Position Management Analyst

CGR Services; Wellington; On-site; NZD 75,000 - 79,000; Full time

Job summary

New Zealand Police is seeking a Position Management Analyst in Wellington to join the Organisation and Position Management team. The role focuses on advising on position management, cleansing and standardising MyPolice data, and enabling system change projects with HRIS integration.

You will work with diverse stakeholders and educate partners on best practices. The role is a Permanent/Full Time position at Police National HQ, Band E, NAV, JR 6048108, offering a competitive salary under the NZ

Qualifications

• Proven experience providing high-quality advice and guidance to customers, peers, and key leaders.
• Strong data quality and continuous-improvement mindset.
• Experience working with HRIS systems and position data.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality advisory service to customers and leaders across the organisation.
• Maintain and improve the quality of position data and related processes.
• Assess risks and escalate to Senior Leaders as required.
• Collaborate with diverse stakeholders and leadership levels.
• Educate customers and enabling partners on position management practices.

Skills

Advisory experience

Stakeholder engagement

Problem solving

Attention to detail

Analytical thinking

Data improvement

Tools

MyPolice 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.

Position management Analyst - Wellington!

• Based at Police National HQ
• Band E
• Police Employee
• Permanent/Full Time
• NAV
• JR 6048108

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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. You will be service-focused and analytical in your approach to our customers' problems while upholding best practices and ensuring the accuracy and integrity of position data. 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 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

• 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.

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.

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

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. If you are an internal applicant, you must apply internally through the police system. You must provide an alternative contact email address and state your future commitments should you be successful in the next stage of the recruitment process. Please note: 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.

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