Senior Business Analyst

Police; Wellington, Auckland; Hybrid; NZD 112,000 - 129,000; Full time

Job summary

New Zealand Police is seeking a Senior Business Analyst to join the Delivery Capability team at the Police National Headquarters in Wellington. This permanent full-time role focuses on delivering business-led change and transformative programmes that improve outcomes for frontline staff and communities.

You will translate complex business needs into practical solutions, map processes, and drive improvements while guiding business analysis activities across projects and external stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Proven senior-level experience as a Business Analyst
• Strong stakeholder engagement and facilitation skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication in English
• Ability to lead analysis activities and mentor others

Responsibilities

• Lead business analysis activities to support strategic transformation and change initiatives.
• Facilitate workshops and stakeholder engagement to identify, analyse, and document business needs, requirements, and processes.
• Develop high-quality business analysis artefacts, including requirements, process maps, business cases, and benefits realisation plans.
• Conduct feasibility assessments, financial analysis, and contribute to investment, procurement, and business case development.
• Manage requirements throughout the project lifecycle, including traceability, change control, and stakeholder sign-off.
• Act as the key link between business stakeholders, subject matter experts, and delivery teams to ensure shared understanding of requirements.
• Provide senior business analysis expertise, mentoring and quality assurance to support capability development across the team.
• Build and maintain strong stakeholder relationships while driving continuous improvement in business analysis practices, tools, and methodologies.

Job description

Career Opportunities: Senior Business Analyst (6068853)

Requisition ID6068853-Posted05/10/2026-PNHQ-Permanent FT

Senior Business Analyst – Delivery Capability!

• Based at Police National Headquarters, Wellington
• Permanent/Full Time
• Job Reference 6068853

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Mō te tūnga | About the role

New Zealand Police continues to position itself as an effective, innovative, efficient, and modern policing service, setting a benchmark for others to follow. To support this vision, we are looking for high-performing professionals to join our Delivery Capability team.

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a team responsible for delivering business-led change and transformative programmes of work across New Zealand Police. Our work enables the organisation to adapt, improve, and deliver better outcomes for our frontline staff and the communities they serve.

Based at Police National Headquarters on Molesworth Street, Wellington, the Delivery Capability team is made up of experienced and passionate Programme and Project Managers, Coordinators, Business Analysts & Service Designers, and Change professionals. We partner with a wide range of business groups across Police, and externally, to successfully deliver strategic initiatives, organisational change, and complex programmes of work.

If you are motivated by meaningful work, enjoy collaborating with diverse stakeholders, and want to contribute to the future of policing in New Zealand, we would love to hear from you.

As a Senior Business Analyst, you'll help shape and deliver organisational change by translating complex business needs into practical solutions. You'll work collaboratively with Police teams and external stakeholders to define requirements, map processes, and drive improvements, while providing expert guidance and leadership across business analysis activities.

• Lead business analysis activities to support strategic transformation and change initiatives.
• Facilitate workshops and stakeholder engagement to identify, analyse, and document business needs, requirements, and processes.
• Develop high-quality business analysis artefacts, including requirements, process maps, business cases, and benefits realisation plans.
• Conduct feasibility assessments, financial analysis, and contribute to investment, procurement, and business case development.
• Manage requirements throughout the project lifecycle, including traceability, change control, and stakeholder sign-off.
• Act as the key link between business stakeholders, subject matter experts, and delivery teams to ensure shared understanding of requirements.
• Provide senior business analysis expertise, mentoring and quality assurance to support capability development across the team.
• Build and maintain strong stakeholder relationships while driving continuous improvement in business analysis practices, tools, and methodologies.

He aha taau e kawe mai | Whatyou’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.

The successful applicant will have:

• Flexibility and ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to work as part of a close-knit team but also as a sole Business Analyst, as needed.
• Proven senior-level experience as a Business Analyst, with the ability to take the initiative, lead analysis activities, influence stakeholders, and mentor others.
• A proficient level of business writing skills is essential.

This role is Individual Contributor level. You can refer to Indicators of Success for further information on the requirements.

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 will 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.

This position is covered by a collective agreement, and salary will commence between $111,529 and $129,277 dependent on skills and experience relevant to the role.

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

Please note: Deadline for applications is Tuesday 13 October 2026.

Interviews are scheduled for two weeks after the closing date.