Job details |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Job Offer: Kaim?tai Tauanga M?t?mua| Principal Statistician ? Social Science:Stats NZJob description:Job DescriptionM?u | For youTatauranga Aotearoa Stats NZ are dedicated to diversity, equity, inclusion, health and wellbeing. We welcome every gender, ethnicity, capability, religion, age and background and encourage people to be their authentic selves. » Flexible by default, balance life and work commitments » Develop and grow your career (coaching, training, study support, secondments) » Contribute to significant work that makes a difference to all people in Aotearoa » 3 extra annual leave days (taken during Christmas office closure), see careers site for other benefits and networks » City located offices that cater to a variety of working styles and needs and the option to work in the house. Te t?nga | The function this function is a permanent position located in Christchurch. In your function as Principal Statistician, you will be responsible for providing subject matter skills in social science and technical leadership abilities across our suite of population and social statistics. You will use your knowledge of conceptual frameworks and customer needs to the design, measure and report of the wellbeing of people in Aotearoa across a broad range of domains such as salary, work, housing, social connection and safety. A Principal Statistician leads or undertakes research that is of key strategic importance in the official statistics system - bringing clarity to future directions, to develop recommendations about priority project activity, and ensuring that the current state of knowledge is well understood. You will bring a collective leadership abilities approach which acknowledges the interconnected nature of our official statistics portfolio both conceptually and practically and Information technology also recognises the need to collaborate and work with and through others to achieve our results and deliver quality statistical products. Fostering long-term relationships with key external networks (domestic and international) to deliver value – for customers, and with M?ori, iwi and hap?. You will be an excellent communicator and may be called on to present to senior stakeholders and media. You will also work across Tatauranga Aotearoa Stats NZ and the data system to better deliver for te Tiriti o Waitangi partners, for example the development of te ao M?ori measures of wellbeing. A critical element of the function is contributing to the development of Stats NZ's technical cohort and supporting capcapability building across the data system. N?u te rourou | What you bring In your function as Principal Statistician, you will be using your skills in social science to provide technical leadership abilities to Stats NZ's population and social statistics programme. You'll also have a chance to contribute more broadly to the development of Stats NZ's technical cohort. Therefore, your skill set will balance both your personal attributes and technical leadership abilities practice and include: » passion and interest in social wellbeing concepts and the use of data to improve lives » practical application of social science concepts and frameworks/methods » practice with both quantitative and qualitative approaches to gaining insights » strong relationships across the data system – within Aotearoa, te ao M?ori and internationally » coaching and mentoring – excited about developing new talent » Critical thinking, problem solving and the capability to challenge and influence in a constructive way » capability to communicate complex technical concepts in a way that can be easily understood by a non-technical audience Ko m?tou |About Us Tatauranga Aotearoa - Stats NZ is a Central Government employer of around 1400 people across Aotearoa. We provide data and statistics to support the decisions of Government, M?ori and Iwi organisations, businesses, NGOs and New Zealanders. Our work is About Aotearoa, for Aotearoa - data that improves lives today and for generations to come. How to submit the application:We encourage you to be you in your application! We are truly committed to diversity, inclusion and lifting our cultural capcapability. You don't need to be knowledgeable in these areas, but you do need to be on board with learning.Please reach out to Kathy Connolly (kathy.connolly@stats.govt.nz) to arrange a k?rero (chat) before you apply if that is what you need from this process. Or reach out to us with any questions at rata@stats.govt.nz. Note : We will be screening applications as we receive them to move swiftly to interview shortly after the advert closes Sunday 4th December 2022 at 11.55pm (depending on application numbers this date may change). You may be asked to complete a pre-interview screen via phone or video. Please let us know in your application if we need to make any specific accommodations during our process.We encourage you to go to our careers site to lgain more about working at Tatauranga Aotearoa Stats NZ. Note to Recruitment Agencies: unsolicited CVs will not be accepted, do not contact the Hiring Manager directly, instead reach out to jobs@stats.govt.nz You must have the right to live and work in Aotearoa New Zealand. Background and various pre-employment checks are part of our recruitment process.Skills:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|