Strategic Workforce Analytics Lead

New Zealand Government; Wellington; On-site; NZD 142,000 - 152,000; Full time

Job summary

New Zealand Government's NZ Intelligence Community seeks a Workforce Management and Analytics Lead to steer strategic workforce planning and people analytics across GCSB and NZSIS. Translate data into insights, support budgeting, and evolve workforce management practices with emphasis on reporting for senior decision-makers.

The role blends hands-on leadership with strategic initiatives, including scenario modelling, predictive analytics and organisational design, with collaboration across

Qualifications

• Experience leading a specialist analytics or workforce planning team.
• Ability to translate complex data into practical recommendations for executives.
• Strong engagement skills and ability to influence senior leaders.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a high-performing workforce analytics team.
• Set strategic direction for workforce management across the NZ Intelligence Community.
• Support personnel budgeting with forecasting and insights.
• Ensure accuracy and integrity of workforce reporting and analytics.
• Drive adoption of workforce planning practices across agencies.
• Lead initiatives like scenario modelling and predictive analytics.

Skills

Lead analytics team

Strategic workforce planning

People analytics

Remuneration strategy

Personnel budgeting

BI tools / data analysis

Tools

Power BI

SQL

Job description

New Zealand Government's NZ Intelligence Community seeks a Workforce Management and Analytics Lead to steer strategic workforce planning and people analytics across GCSB and NZSIS. Translate data into insights, support budgeting, and evolve workforce management practices with emphasis on reporting for senior decision-makers.

The role blends hands-on leadership with strategic initiatives, including scenario modelling, predictive analytics and organisational design, with collaboration across