Analyst, Ministry of Education

Project Description

Analyst or Forecasting Analyst – Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis team.

We have vacancies for a capable and committed quantitative senior analyst/analyst and a senior forecasting analyst/forecasting analyst to join the Ministry of Education’s Tertiary Education Group. This is an opportunity to join a dynamic, high-performing group, working in one of the most interesting and fast-moving areas of government policy.

The Ministry of Education is the lead advisor to the Government on education and the steward of the education system, supporting families, whānau, iwi and communities, with a focus on lifting aspiration and raising educational achievement for every New Zealander. Achievement in education underpins better social and economic outcomes for New Zealanders. Tertiary education in particular helps people realise their potential and supports the development of a skilled workforce.

Our Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis team is responsible for monitoring, forecasting and analysing the performance of the tertiary education system and for providing the evidence to support our policy analysts working in this area. The team also works with other social sector government agencies. The Ministry’s role in tertiary education offers exciting challenges for quantitative analysts.

We would like to hear from you if you say ”yes” to the questions below:

• Do you enjoy solving challenging analytical problems?
• Do you have skills in one or more of: forecasting, policy costing, statistical analysis or data manipulation and data management?
• Can you work effectively with others to find solutions?

Experience in quantitative analysis, research, costing or forecasting in a Government setting would be useful in this role.

We are interested in looking at applications at senior analyst level or at analyst level.

If you care about New Zealand’s future and if you want to work in challenging roles in a high-performing group, we want to hear from you. You will join a supportive and performance-driven team environment.