Senior Advisor Performance & Monitoring - Fixed Term - Wellington

New Zealand Government; Wellington; Presencial; NZD 117.000 - 130.000; Tempo integral

Resumo da vaga

Fire and Emergency New Zealand is seeking a Senior Advisor Performance and Monitoring to drive robust, auditable organisational performance measures and reporting across the organisation.

You will lead the development, implementation and ongoing maintenance of measures, work with subject matter experts, Planning and Performance, and Data and Analytics to improve governance, metadata, data quality and measurement methodologies.

Qualificações

• Significant experience in organisational performance measurement, measure implementation, maintenance and reporting.
• Strong SQL and analytics capability, including data modelling, validation, testing and troubleshooting.
• Experience with Snowflake (highly desirable).
• Power BI development proficiency.
• Ability to develop and maintain business and technical documentation.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills and experience working effectively with SMEs.
• Ability to support the design, development and refinement of performance measures, including providing advice on data availability, technical feasibility and measurement methodologies.

Responsabilidades

• Lead and support the development, implementation and ongoing maintenance of organisational performance measures.
• Develop new performance measures and improve existing measures to meet evolving business and reporting requirements.
• Maintain comprehensive performance measure documentation, including measure definitions, business rules, methodologies and reporting specifications.
• Ensure performance measures are validated, tested, auditable and compliant with agreed standards and quality requirements.
• Support the review and enhancement of existing measures to ensure ongoing relevance and fitness for purpose.

Conhecimentos

SQL

Analytics

Power BI

Stakeholder engagement

Data modelling

Ferramentas

Snowflake

Documentation practices

Descrição da vaga

Do you want to be a part of driving improved accountability?

• Keen to bring your measurement skills to improvements?
• Salary range $117,415-$130,461 (pro-rata), dependent on skills and experience

Bring your expertise to an organisation dedicated to looking after the safety of our communities across Aotearoa.

Mō tēnei tūranga - about the role

The Senior Advisor Performance and Monitoring works within the Strategy and Performance directorate of Fire and Emergency New Zealand. This role is responsible for developing implementing, maintenance and reporting of organisational performance measures ensuring measures are robust, auditable, fit-for-purpose, accurately calculated and aligned with organisational reporting requirements. Working closely with subject matter experts, Planning and Performance, and Data and Analytics teams, the role will support the development of sustainable measurement practices, including measure governance, documentation, metadata, data quality and stewardship processes.

This is a fixed term opportunity from 1 December 2026 – 30 June 2027.

Key accountabilities include

• Lead and support the development, implementation and ongoing maintenance of organisational performance measures.
• Develop new performance measures and improve existing measures to meet evolving business and reporting requirements.
• Maintain comprehensive performance measure documentation, including measure definitions, business rules, methodologies, assumptions and reporting specifications.
• Ensure performance measures are validated, tested, auditable and compliant with agreed standards and quality requirements.
• Support the review and enhancement of existing measures to ensure ongoing relevance and fitness for purpose.

What you'll bring to the role

You will have significant experience in organisational performance measurement and reporting with the ability to apply sound judgement, strong influencing and persuasive skills to build confidence amongst managers regarding the most appropriate approach within given situations. Your communication and relationship management skills will encourage a cohesive and collaborative approach.

• Significant experience in organisational performance measurement, measure implementation, maintenance and reporting.
• Strong SQL and analytics capability, including data modelling, validation, testing and troubleshooting.
• Experience with Snowflake (highly desirable).
• Power BI development proficiency.
• Ability to develop and maintain business and technical documentation.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills and experience working effectively with SMEs.
• Ability to support the design, development and refinement of performance measures, including providing advice on data availability, technical feasibility and measurement methodologies.

Success in this role is demonstrated through

• Delivery of high-quality, reliable and auditable organisational performance measures.
• Improved consistency, transparency and integrity of performance reporting.
• Establishment of clear measurement stewardship processes, roles and responsibilities.
• Comprehensive measure documentation, metadata and governance arrangements.
• Increased organisational confidence in the accuracy and usefulness of performance information.
• Sustainable measurement practices that can be maintained following completion of the fixed-term contract.

The salary range for this role is $117,415-$130,461 (pro-rata) dependent on skills and experience relevant to the role.

Ko wai mātou - who are we?

Fire and Emergency New Zealand is a Crown Entity responsible for reducing unwanted fires, responding to structural and vegetation fires and other emergencies including motor vehicle crashes, medical emergencies, hazardous substance related incidents, natural disasters, and supporting increased community resilience. Our vision is to build stronger communities and protect what matters most to the people within them. We are proud to be recognised as New Zealand's most trusted public sector agency. Our values reflect what our people believe is core to who we are and the organisation we aspire to be.

Our values

• We Do the Right Thing - Kia Tika
• We Serve and Support - Manaakitanga
• We Are Better Together - Whanaungatanga
• We Strive to Improve - Auahatanga

We value diversity as a strength and welcome applicants that can help bring a difference to our organisation.

Applications close Thursday 5 November 2026.

Please note : Eligibility to work in New Zealand is mandatory for this role.