Three Waters Data Analyst

Job No: ADC71
Location: Ashburton

  • Turn raw data into infrastructure superpowers—help us plan and boost performance!
  • Spot trends, whip up eye-catching visuals, and make data-driven decisions with ease.
  • Team up with colleagues and partners to keep our data crystal clear and fully compliant.

 

What the job involves

As our Three Waters Data Analyst, you’ll play a key role in managing and improving the accessibility, quality, and use of asset data and information. You’ll work closely with internal teams and external service providers to support strategic planning, operational performance, and regulatory reporting.

 

Your responsibilities will include:

  • Support the development of a comprehensive data and analytics roadmap and strategy.
  • Coordinate collation of three waters activities data for key agency reporting.
  • Ensuring data quality through standards, audits, and continuous improvement.
  • Creating visualisations and insights to inform decision-making.
  • Working with other data users, engineers, and business teams to understand needs, define requirements and implement solutions.
  • Provide input on data based decision making for operations, renewable and capital investments of the three waters business unit.

 

For more information about this position, please read the position description. 

 

What You’ll Bring:

We’re looking for someone with:

  • A relevant tertiary qualification or equivalent experience (e.g. mathematics, geography, GIS, computer science, or engineering).
  • Strong analytical and conceptual thinking skills.
  • Advanced computer and data management skills.
  • A detail-focused approach.
  • Ability to analyse complex data sets and communicate findings effectively.
  • Experience in a similar data analyst role is preferred.

 

What we can offer you

At Ashburton District Council, we’re proud to offer more than just a job — we offer a lifestyle. You’ll enjoy market-related salaries, flexible working arrangements, and career development opportunities to help you grow. Our team benefits from additional leave options, discounted health insurance, free flu vaccinations, and employee wellness initiatives. We also celebrate our people through service recognition, social events, and team activities like golf, netball, and volleyball. Located in the heart of Mid Canterbury, you’ll be part of a community that values connection, collaboration, and making a real difference.

 

We don’t believe there should be any reason stopping you for applying for this role, but if you are still a bit hesitant why not watch our recruitment video to see what Ashburton District Council can offer you!

 

If this sounds like your ideal role, then we’d love to hear from you.

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If you're interested in joining a dynamic local government organisation that offers its people rewarding and varied opportunities, we'd really like to hear from you. We provide services and support to one of New Zealand's fastest growing and thriving communities. With a fast paced and changing community, we have an array of interesting projects and initiatives going on. With a diverse and passionate workforce of 300 employees spanning all Council activities, we're dedicated to delivering only the best to our community. Joining Ashburton District Council will not only give you the chance to make your mark within our organisation, it will also enable you to contribute to Ashburton District becoming a better place to work, live and do business. Working in a friendly atmosphere, you'll be supported and encouraged to enhance and further your career. Our values are all about doing what's right, making things happen and working as one team and respecting every voice so if we sound like the type of organisation you want to join, I encourage you to get in touch with us.