Technical Business Analyst (Biodiversity Monitoring)

Department of Conservation - Te Papa Atawhai; Wellington; Hybrid; NZD 94,000 - 127,000; Full time

Job summary

Department of Conservation - Te Papa Atawhai seeks an experienced Technical Business Analyst (Biodiversity Monitoring) to translate complex biodiversity data into practical solutions. You will explore data flows end-to-end, collaborate across DOC teams, and refine workflows for the SMTS replacement with a focus on data quality and usable reporting.

You will work across science, operations, and IT, shaping business requirements, testing, and delivery.

Qualifications

• Proven senior-level business analysis in complex settings.
• Strong systems thinking with ability to see dependencies and wider impacts.
• Analytical mindset with curiosity about data quality, meaning and use.
• Experience analysing end-to-end processes, information flows and data needs.
• Comfortable using AI to assist your work.

Responsibilities

• Refine workflows, detailed requirements and business rules for SMTS replacement.
• Translate complex business, data and reporting needs into clear requirements.
• Collaborate across DOC's monitoring and insights teams with scientists, rangers and developers.
• Support solution design, testing and implementation with cross-functional teams.
• Identify opportunities to improve data quality, processes and data movement.

Skills

Senior business analysis

Systems thinking

Data quality awareness

End-to-end processes

Stakeholder facilitation

AI familiarity

Data platforms and integrations

Tools

AI tools

Data platforms

System integrations

Job description

Turn complex biodiversity data into practical business solutions Use your curiosity and systems thinking to see the bigger picture Salary range $93,656 to $126,500. Flexible work location

Our vision: Nature is thriving in Aotearoa | Te Oranga o te Ao Tūroa.

He angitūtanga | About the role

Do you look at data and instinctively want to understand the story behind it? We're looking for an experienced Technical Business Analyst (Biodiversity Monitoring) who can make sense of complexity and improve how biodiversity data and information supports conservation. While this role is called a Technical Business Analyst, this isn't a traditional IT Business Analyst role. The role requires someone who is comfortable talking technology, and able to see well beyond the system itself. You'll explore how data, people, processes and technology connect, asking not just what is needed, but why, where the information comes from and what depends on it. Working across DOC's monitoring and insights environment, you'll bring together scientific, operational, data and technical perspectives to shape practical, sustainable business solutions and data pooling. You'll engage with people across DOC, from scientists and technical specialists to rangers, operational teams and corporate functions. Your initial focus will be supporting the replacement of DOC's Sample Management Tracking System (SMTS), understanding and refining the business workflows and working closely with the Samples team and developers supporting the future solution through design, testing and implementation. The position will be focussed on: getting underneath complex business and biodiversity data problems by listening, investigating, asking insightful questions and testing assumptions understanding how data moves end to end, from where and why it is collected through to its quality, management and ultimate uses connecting the dots between people, processes, data and technology, including system integrations, dependencies and the wider impacts of change translating complex business, data and reporting needs into clear, practical requirements supporting the replacement of SMTS by refining workflows, detailed requirements and business rules, and contributing to design, testing and implementation bringing different perspectives together, navigating competing needs and ensuring solutions address the underlying problem identifying opportunities to improve data quality, processes, systems and ways of working while supporting successful change and adoption.

Ngā pūkenga me ngā wheako | Skills and experience

We're interested in how you think as much as the tools you've used. You'll be naturally curious, comfortable with complexity and able to move between the detail and the bigger picture. You'll want to understand what data means, where it comes from, how reliable it is and the assumptions behind it. You won't need to be the loudest person in the room. What matters is your ability to listen well, build credibility, ask insightful questions and connect things others may not immediately see.

• strong senior-level business analysis experience in complex operational, scientific, data or technical environments
• excellent critical and systems thinking, with the ability to see connections, dependencies and wider impacts
• strong analytical capability and genuine curiosity about data, its source, quality, meaning and use
• experience analysing end-to-end processes, information flows, requirements, business rules and data needs
• Comfortable using agentic AI to assist your work
• sufficient technical understanding to work confidently across applications, integrations and data platforms while keeping the broader business need front of mind
• excellent listening, questioning and facilitation skills, with the ability to simplify complexity, challenge assumptions and uncover what people genuinely need
• experience supporting solution design, implementation testing and change, balancing big-picture thinking with practical delivery confidence navigating ambiguity, differing perspectives and competing priorities

Desirable

We'd be particularly interested in experience in: biodiversity, conservation, environmental science or natural resource management scientific, field-based or monitoring environments biodiversity, scientific or environmental data, data sovereignty, and data governance central or local government, Crown Research Institutes, regional councils or similarly complex organisations. You don't need to be a scientist. Equally, you may have started your career in science, fieldwork, data or technology before moving into business analysis. What's important is that you can understand technical concepts, get curious about the data, ask great questions, seek to understand and see the big picture. Even if you don’t tick all the boxes but believe your skills and experience closely align, then we still encourage you to apply.

He aha ngā pāinga mōu? | What’s in it for you?

DOC is committed to a culture where everyone can participate, thrive, and grow. We’re driven by our values and behaviours, and are working towards being an organisation that is diverse, equitable, and inclusive by default. We also support flexible working arrangements for our kaimahi across Aotearoa, with options considered based on the role and in discussion with your leader.

Eligibility: You must hold a valid NZ work visa that covers the duration of employment.

Please note, we are not engaging with recruitment agencies for this role.

Applications close at 11:59 pm on Friday 16 October 2027.

For further enquiries, please contact Ellan Young [e-mail]

Our vision: Nature is thriving in Aotearoa | Te Oranga o te Ao Tūroa

The Department of Conservation, Te Papa Atawhai (DOC) serves to protect and restore nature across Aotearoa. When nature thrives, we all thrive. Ko tā Te Papa Atawhai he tiaki, he whakarauora anō hoki i te taiao puta noa i Aotearoa. He oranga taiao, he oranga tangata. Our people bring this vision to life. Spread across Aotearoa, they care for our land, water, and native species. From frontline rangers and technical experts to vital support teams - we have a diverse range of roles. Read more about DOC