Intelligence Analyst

Discover a career with purpose at MBIE

• Are you searching for an extremely rewarding career that values your sharp mind?
• Advance your career in intelligence and meaningfully contribute to New Zealand’s domestic security and nationwide regulatory practice.
• Salary $75,114 - $88,266, + KiwiSaver + wellness benefits, Auckland, Wellington, or Christchurch. Permanent role.

Tēnei tūranga - About the Role:

Step into a role within a mission-driven team where your analytical skills will have real-world impact and directly influence outcomes that matter. As an Intelligence Analyst in MBIE Intelligence and Country Research (MICR), you will grow your knowledge and expertise across key areas of responsibility for MBIE and the New Zealand government. You will build connections, form assessments and write reports to inform decisions and activities that will help protect New Zealand from harm and realise opportunities to grow the country for all. 

Intelligence Analysts work in partnership across MBIE and other government agencies to inform decision makers. You will be an intelligence practitioner who can apply fundamental intelligence principles and methodology to particular portfolios, developing areas of specialisation and intelligence expertise.
 

MICR is a busy national team comprised of intelligence and research professionals, operating within a dynamic environment at high tempo. We are looking for intelligence achievers who are resilient and enthusiastic self-starters, who thrive in fast-paced environments and whose excellent communication skills, sound judgement, critical thinking and confidence will ensure they are a great team fit.
 

As a member of MICR, you will develop intelligence products and services for a wide range of customers from leadership teams to frontline staff.  These products and services contribute at tactical, operational and strategic levels, to inform key New Zealand government priorities, policy and legislative issues and responses.

To do this effectively you must be comfortable in your ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders that ensure your customers get the intelligence services they need in a timely manner.

In return we offer:

• The opportunity to work in a fantastic environment with a highly skilled, supportive and enthusiastic team.
• You will be able to learn from the experience of seasoned intelligence practitioners and gain exposure to the wider New Zealand intelligence community of practice.
• You will be given opportunities to develop and expand your professional skills, including training with other agencies as those opportunities present.
• The chance to dive into work that can be fast-paced and will require you to demonstrate your flexibility, adaptability and resilience – this will stretch your thinking and your approach to problem solving as you assist with tactical, operational and strategic work.
• If you want to grow your potential and expand your comfort zone, then this role is ideal.

Ngā pukenga me ngā wheako e hiahiatia ana -

Skills and Experience Required
 

• Strong analytical skills with a problem-solving approach.
• Excellent communication skills, written and verbal.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to develop and maintain effective relationships.
• Ability to quickly assimilate new information or areas of work.
• A collaborative and action-oriented approach.
• Ability to adapt within a dynamic environment.
• Good initiative and sound judgement.

The following may be an advantage:

• A tertiary qualification or comparable relevant experience.
• Previous experience with regulatory functions or law enforcement in the public sector.
• An understanding of intelligence and risk management within the public sector.
• Experience of handling sensitive or classified information.

For your application to be considered you MUST be a New Zealand citizen or have New Zealand permanent residency. You must also be able to obtain and maintain a Top-Secret New Zealand national security clearance if not already obtained (check your eligibility here).

Ētahi kōrero mō MBIE - About MBIE:

MBIE's goal is to create a resilient and high-performing economy that delivers real and ongoing quality of life for all New Zealanders.

We do this by working with others to create an environment that supports businesses to be more productive and internationally competitive, enables all New Zealanders to participate in the economy through improved job opportunities and by working to ensure quality housing is more affordable.

People are at the heart of our mahi, our way of working is guided by our values which shape our behaviours.

• Mahi Tahi – Better Together
• Māia – Bold and brave
• Pae Kahurangi – Build our Future
• Pono Me Te Tika – Own It

Our aspirations are echoed in our Māori identity – Hīkina Whakatutuki – which broadly means ‘lifting to make successful'.

MBIE recognises the partnership founded under Te Tiriti o Waitangi between Māori and the Crown and is committed to giving effect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi. We will do this through enduring, meaningful and effective partnerships with iwi, Māori, other Māori groups/organisations and the Crown, as this is critical to enable economic and social development, both for Māori and for wider Aotearoa New Zealand. We are committed to continuing to partner with iwi in order to find new sustainable solutions to address long standing systemic and cross-cutting issues facing Māori and wider Aotearoa New Zealand and we are also committed to identifying opportunities for iwi to lead and creating an enabling environment for iwi to leverage these opportunities.

E mōhio ana a Hīkina Whakatutuki i puea ake te kōtuinga I waenganui i a ngāi Māori me te Karauna i Te Tiriti o Waitangi, ā, kei te whai ia ki te whakaū ake i Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Mā te whai kiko o ngā kōtuinga ahungaroa o ngāi wi, o ngāi Māori, me ētahi atu rōpū Māori ki te Karauna, katutuki tēnei. He āhuatanga nui tēnei e āhei ai ngā mahi whanaketanga ā-ohanga, ā-pāpori hoki ki a ngāi Māori me Aotearoa whānui. E whai tonu ana mātou ki te kōtui atu ki ngā iwi mō te rapu huarahi hou ki te whakaara i ngā kaupapakua roa nei e tāmi ana i a ngāi Māori me Aotearoa whānui, ā, e whai ana hoki ki te tautohu i ngā āheinga kōkiritanga mā ngā iwi, me te tautoko i ngā iwi kia whai mana ake ai ēnei āheinga.

Me pēhea te tono - How to Apply:

Click here to view a position description. All applications must be submitted via our online process and include a Cover Letter and CV outlining your interest and suitability for the role. 

Email Jackie Johnson at jackie.johnson@mbie.govt.nz quoting ref MBIE/17230 if you have any further questions.

Applications close on 12th June 2025 at 11.59pm.