police is working with the community to make New Zealanders be safe and feel safe. With over 13,000 staff, we provide policing services 24 hours a day, every day. We operate by land, sea and air, manage over 860,000 emergency calls a year and are always actively preventing crime and crashes. We're working towards specific goals and targets that highlight our intent to work collaboratively with iwi and communities, other government sectors and business partners to deliver our business and achieve long-term change.

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Mō te tūnga | About the role

Bring your customer service ethos and analytical experience to this critical position! We are seeking a Position Management Analyst to provide technical subject matter advice on position management practices and processes. The Position Management Analyst forms part of the Organisation and Position Management team: a critical function of the Policy, Systems, and Change Centre of Excellence in the People Strategy Directorate.

As part of the strategic focus for this function, you will also be a key voice in educating our customers and our enabling partners to advocate for better position management practices and processes, so that there is a greater understanding of the impact position management has on our business. As such, you will also be instrumental in the cleansing and standardisation of our MyPolice data. Additionally, this specialist role contributes expert advice and support across the organisation in managing structural changes, ensuring its effective implementation and integration into our HRIS, MyPolice. So, you will also be an enabling partner to the business to help implement organisation system change processes and other projects. This is an exciting time to join the team as the opportunity for position management is being realised across the organisation, with a significant focus on the quality and newly introduced data fields we can utilise to enrich our data.

Key Accountabilities:

Proven experience providing high-quality advice and guidance to customers, peers, and key leaders. A continuous improvement approach to ensure the creation and maintenance of good quality data. A strong background in problem solving, identifying and assessing risk. Skilled with the ability to partner with and engage across diverse stakeholders and leadership levels. Demonstrated ability to identify and assess potential risk and elevate as required to Senior Leaders and teams.

He aha taau e kawe mai | What you'll bring

Whilst we are looking for skills, knowledge and experience relevant to the role, we also place high importance on your state of mind, the alignment of your values with ours, your ability to contribute to and build high performing teams, and the way that you lead yourself or others. A collaborative and service-oriented style, with an ability to influence outcomes. A high degree of attention to detail. A working understanding of an HRIS system, My Police would be advantageous. A strong risk radar for identifying areas for escalation where there is risk to our position management and data integrity. Demonstrated critical thinking and problem-solving skills to make sound decisions and conclusion. A pro-active approach in analysis to drive data-improvement and continuous-process improvement.

Whakaritenga motuhake | Special requirements

This role is Individual Contributor/Emerging Leader level. You can refer to Indicators for Success for further information on the requirements. To view the position description for this role please copy and paste this link into a new browser: https://www.police.govt.nz/sites/default/files/pd/04-2026/position_management_analyst.pdf

Mo tātou | About us

New Zealand Police is the lead agency responsible for preventing crime and enhancing community safety. It works in partnership with individuals, communities, businesses, and other public sector agencies towards the vision of making New Zealand the safest country. Police is the government's largest front-line response agency with around 15,000 staff in large and small communities all over New Zealand and in liaison and policing development roles overseas. Your development is highly valued at NZ Police. Our employees enjoy significant investment in their development not only at an individual level, but also at the team and community practice level. We work hard to match you with work that will both play to your strengths and challenge you in new ways. The work you'll be engaged in is real, tangible work that directly benefits our frontline and communities. Taken all together, this means we can offer you career path opportunities to progress in your chosen profession and become a more well-rounded, experienced leader, with opportunities across the range of work we support.

Utu ā-tau | Salary

This position is covered by a collective agreement and salary will commence between $75,496 and $78,910 dependent on skills and experience relevant to the role.

All applicants must have the right to work in New Zealand.

Deadline for applications is 5:00 pm on 28/09/2026. Applications may be reviewed prior to the close date as well as contact made with candidates. If you have any questions about this vacancy, please contact [e-mail]