Business Analyst

2x Permanent, full time positions - can be based at any WorkSafe office location

About Us

Hello, Kia ora, Noa’ia, Talofa lava, Mauri, Mālō e lelei, Tālofa, Ni Sa Bula Vinaka, Fakaalofa lahi atu, Mālō ni, Kia orana , nǐ hǎo, Kamusta.

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. We live by our values:

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

About your team / Ko te tīma

Enterprise Planning and Implementation is a new group established at WorkSafe to strengthen planning, coordination, and implementation across the organisation, particularly to improve how work is prioritised, sequenced, and supported through to delivery.

The Business Design Services team helps shape how WorkSafe operates by designing practical, effective services, processes, and ways of working. Working alongside planners, designers, subject matter experts, and business leaders, the team supports organisation-wide initiatives that improve how we deliver for New Zealanders.

About the role / Ō te tūranga

As a Business Analyst, you'll play a key role in helping WorkSafe solve complex business challenges and design better ways of working. You'll work across a range of initiatives focused on business design, services, business processes, and operating model changes. You will use analysis, stakeholder engagement, and critical thinking to identify opportunities that support practical improvements to how WorkSafe works.

You will bring a practical regulatory lens to your work, helping ensure design choices are credible, evidence-informed, and aligned with WorkSafe’s role as New Zealand’s primary workplace health and safety regulator.

What You'll Do/ Ko tōu ake mahi

• Analyse business processes and identify improvement opportunities
• Facilitate workshops, interviews, and discovery activities
• Gather and synthesise information from diverse stakeholders
• Develop process maps, requirements, and impact assessments
• Identify risks, dependencies, and implementation considerations
• Collaborate with teams to design practical business solutions

What You'll Bring / Ko ngā pukenga ōu

• Strong business analysis skills across processes, ways of working, and services to identify issues and opportunities for improvement
• Demonstrated ability to turn complex information into clear recommendations
• Skilled in gathering and synthesising information from stakeholders
• Confidence and experience facilitating workshops and discovery sessions
• Expertise documenting requirements, impacts, and future-state designs
• Ability to build relationships and influence across diverse teams
• Experience working in a public sector environment with complex stakeholder, governance and decision-making requirements is preferred

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

Salary range / Awhe utu

As part of our remuneration framework, the full salary range for this position is $83,137- $108,442 with the expected appointment base salary $83,137- $91,571 (KiwiSaver/SSRSS employer contributions are additional). From 1 April 2026 our KiwiSaver employer contribution increased to 3.5%.

We offer a range of benefits including:

• 5 weeks annual leave
• 15 days sick leave
• Flexible working arrangements
• A Reward and Recognition Framework that celebrates the impact our kaimahi make – your mahi matters
• Professional development opportunities
• Employee-led networks to promote the goals and needs of our diverse communities (Rainbow, Pacific, Women’s and Tū Rangatira Māori Network)

How to apply / Me pēhea te tono

WorkSafe has partnered with Randstad Digital for the recruitment of these vacancies. Please contact Amy Langhauser at amy.langhauser@randstaddigital.co.nz for a confidential discussion if you have any questions before applying.

Click Apply, and upload your CV and cover letter.

AI can be a helpful tool when preparing your application, but what matters most to us is you. Please ensure your CV, cover letter, and responses reflect your own skills, experiences, and perspective. We want to hear your real story - your passion, your personality, and what makes you unique. Don’t let AI do all the talking - let it support you, not replace you.

To be considered for this position, you must already have the legal right to live and work in New Zealand.

Learn more about working with us: https://www.worksafe.govt.nz/about-us/careers/

This vacancy has been established as part of changes to WorkSafe's organisational structure after a review of WorkSafe's operating model identified opportunities to improve role clarity, ways of working and organisational effectiveness. As part of these changes, WorkSafe has established a number of new roles to ensure we are well placed to meet expectations now and in the future.

Kaimahi whose roles were affected by the structure change will be given preference for all vacancies and will be considered in the first instance.

Applications close: 11.59pm, 14th September 2026

Please note that we will be shortlisting and reviewing applications as we receive them. We encourage you to apply early as we may withdraw advertising prior to the closing date above if preferred applicants are identified sooner.

At Randstad, we are passionate about providing equal employment opportunities and embracing diversity to the benefit of all. We actively encourage applications from any background.