Business Analyst

About Us

He aha te mea nui o tēnei ao? He tangata, he tangata, he tangata.

What is the most important thing in the world, it is people, it is people, it is people .

WorkSafe New Zealand / Mahi Haumaru Aotearoa, is the primary workplace health and safety regulator – our vision is that everyone who goes to mahi comes home healthy and safe. Our kaimahi are passionate about our vision and embrace and demonstrate our Mātāpono WorkSafe Values through the mahi they do :

• Whakakotahi – we're united in a strong purpose
• Kōrero mai – we engage meaningfully
• Tiakina mai - we're entrusted with a duty of care

We offer a range of benefits including :

• Free life insurance
• Discounts on health insurance and eye care
• Five weeks annual leave
• 15 days sick leave
• Learning and professional development opportunities

There are a growing number of employee led networks to promote the goals and needs of our diverse communities, such as our Te Rōpū Atuapiko Rainbow Network, Pacific Network, Wāhine Network, Tū Rangatira Māori Network.

About your team / Ko te tīma

The Strategy Implementation group is a small group with a broad skillset focused on supporting the organisation to embed the strategy and transition to the key shifts required. The group also leads WorkSafe's Health and Safety Reforms programme.

The group provides the systems and processes needed to implement, embed, and monitor WorkSafe's strategy and functional model.

We will also be looking to the future and positioning WorkSafe to build on the successes of the past, by navigating how we mature as an effective and trusted regulator under our strategy and functional model.

Our team comprises programme leads, delivery leads, business analysts and change management people. The team work closely with subject matter experts in our delivery functions and across supporting teams. We work in a fast-paced hybrid-Agile environment with a focus on transparency, collaboration and hard work.

About the role / Ō te tūranga

You will be an integral part of the programme team, providing process development and business analysis to the future guidance sub programme and also provide support to other sub programmes such as feedback systems.

The guidance sub-programme is designing how WorkSafe delivers its future approach to providing guidance to make it easier for businesses and workers to improve their health and safety. The feedback systems sub programme will enable WorkSafe to deliver a consistent approach to receiving and managing different forms of contact and feedback such as notifications and enquires and create systems to ensure we learn and adapt from the feedback we receive.

We are looking for someone is agile and the business analyst role will also provide overall business analysis support for the programme to assist in the progress of the business process architecture.

This opporutnity is for 12 months fixed term through to April 2027.

What You'll Do / Ko tōu ake mahi

• Use a transformative design approach to analyse existing business processes, identify inefficiencies, and lead the development of future-state processes.
• Conduct gap analyses, facilitate design workshops, and deliver process mapping and modelling outputs that directly inform system requirements.
• Apply risk assessment frameworks, regulatory alignment strategies, and Agile methodologies to drive continuous improvement and enhance compliance services.

What You'll Bring / Ko ngā pukenga ōu

Experience in business analysis and process mapping preferably within a regulatory environment

• Facilitation and communication skills, as well as a deep understanding of process optimisation, stakeholder engagement, and change delivery.
• Able to present complex concepts clearly and build consensus. This will be critical as you work with cross-functional teams and guide the implementation of new processes and technologies
• Experience with technical writing (for example drafting procedures) is an advantage.

Nāu te rourou, nāku te rourou, ka ora ai te iwi.

With your food basket and my food basket the people will thrive.

Salary range / Awhe utu

As part of our remuneration framework the full salary range for the position is from $95,949 to $125,524 and and our expected starting base salary for the right person is from $95,949 to $105,807. Note : KiwiSaver / SSRSS employer contribution is additional to / on top of your base salary. From 1 April 2026 our KiwiSaver employer contribution will rise to 3.5%.

How to apply / Me pēhea te tono

Click the apply link, complete an application form and submit a copy of your CV and cover letter.

For further information please contact careers@worksafe.govt.nz with any queries, or to find out more about working for us, go to Careers | WorkSafe.

WorkSafe Mahi Haumaru is an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and welcome and encourage applicants from all walks of life. We value the experience your point of difference could bring to us.

Please let us know if there is any support we can provide to ensure the recruitment process is accessible to you. We look forward to reviewing your application and getting to know more about you.

Applications close on Wednesday 25 March 2026