Senior Data Analyst

OSPRI; Wellington; Hybrid; NZD 96,000 - 128,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working options

OSPRI days

Medical Insurance

Critical Illness Insurance

Wellbeing leave

Study assistance

Additional annual leave

Eye care allowance

Parental leave

Volunteer day

Job summary

OSPRI in Wellington seeks a Senior Data Analyst to produce high-quality analysis, reports, dashboards and metrics enabling informed decision-making. You’ll work in a modern data platform using Azure Databricks, Python and R to deliver actionable insights.

You will own data pipelines and apps, act as a subject matter expert, mentor others and drive data quality and governance across datasets to support critical farming and biosecurity decisions.

Qualifications

• Relevant tertiary qualification or equivalent professional experience.
• Experience building data pipelines and data apps within cloud-based platforms.
• Proficiency with Python, R or SQL and ability to translate technical information for non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of complex analyses, reports, dashboards and metrics to support high-quality decision-making across OSPRI.
• Build and maintain data pipelines and data apps within OSPRI’s data platform.
• Serve as a subject matter expert on projects and programmes, providing technical guidance.
• Mentor Data Analysts to lift analytical and technical capability.
• Partner with business stakeholders to understand requirements and deliver fit-for-purpose information products.
• Lead ongoing improvements of data platforms, tools and processes.
• Demonstrate the organisation's values in daily work.

Skills

Data analysis

Data visualization

Mentoring

Communication

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Tertiary qualification

Tools

Azure Databricks

Python

R

SQL

Job description

Ko wai mātou – About us

At OSPRI, our work is guided by strong values and a clear purpose. We exist to strengthen and protect New Zealand’s livestock industries through excellence in disease management and traceability — supporting farmers, communities and the primary sector to thrive.

Our values shape how we work every day:

Ārahina e te Aronga | Purpose Led – we stay focused on what matters most and the impact we're here to create

Whakamana Tangata | Powered by People – we uplift our people, farmers and partners

Kotahitanga | Stronger Together – we believe meaningful change happens through shared effort

Ka Tūtuki ā Mātou Mahi | We Deliver – we are committed to delivering enduring results

Kōrero mō te tūranga - About the Role

As part of the Data and Information Products team, the Senior Data Analyst supports OSPRI by producing high-quality analysis, reports, dashboards, and metrics that enable informed decision-making across the business. Working within OSPRI's modern data platform, the role utilises tools such as Azure Databricks, Python, and R to deliver actionable insights to stakeholders.

The Senior Data Analyst takes ownership of data pipelines and data apps that underpin OSPRI's reporting and operational needs, and acts as a subject matter expert within projects and initiatives. As OSPRI's data environment continues to mature, this role drives data quality, classification, and migration initiatives to ensure our datasets remain accurate, well-governed, and fit for purpose. The Senior Data Analyst also mentors and guides other team members, lifting capability across the practice.

This role reflects Purpose Led, our work is vital to the decision making of OSPRI which directly impacts the lives of Farmers, and We Deliver, our work is complex, critical, and wide-reaching, you will be supported by exceptional people and tools.

What success will look like:

• Taking ownership of complex analysis, reports, dashboards and metrics that meet business needs and support high-quality decision-making across OSPRI.
• Building and maintaining data pipeline and data apps within OSPRI’s data platform.
• Contributing as a subject matter expert within projects and programmes of work, providing technical guidance and shaping approaches.
• Mentoring Data Analysts within the team, lifting their analytical and technical capability.
• Partnering with business stakeholders to understand requirements, scope work and deliver fit-for-purpose information products.
• Leading the ongoing improvement of OSPRI’s data platforms, tools and processes.
• Living OSPRI’s values daily.

Kōrero mōu - About you

You will have a passion for Data and will be well underway in your Data Career. You will ideally have experience in the tools and techniques we use, but above all else be able to apply your existing experiences to what is a unique and challenging operating environment.You will have experience working independently as a key contact for the business and be open to mentoring less-experienced team members.

You naturally align with Purpose Led, keeping Farmers in mind with your work, and We Deliver, having a strong sense of clear expectations, outcomes, and ownership.

You will bring:

• Strong proficiency in data analysis and visualisation using tools such as Python, R, or SQL.
• Experience building and maintaining data pipelines and applications within cloud-based platforms (e.g., Azure Databricks).
• A relevant tertiary qualification or equivalent professional experience.
• The ability to translate technical information to non-technical audiences and guide them through analytical practices.
• Strong critical thinking, analytical thinking and data literacy, with the ability to apply these to complex or ambiguous problems.
• Excellent communication skills.
• A proactive, self-directed approach with the ability to own work end to end through from scoping to delivery.
• A collaborative working style.
• Experience mentoring more junior team members.

In return we offer:

• A purpose-led organisation where values genuinely guide how we work
• A supportive, inclusive and collaborative team environment
• Work that contributes to New Zealand’s biosecurity and farming communities
• Flexible working options
• OSPRI days – paid leave between Christmas and New Year
• Medical Insurance
• Critical Illness, Trauma and Lifecare insurance
• Wellbeing leave and a paid volunteer day
• Study assistance and development opportunities
• The ability to purchase additional annual leave
• Eye care allowance
• Parental/Partner’s leave benefits

The salary range for this role is $96,125 (90%) - $106,805 (100%) - $128,166 (120%)

Applications close at 5:00pm Sunday 4 October 2026.

Please note: Eligibility to work in New Zealand is required. This role is subject to a Ministry of Justice criminal history check and pre-employment drug and alcohol testing.

OSPRI supports a workplace of diversity, equity and inclusion where our people feel welcomed, valued and supported to do their best work. If you require any adjustments to participate in the recruitment process, please let us know.