Geospatial Business Analyst in Christchurch, Canterbury at Ravensdown

About the role

The Geospatial Business Analyst is responsible for providing geospatial products, services, and support within Ravensdown. This includes identifying and documenting requirements, managing the implementation of new or improved geospatial systems, and ensuring the accuracy and security of geospatial data.

What you'll do

You will be working closely with both internal and external stakeholders including the Software Engineering Manager, Business Applications Manager and Data and Insights Manager. Externally you will be responsible for maintaining relationships with IT vendors, consultants, and industry bodies.

About you

As a skilled and experienced Geospatial Business Analyst, you will be an integral part of the team responsible for the development, support, and administration of geospatial enterprise systems. You will collaborate closely with stakeholders to identify opportunities for enhancing and extending the use of geospatial tools at Ravensdown. Additionally, you will contribute the specification, development, implementation, and testing of system enhancements to ensure they align with the needs and expectations of end users.

Ideal skills & experience

Your experience with the Esri ArcGIS suite of tools will be essential, and your knowledge of other GIS or geospatial systems and concepts will be highly valued. To be successful in this role, you will ideally possess:

• A bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in GIS.

• Superior Business Analysis skills.

• At least 5 years’ experience in using an ArcGIS enterprise server environment.

• Experience in building ESRI ARCGIS Online or Portal applications and fluent with ArcGIS Pro.

• Experience in providing technical system support.

• An ability to work with a wide range of people.

• Great communication and relationship building skills.

Benefits

In return for your skills, we offer a very competitive package that includes an array of insurances, phone, laptop, and company clothing allowance, plus excellent training opportunities in a supportive cooperative environment.

How to apply: Create a profile and submit your CV and Cover letter.

Applications Close: 10 August 2026

About the company

Ravensdown as a co-operative is all about essential farm inputs, and smart people using smart tools with the latest science in mind and our shareholders’ interests at heart.

Our work is guided by strong values that shape how we operate every day:

We Connect | Whanaungatanga
We Respect | Kaitiakitanga
We Deliver | Kotahitanga

These values are central to our culture and are actively lived, recognised, and celebrated across the organisation.

We are an integral part of the food creation process. We are the only co-operative that tests for, advises about, buys, ships, stores, spreads, measures and maps food creating nutrients and fertiliser in a truly integrated way.

Using technology, science, and smart people, we work in partnership with our farmers to provide the nutrients and agronomic solutions they need, together with innovative environmental products and services.

Through this, we are committed to Smarter farming for a better New Zealand, Ka pūkekotia a Rongomātāne, ka poho kererū a Aotearoa

Ravensdown is committed to a drug and alcohol free workplace. The successful applicant will be required to undergo a pre-employment drug and alcohol test.