Senior Business Performance and Improvement Analyst

Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora; Gisborne; On-site; NZD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora in Gisborne seeks a Senior Business Performance and Improvement Analyst to partner with clinical and leadership teams. You will provide expert decision support for planning, development, implementation and monitoring of health services to meet population needs and reduce inequities.

You will extract and analyse data to inform service planning, create tools for forecasting and benchmarking, and drive improvement through data-driven insights across the region.

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualification or 5+ years in Business Analyst role, or equivalent in computer science/IS.
• Understanding of strategic development and planning.
• Understanding of data modelling and accuracy importance.
• Experience in project management.
• Excellent informatics and analytical skills.
• Ability to interpret and present financial and business data clearly.
• Knowledge of statistical techniques and handling large data sets.
• Understanding of targeted service delivery to reduce inequities for Māori.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert decision support for planning, development, implementation and monitoring of health services.
• Deliver data extraction and analysis to inform service planning addressing inequities.
• Create analytics tools for forecasting, capacity modelling, benchmarking and reporting.

Skills

Data analysis

Financial analysis

Project management

Informatics

Advanced Excel

Statistical techniques

Māori inequities knowledge

Education

Tertiary qualification or 5+ years experience in Business Analyst role

Tools

Microsoft Excel

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Senior Business Performance and Improvement Analyst

Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora – Gisborne, North Island

4d ago , from Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is firmly grounded in the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is committed to building a health system that serves all New Zealanders.

About the Role

This role exists to work in partnership with the Group Manager, Clinicians and Leaders to provide expert decision support around planning, development, implementation and monitoring of health services to ensure they meet the needs of the population and enable whanau to flourish.

Provide expert analytical and support including data extraction and analysis to inform service planning that addresses health outcome inequity.

Create business analytics tools that will provide data, information and evidence to enable forecasting, trending, capacity modelling, indicator reporting, benchmarking, auditing and when possible, transformation change

Position Description: Senior Business Performance and Improvement Analyst/Decision Support

About the Team/Service/ Location

At Gisborne Hospital, our Shared Services teams are united by a common purpose: improving health outcomes for our community. Our multidisciplinary workforce includes clinical, allied health, and administrative professionals who work together to provide high standards of care across a range of services. We value collaboration, equity, and coordinated care and are proud to support the diverse needs of the people and whānau of Gisborne and the wider Tairawhiti region. Joining our team means becoming part of a supportive environment where every role contributes to making a meaningful difference where both staff and community can thrive.

For more information on living and working in Gisborne click here

More information about our Region see here

About you

If you have a `whatever it takes attitude, the ability to think outside the square and love working as part of an amazing team, then this role would be perfect for you.

• Tertiary qualification or equivalent or 5 years plus experience in Business Analyst role (preferred)/computer science/ information systems or equivalent work experience
• Understanding of strategic development and planning
• Understanding of data modelling and importance of getting it right
• Experience in project management
• Excellent informatics and analytical skills
• Demonstrated application of specialist analysis tools using a range of software to an advanced or expert level such as Microsoft Excel
• Ability to interpret and analyse financial and business data and present information in an easily understandable format
• Knowledge of statistical techniques/proven ability to work with and manipulate large data sets
• Understanding and application of organisational principles of targeted service delivery and reducing inequities for Māori

Working at Health New Zealand

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is dedicated to ensuring excellent healthcare for the people of New Zealand. We embrace a workforce that is diverse and inclusive so that we are better positioned to understand and service our community. We welcome applications from our diverse Māori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow communities.