Published 2025-11-28
Senior Technical Change Advisor (12-month Fixed Term starting February 2026) Bring your technical and stakeholder engagement experience and help customers adapt to changes with our data tools.
Bring your technical and stakeholder engagement experience and help customers adapt to changes with our data tools.
Mōu | For you
Tatauranga Aotearoa - Stats NZ are dedicated to diversity, equity, inclusion, health, and wellbeing. We welcome every gender, ethnicity, ability, religion, age, and background and encourage all our people to be their authentic selves.
Starting salary: $96,307 - $130,298 + superannuation
We encourage you to go to our careers site to learn more about working at Tatauranga Aotearoa Stats NZ, the Way We Work and our benefits. We want working for us… to work for you!!
Other benefits of joining our Stats whānau include:
Flexible by default, balance life and work commitments
Develop and grow your career (coaching, training, study support, secondments)
Contribute to meaningful work that makes a difference to all people in Aotearoa
3 extra annual leave days (taken during Christmas office closure)
Te tūnga | The role
This is a fixed term or secondment opportunity for 12 months on the Customer Data Tools Project (CDTP), ideally based in Wellington however Christchurch will be considered for the right candidate. You will be a member of CDTP, working very closely with the Change Manager and reporting to the Unit Manager – Customer Services and Support Team 3. This role plays a critical part in the success of customers requiring technical support to change their technical setups and adopt the future state.
This role would suit someone who can show:
Relevant tertiary qualification and/or equivalent experience.
5+ years working with technology and engaging both customer and business stakeholders across public and private sectors.
Strong communicator able to present technical information to varied audiences and navigate complex stakeholder environments.
Experience delivering systems-integration projects (e.g., APIs) and working across both technology and business workstreams.
Proficiency with data-dissemination systems and everyday office tools (Microsoft 365, online meeting and communication platforms).
Solid understanding of customer-data technologies, including screen-scraping, crawlers, and AI-driven methods.
Ability to work in an Agile environment and flex across tasks, contributing to other priority projects as needed.
Competency or fluency in te reo Māori language or possess a willingness to develop knowledge and competence. (By 2040 Government aims to have 85% of its workers speaking te reo Māori).
Understands Te Tiriti o Waitangi relevance to own role as a public servant and seeks opportunities to better meet the information needs of Māori. Supports initiatives to increase responsiveness to Māori.
Nōu te rourou | What you bring
We understand transferable skills can come from experience gained from outside of work. We encourage you to be you in your application. Tell us about yourself in your cover letter, tell us what attracted you to this role, and tell us what you would bring to Tatauranga Aotearoa Stats NZ.
Ko mātou | About Us
Tatauranga Aotearoa – Stats NZ is a Central Government employer of 1300+ people across Aotearoa. We provide data and statistics to support the decisions of Government, Māori 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.
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