Junior Analyst, Data Analytics

• Have a keen interest in getting hands-on data and dashboarding experience to kick start your career?

• Join a supportive and collaborative team and data community passionate about all things data and dashboarding.

• Flexible work arrangement available, based at our Petone office.

This is a permanent position with a remuneration band starting from 71,769 (including kiwisaver), appointment remuneration will depend on your level of experience.

The opportunity

At Wellington Water the need to access and utilise good quality data and information is increasingly important across all roles in our business, for the delivery of our services, and the way we work together.

The Administrator, Data Analytics positions is an entry level role where you will be responsible for developing and maintaining authoritative data sets, dashboards, and reports for teams and users in and outside of Wellington Water, to ensure their decision-making is backed up by trusted data and information. Day-to-day you will be:

• Developing and maintaining data sets, integrations, and dashboards aligned with business priorities.
• Interpreting and presenting analytics findings to support decision-making.
• Contribute to establishing and maintaining data management and dashboarding standards and processes.
• Support the promotion and accessibility of authoritative data, dashboards and reports.
• Provide training and assistance to other data analysts across Wellington Water.
• Assist in managing platform issues and ensuring accurate data interfacing between systems.

Alongside working with other data professionals in your team, you will also support and collaborate with data analysts embedded in Wellington Water’s core functions to deliver projects and collectively grow the group’s skills and experience.

Additionally, the role supports broader data management activities within the Data, Information & Analytics team, primarily providing you with the opportunity to broaden your data knowledge and experience, and secondarily providing resilience to the wider team.

About you

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Relevant tertiary qualification or entry-level experience in relevant fields like computer science, statistics, or finance.

• At least 1 years' experience in data analytics and dashboard development.

• Proficiency in business intelligence tools like Tableau or PowerBI.

• Ability to analyse data and effectively communicate insights.

Ideally, you will also have:

• Familiarity with Excel, Tableau Flow, AWS, data warehousing, or SQL.

• Experience working in agile or cross-functional team environments.

• An understanding of user experience principles in relation to reporting and dashboarding.

The ideal candidate will also have a strong attention to detail, and be eager to continuously learn new platforms, tools, and skills.

Benefits

At Wellington Water, our purpose extends beyond delivering great water services for the region; we foster a thriving community, support a diverse workforce, and offer supportive development opportunities. We genuinely care about your safety and wellbeing.

Our benefits include:

• Flexible working arrangements including up to 2 days working from home
• Comprehensive wellbeing programme, including one paid wellbeing day annually
• Formal and informal professional development opportunities
• 5 weeks annual leave accrual will be available following 2 years of continual service

For a full list of our employee benefits click here.

About us

Wellington Water is the professional water services provider across Greater Wellington and South Wairarapa. Our job is to provide safe and healthy drinking water, collect and treat wastewater, and ensure the stormwater network is well managed. We’re a multi-council owned entity, tasked to manage the infrastructure and deliver water services to our communities.

The value of water (a precious taonga) sits at our organisational heart. Our people are passionate about providing waters services for our communities and environment which is reflective in our values; Tangata Tiaki, Whānau and Mana.

Applications close: Sunday 12th April 2025

How to apply

To view a copy of the position description: click here.

To apply for the role, click on the ”apply” button or visit the Wellington Water Careers site, please note if you are a Wellington Water employee please apply using your work email.

For further information, email: JoinUs@wellingtonwater.co.nz

Applicants will be required to undergo drug and alcohol testing prior to commencing employment with Wellington Water. You must also be legally entitled to work long-term in New Zealand.