Security Intelligence Analyst

Civil Aviation Authority Of New Zealand; Wellington; On-site; NZD 99,000 - 138,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career development opportunities

KiwiSaver contributions up to 4%

Employee Assistance Programme

Health and wellbeing supports

Medical/Health insurance benefits

Job summary

Civil Aviation Authority Of New Zealand is seeking an analyst to contribute to New Zealand's aviation security system and national security landscape. You will combine information from multiple sources, test assumptions, and produce evidence-based assessments for decision makers, working with intelligence professionals across agencies.

Ideal candidates will have strong analytical capability, experience in risk and policy environments, and the ability to communicate complex issues clearly.

Qualifications

• Experience producing intelligence, threat, risk, policy or strategic assessments.
• Analysing complex/incomplete information to support high-stakes decisions.
• Identifying trends and future implications from diverse sources.
• Writing concise, evidence-based reports for senior leaders.
• Presenting complex issues clearly to influence decisions.

Responsibilities

• Help build New Zealand's understanding of emerging threats, risks and vulnerabilities affecting civil aviation and national security.
• Draw together information from multiple sources, apply rigorous analytical techniques, test assumptions, and produce assessments for decision makers.
• Engage with agencies across the intelligence community and transport sector to inform security planning and regulatory responses.
• Support development of well-reasoned insights that stand up to scrutiny and influence strategic decision-making.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Critical thinking

Research skills

Policy knowledge

Cross-agency collaboration

Job description

About the role

Few roles offer the opportunity to contribute to both New Zealand's aviation security system and the country's broader national security picture.

Working across CAA's Security Certification, Monitoring and Response (SCMR) team and the Combined Threat Assessment Group (CTAG), you'll help build New Zealand's understanding of emerging threats, risks and vulnerabilities affecting civil aviation and the wider national security environment.

You'll draw together information from multiple sources, apply rigorous analytical techniques, test assumptions, and produce assessments that help decision makers understand what is happening now, what may happen next, and what it could mean for New Zealand. You'll work alongside intelligence professionals and subject matter experts, engage with agencies across the intelligence community and transport sector, and help produce assessments that influence security planning, regulatory responses and strategic decision-making.

This is a role for someone who enjoys asking difficult questions, challenging accepted views, and developing well-reasoned insights that stand up to scrutiny.

The salary range for this role is $98 689 to $137 630. The starting salary will take into account your skills and experience, along with internal relativities within the team.

What you will bring

You will be someone who excels at making sense of complex information, identifying patterns others miss, and turning intelligence into clear, evidence-based assessments that inform critical decision-making across government.

We're interested in people who have developed strong analytical capability through intelligence, policy, risk, investigations, national security, foreign affairs, regulatory, research, law enforcement or similar environments.

You may have experience:

• Producing intelligence, threat, risk, policy or strategic assessments.
• Analysing complex and sometimes incomplete information to support high-stakes decisions.
• Identifying trends, emerging risks and future implications from diverse information sources.
• Writing concise, evidence-based reports for senior leaders and decision-makers.
• Presenting complex issues in a way that is clear, compelling and influential.
• Building productive relationships across agencies and stakeholder groups.

Most importantly, you'll bring:

• Outstanding critical thinking and intellectual curiosity.
• The ability to evaluate information objectively and form independent judgements.
• Strong research and analytical skills, supported by sound methodology.
• Confidence working in ambiguous, fast-moving and sensitive environments.
• The ability to remain balanced, thoughtful and evidence-led when assessing risk and threat.

Please note:

• Appointment to this role is subject to you obtaining and maintaining a Top Secret Security Clearance. Use this online tool to self-check your eligibilityhttp://www.protectivesecurity.govt.nz/eligibility-tool.
• This role requires you to work 3 days each week onsite with CTAG and 2 days each week onsite with the CAA SCMR team.

Why Join Us?

• Career development opportunities
• Matching KiwiSaver contributions up to 4%
• Employee Assistance Programme
• A range of health and wellbeing supports
• A variety of medical/health insurance benefits

We want to ensure accessibility needs are well supported, so the recruitment process is fair and equitable for all. Please let us know if there is any support we can provide to ensure the recruitment process is fully accessible to you.

Applications close: Thursday 05/11/2026

Please be aware that we may start shortlisting as applications come in. We encourage early applications, as the advertisement may close sooner than stated.