EMPREGO

Senior Operational Policy Analyst

Department of Internal Affairs NZ-Wellington City, Nova Zelândia

Type:Permanent
Hours:Full time
Location:Wellington
Business Group: Regulatory Services
Branch:Regulatory and Identity Services
Salary: $99,025 - $123,231

We’re building something new for New Zealand: a regulatory system for online gambling. This is your opportunity to bring your skills and experience to an exciting project that is establishing how a currently-unregulated industry will be regulated in New Zealand.

As a Senior Operational Policy Analystin our Operational Design team, you’ll help turn policy into practice— developing the operational policy, systems and processes, and compliance practices that will bring new legislation and regulations to life.

What you’ll do:
You’ll be part of a team that is:

  • Designing and delivering key regulatory processes, including a licensing system and auction.
  • Developing and implementing a compliance model to monitor and enforce the new regime.
  • Developing and implementing regulatory functions that support channelisation of consumers.
  • Work closely with policy, legal, and technical experts in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

What we’re looking for:

  • Doers with a strong knowledge of regulatory theory and practice.
  • Practical experience developing and delivering operational policy, processes, guidance and other work tools in a regulatory context.
  • Adaptive problem-solvers who thrive in ambiguity and can work at pace in a collaborative programme environment.
  • Hands-on experience implementing change and/or implementing new organisational functions or services in complex environments.
  • Excellent stakeholder engagement and collaboration skills.

Why join us?

  • Be part of a pioneering initiative—this hasn’t been done in New Zealand before.
  • Work with a passionate, multi-disciplinary team shaping a new regulatory landscape.
  • Make a real difference by setting the new regulator up to succeed.

Applications close:5pm, Wednesday, 11 February 2026.
For more information please contact:John Ong
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