- Contribute to transforming the future of health in this Senior Analyst role
- Location: National or Regional NPHS office
- Permanent, Full-Time
About the Role
We have the opportunity available to join the National Public Health Service (NPHS) Intelligence Directorate as a Senior Analyst in the Immunisation team. This is a permanent, full-time role.
This role provides strong technical or professional subject matter expertise, data analysis activities and interpretation in relevant areas and contributes to engagement with stakeholders to assist in making informed evidence-based recommendations and decisions.
About the Team/Service/ Location
The National Public Health Service (NPHS) within Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora, work towards Pae Ora (healthy futures) for all by engaging with the wider determinants that impact people's health, focusing on oranga/wellbeing, prevention, protection, and population-level intervention. We are connected across boundaries to deliver public health services that are nationally planned, regionally delivered and locally tailored.
About you
You are someone with deep technical and analytical skills, underpinned by extensive hands-on experience working with health data in public sector environments. You have a strong track record of applying frameworks, tools, and methods in a way that translates complex data into actionable insights. Your ability to think critically and communicate clearly allows you to provide meaningful, evidence-based advice and support strategic decisions.
Skills and Experience
- A relevant graduate or post-graduate qualification in statistics or public health
- Over five years of experience using quantitative research, evaluation techniques, and analytical tools in a range of public health contexts
- Proven experience working with immunisation data, including developing methodologies, producing regular reporting outputs, and supporting programme monitoring and decision-making
- Skilled in working with large and complex datasets, including data cleaning, transformation, and quality assessment
- Proficient in SQL, R (including package development), Power BI, and Snowflake; experience with R Shiny and version-controlled workflows
- Extensive experience developing dashboards and reproducible reporting outputs
- Confident working independently or collaboratively across multi-disciplinary teams, with a track record of leading assigned workstreams and supporting strategic outcomes
- Experienced in synthesising complex data and evidence into clear insights, using visualisations, summaries, and analysis to support decision-making and understanding across diverse audiences
- Skilled in technical writing and presenting, with the ability to tailor communication style and content to suit a wide range of audiences, from detailed technical documentation to high-level briefings and presentations
Working for Health New Zealand
Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is dedicated to ensuring excellent healthcare for the people of New Zealand. We embrace a workforce that is diverse and inclusive so that we are better positioned to understand and service our community. We welcome applications from our diverse Māori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow communities.
How to Apply
To apply please click “apply now”. All applications must be submitted through our online careers' portal by 6 August 2025 If you have any questions about the role, please contact Elismha Lubbe at
Whilst Health New Zealand is undergoing change affected employees will be given preference and priority for this position.
