"People and Culture Reporting Analyst"

Job Description:

Pūmanawa Tangata | People and Culture
Located in Ōtautahi | Christchurch, Aotearoa | New Zealand

• 4 weeks annual leave + 5 days university holidays
• Generous superannuation provisions (up to 6.75% employer contribution)
• Salary – Band 5 ($95,784 - $116,911)
• Fixed-Term (18 month) position
• 37.5 hours per week

Kia hiwa rā, kia hiwa rā!
He hiahia, he pūkenga nōu ki te mahi a te People and Culture Reporting Analyst? Nāia te pōwhiri nā Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha kia tono mai i te tūranga nei.

Āu Mahi | What You Will Do

Join UC as a People & Culture Reporting Analyst and help shape the future of HR and payroll reporting. In this role, you’ll deliver high quality, actionable insights that support decision making across the university. You’ll work closely with stakeholders, enhance reporting systems, and improve the accuracy, usability, and automation of HR and payroll data.

When you first commence in this role, you will initially work directly with the UC Workday project team to develop and refine HR and payroll reports across Workday, aPay, and other systems. You will also liaise and work closely with the People and Culture team to ensure that the reporting functionality is fit for purpose. Once reporting is developed and live in UC Workday, you will work directly in the People and Culture team analysing trends, providing insights and streamlining manual reports into automated solutions.

Mōu | Who You Are

You will have extensive experience in reporting, analytics, or data roles. You will make good use of your sound and proven experience with data warehousing concepts and reporting tools (Power BI is a bonus). Your excellent communication skills and ability will translate needs from our stakeholders into technical requirements. It would be beneficial if you have a prior understanding of HR and/or payroll environments.

Mahi Ngātahi | Who You Will Work With

We recognise and value people as our most precious resource and the mahi undertaken in the UC workday Project Team is the catalyst for positive transformation in our organisation. You will be part of a passionate team of professionals who value collaboration and delivering positive change.

People and Culture are a fun, family focused and supportive team of skilled and capable individuals who provide information, advice, payroll and support for employees and managers at UC.

Ngā Painga o UC | Why UC

At UC, being part of our team means more than just a job. We are committed to supporting our kaimahi | staff’s career and wellbeing with benefits designed to help our kaimahi grow and feel connected, supported and valued.

For more information, please visit us: https://www.canterbury.ac.nz/about-uc/work-at-uc/benefits-working-uc

For more information about Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury, please visit https://www.canterbury.ac.nz/

The closing date for this position is: 12 April 2026 (midnight, NZ time)
Please note, applications will be reviewed as they are received, and interviews may take place before the close date.

Pēhea te tono mai | How You Apply

Applications for this position must be submitted via our careers website and should include a cover letter and resume.

Please note, we do not accept applications by email, however we are happy to answer your queries in relation to the application process, please forward these to WorkatUC@canterbury.ac.nz

You must have Aotearoa New Zealand or Australian citizenship/permanent residency or hold a valid NZ work visa to be considered for this role.

Job Details

Reference #	28193
Posted on	25 Mar 2026
Closes on	12 Apr 2026 23:55
Location(s)	Christchurch
Expertise	Administration, Consulting & Strategy, Human Resources, Information Technology, Project Management
Job level(s)	Experienced
Work type(s)	Fixed term full-time