Trade Remedies Analyst

Discover a career with purpose at MBIE

• Gain experience working on high profile trade investigations
• Apply your analytical skills to complex economic, legal, and policy issues
• Contribute to New Zealand’s participation in international trade fora
• Opportunity to travel internationally during investigations
• Permanent opportunity, based in Wellington CBD
• Salary range: $75,114 – 88,266 (plus Kiwisaver and wellness benefits)

Tenei rōpū - About the Team:

New Zealand’s Trade Remedies team administers the country’s trade remedies system, helping ensure that import competition is fair to New Zealand industries. The team leads policy development for trade remedies legislation and is responsible for conducting investigations into alleged dumping and subsidisation of imported products, in line with domestic law and New Zealand’s obligations under World Trade Organization (WTO) agreements.

The Trade Remedies team sits within MBIE’s Trade and Supply Chains branch, which houses MBIE’s core trade functions. This broader team also works on international regulatory cooperation, tariff and supply chains policy, New Zealand’s compliance with the OECD Guidelines for Responsible Business Conduct, the Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition Arrangement, and the standards and conformance system.

We work closely with other parts of MBIE, the Treasury, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and regulators across government in the course of our work.

Tēnei tūranga - About the Role:

We are looking for an Analyst with strong policy and quantitative analysis skills to contribute to a variety of trade remedies investigations. This is a challenging and rewarding role that offers exposure to significant work at the intersection of trade, law, and economics.

You will be involved in:

• Gathering information from interested parties, including domestic industry, importers, and overseas manufacturers.
• Analysing qualitative and quantitative data from a range of sources, and presenting findings in technical reports to support ministerial and senior leadership decisions — including whether to initiate trade remedies investigations and impose remedial duties. 
• Developing a working knowledge of New Zealand’s trade remedies legislation and WTO jurisprudence, and helping to shape domestic practice in line with international obligations.
• The role may also, from time-to-time, include work on other areas within the Trade & Supply Chains team’s remit.

Ngā pukenga me ngā wheako e hiahiatia ana - Skills and Experience Required

We welcome applications from candidates with:

• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to undertake quantitative (economic/financial) and policy/legal analysis
• Experience working with a range of stakeholders, including Ministers, senior managers, industry representatives (both domestic and international), and international authorities
• Sound judgment and critical thinking across technical work and while engaging with stakeholders
• A collaborative and proactive approach to working in a small team, in an environment that can at times be fast paced
• Excellent attention to detail across both numerical and written work

The following would be an advantage, but are not essential — we willl support the successful candidate to develop subject matter expertise:

• A qualification in accounting, economics, or law
  
• An understanding of the World Trade Organization (WTO)
  
• Experience in trade remedies investigations and/or other investigative work

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 Monica Chow at monica.chow@mbie.govt.nz quoting ref MBIE/18607 if you have any further questions.

Applications close on Tuesday, 18th November 2025 (midnight).