# Senior Policy Analyst

9 months Fixed term secondment opportunity Wellington based About the role | Mō te tūnga Are you interested in complex policy issues that span the social sector? Do you enjoy working with colleagues across government to improve outcomes? Are you passionate about making a difference for young New Zealanders? The Child Wellbeing and Poverty Reduction Group is steward of the legislative frameworks for reducing child poverty and improving child wellbeing through the Child and Youth Strategy. We provide policy advice to the Minister for Child Poverty Reduction on reducing material hardship and developing and implementing the Strategy. We also support Child and Youth Ministers and social sector Chief Executives to oversee and drive cross-agency work focused on improving children’s outcomes. We work with colleagues and stakeholders across and beyond government on short- and long-term policy issues. This group is one of five in the busy, diverse and friendly Policy Branch. There’s a great vibe across the Branch where people are focused on delivering high quality policy advice in a positive, supportive team environment. We work hard to ensure policy settings are responsive to New Zealande

- **Id**: 3833308
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/msd-senior-policy-analyst>
- **Role**: Public Policy
- **Role family**: Public Policy
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Wellington, New Zealand
- **Countries**: NZ
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-05T20:09:49Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-05
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-08T12:24:13Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 3
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 5998
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- **Benefits**: Flexible schedule
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Digital Government, Disability Support Services

## Company

- **Id**: 1818035
- **Name**: MSD
- **Domain**: msd.govt.nz
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/msd-govt-nz>
- **Size band**: 501-1000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: SuccessFactors

## Salary

- **Min**: 113496
- **Currency**: NZD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 63707

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 3

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-05T20:09:49Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 90
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.903
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 2
- **Expected fill days**: 13
- **Reasons**: conf:2, velocity, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 63707
- **Is top pay**: no

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