Will Bell Email & Phone Number

Wellington, New Zealand

The recently created role of Statistical Production Lead coordinates and manages all aspects of our statistical outputs. In this role, I ensure that each output is delivered on time, meets quality standards, and complies with established data governance protocols while looking for opportunities to improve.In this role I get to work with talented analysts to produce the following releases:- National accounts (income, saving, assets, and liabilities)- National accounts (income and expenditure)- Annual Balance Sheets- Local authority statistics- Local authority financial statistics- Government finance statistics

Wellington, Wellington Region, New Zealand

As a people leader in National Accounts, I have focussed on building high performing teams, delivering on our core outputs, while navigating a sustained period of organisational change. This has brought unique challenges in work planning, prioritisation, and resourcing, requiring us to work differently with our technical leaders to set us up for a successful future.

Wellington, Wellington Region, New Zealand

Head of Projects blended thought leadership and project management. In this role I supported the Director - Data Ventures to shape the direction of the team as we shifted our focus towards full-service data consultancy for the Data System. With strong links back into Stats NZ, I also provided advice to the team on organisational processes and statistical frameworks. The role also involved an increasing business development and project leadership component, working across Stats NZ and the wider public sector.

Wellington, Wellington Region, New Zealand

Helping to shape the future of Data Ventures as we pivot towards providing end-to-end data consultancy for the Data System.

Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand

Building a high performing team to produce Stats NZ's world-leading integrated data products: the Integrated Data Infrastructure (IDI) and Longitudinal Business Database (LBD).

Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand

Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand

As a Principal Research Analyst, I lead research and analysis that informs WorkSafe's interventions and ensures that everyone who goes to work comes home healthy and safe.From September–December 2016 I was seconded to Stats NZ part-time to lead production of the annual Serious Injury Outcomes Indicators (released December 2016).From February 2017–January 2018 I was on secondment at Stats NZ to help build capability within the Injury Data and Environmental Economic Accounts team.

Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand

My role involved building capability in a new team, particularly around work-related injury statistics, through production work and hands-on learning.Key accountabilities- building capability of WorkSafe and Stats NZ- ensuring team's products are fit-for-purpose- streamlining and improving production processes- delivering Serious Injury Outcome Indicators

Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand

As an Acting Principal Research Analyst, I provided intellectual leadership and strategic oversight on a range of research and evaluation projects that contribute to the broader goals of MBIE.Key Accountabilities• Provide leadership and guidance across the team’s work programme• Mentoring and buddying to ensure that the Ministry develops well-rounded analysts• Lead large, complex research and evaluation projects to deliver high quality service, tailored tomeet the needs of internal and external clients• Lead and provide advice on all aspects of the research and evaluation life cycle: from scoping todissemination• Lead cross-team and cross-agency projects• Assist the management team with business planning and maintaining a work programme that meets the needs of stakeholders• Contribute to the development of policy advice• Contribute to building and maintaining fit-for- purpose capability in the Ministry• Act for my Manager in their absence• Assist with recruitment, procurement and contract management• Represent the Ministry on external working groups – eg Census Transformation working groupKey Achievements• Developed a panel agreement for research services to streamline procurement• Accepted into Ministry’s Aspiring Leaders Programme for high performing staff with leadershippotential• Delivered cross-agency evaluation of ACC’s Experience Rating to Ministers. This was a multi-yearwork programme that involved coordination between MBIE, ACC, and external contractors.

Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand

Reporting to the Research Manager, the role involved leading and contributing to research projects tosupport the outcomes of the branch and wider organisation, while helping to build a new team.Key Accountabilities• Lead or input to large, complex research and evaluation projects• Support Manager with relationship building• Support Manager with strategic work programme planning and prioritisation• Act for my Manager in their absence• Represent the Ministry at external working groups – eg developing a statistical classification forgenderKey Achievements• Fostered new ways of working for the team, including developing project management and quality assurance templates & processes. These tools enabled the team to work on multiple projects at a time.• Seconded to ACC for two months to work on refreshing the Injury Prevention Strategy with a focus on data driven insights.• Found new, client-focused ways of working. For example automating modelling for the annualminimum wage review to allow the Ministry to provide additional policy advice more quickly andefficiently.• Hosted branch away day, facilitating group discussion.• Co-presenting a session on cross-agency evaluation at the Aotearoa New Zealand EvaluationAssociation conference in July 2014.• Led research input into a variety of policy projects including:- Minimum Wage review- Paid Parental Leave extensions• Led and contributed to a number of research and evaluation projects including:- Evaluation of ACC’s Experience Rating system- Reporting results of National Survey of Employers- Baseline report for KiwiSaver Standardised Periodic Disclosure- Baseline report for Financial Markets Conduct Act• Managed team’s summer intern – taking responsibility for expectation setting, coaching anddevelopment.

Wellington

My role was to lead the labour market monitoring programme, providing a “finger on the pulse” for Ministers, policy makers and other key stakeholders. This involved peer reviewing work and mentoring junior colleagues.I also provided the our Minister’s office with timely and robust interpretation and advice on a range of labour market information and issues.People across the organisation seek me out when they need timely and pragmatic analysis on a range on labour market policy issues.

As Team Leader of the Household Labour Force Survey (HLFS), I led the team that produces and analyses the unemployment rate as well as key labour market statistics each quarter.*Analysing and disseminating results of the survey*Overseeing end-to-end processes of the survey*Testing process improvements*writing media releases and presenting to media*writing Ministerial briefings and presenting to Ministers and advisersOutside of the quarterly release cycle, I have been involved in the following projects:*New Zealand in Profile 2010, 2011*Yearbook 2010 – labour market section*Investigating labour market flows*Implementing the Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification (ANZSIC 06) and the Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations (ANZSCO) into the HLFS.Conference papers, posters and other publications:*Silverstone, Brian and Will Bell, 'Labour market fows in New Zealand: some questions and some answers', presented at New Zealand Association of Economists conference 2010*Bell, Will and McLeish Martin, ‘Fixing flows data’, poster session at New Zealand Association of Economists conference 2010*A Guide to unemployment statisticsI was part of the core development team for the Childcare survey, which was developed and run in 2009 with results published mid-2010.*questionnaire testing*programming derived variables*training field and contact centre interviewers*coding data*testing IT system*analysis and dissemination of results

Tutor in first year economics. Lead tutorials, marked assignments and discussed concepts in more detail with students.