Technical Business Analyst (Biodiversity Monitoring)

Turn complex biodiversity data into practical business solutions Use your curiosity and systems thinking to see the bigger picture Salary range $93,656 to $126,500. Flexible work location Our vision: Nature is thriving in Aotearoa | Te Oranga o te Ao Tūroa. He angitūtanga | About the role Do you look at data and instinctively want to understand the story behind it? We're looking for an experienced Technical Business Analyst (Biodiversity Monitoring) who can make sense of complexity and improve how biodiversity data and information supports conservation. While this role is called a Technical Business Analyst, this isn't a traditional IT Business Analyst role. The role requires someone who is comfortable talking technology, and able to see well beyond the system itself. You'll explore how data, people, processes and technology connect, asking not just what is needed, but why , where the information comes from and what depends on it. Working across DOC's monitoring and insights environment, you'll bring together scientific, operational, data and technical perspectives to shape practical, sustainable business solutions and data pooling. You'll engage with people across DOC, from scientists and technical specialists to rangers, operational teams and corporate functions. Your initial focus will be supporting the replacement of DOC's Sample Management Tracking System (SMTS), understanding and refining the business workflows and working closely with the Samples team and developers supporting the future solution through design, testing and implementation. The position will be focussed on: getting underneath complex business and biodiversity data problems by listening, investigating, asking insightful questions and testing assumptions understanding how data moves end to end, from where and why it is collected through to its quality, management and ultimate uses connecting the dots between people, processes, data and technology, including system integrations, dependencies and the wider impacts of change translating complex business, data and reporting needs into clear, practical requirements supporting the replacement of SMTS by refining workflows, detailed requirements and business rules, and contributing to design, testing and implementation bringing different perspectives together, navigating competing needs and ensuring solutions address the underlying problem identifying opportunities to improve data quality, processes, systems and ways of working while supporting successful change and adoption. Ngā pūkenga me ngā wheako | Skills and experience We're interested in how you think as much as the tools you've used. You'll be naturally curious, comfortable with complexity and able to move between the detail and the bigger picture. You'll want to understand what data means, where it comes from, how reliable it is and the assumptions behind it. You won't need to be the loudest person in the room. What matters is your ability to…