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Form of workThe Treasury is seeking enthusiastic and highly motivated applicants to join the Data and Structural Analysis Branch. The Branch plays an important role in Treasury’s efforts to make better use of data in providing timely and influential advice on policy issues, economic conditions and trends. We work to build an enduring capability, and collaborate closely with partners across Treasury and beyond. There are opportunities in the Data Strategy and Governance Unit, Business Microdata Unit and Household Microdata Unit.
The Data Strategy and Governance Unit supports the Chief Data Officer in their role as an advocate for enhanced data governance, capability and use across Treasury. Following the release of Treasury’s Enterprise Data Strategy 2023–2025, the team is focused on delivering department-wide improvements to better manage and leverage the wealth of data available to Treasury and to lift data capability and literacy across the department. Roles here involve:
- Collaborating with a large, diverse group of stakeholders to improve data governance and capability.
- Mobilising support for Treasury-wide initiatives under the Enterprise Data Strategy.
- Identifying strategic goals and maintaining momentum towards them while responding flexibly to stakeholder views and a changing external environment.
- Working well as a team and communicating with influence in a variety of formats with a variety of audiences.
The Microdata Units leverage economic frameworks and data to provide deeper insights on policy, economic conditions and trends. The teams utilise finely-grained data on people, households and firms, and provide advice on long-run trends in productivity, business dynamism and competition, labour market engagement and inequality. Roles here involve:
- Collaborating across the Treasury to deliver tailored and influential analysis with microdata and/or on long-run trends in the economy.
- Strong inter-personal skills to translate analysis into advice, communicating with influence in a variety of formats with a variety of audiences.
- Drawing insights and inspiration from economic frameworks, econometric techniques and existing work.
Applicants are encouraged to review the Integrated Leadership System (ILS) profiles across the APS5, APS6 and EL1 levels to differentiate between each classification level.
Desirable Qualifications / Experience
The following qualifications and experience would be viewed favourably, but not all are essential. A willingness to learn, adapt to change and grow new skills in a dynamic environment will be important across all roles.
For Data Strategy and Governance Unit:
- Qualifications and/or experience in one or both of:
- Data governance and management;
- Data analysis, coding and capability development.
- Demonstrated project management skills.
- Stakeholder management skills.
- An understanding of Australia’s public sector data sharing landscape, especially the Data Availability and Transparency Act 2022 and the Privacy Act 1988.
For Microdata Units:
- Qualifications related to data analysis, such as economics, econometrics, statistics, applied mathematics and data science.
- Some experience with coding languages, especially R or Stata.
- Experience leveraging large datasets, including surveys and administrative microdata, to produce timely and insightful analysis and advice for decision makers.
- Strong communication and inter-personal skills, including an ability to distil complex concepts and findings to draw policy conclusions and engage both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- A proven track record of delivering complex projects under uncertainty, and ability to adapt flexibly to a fast moving policy environment.
Applications close at 11.30pm on Sunday, 21 April 2024.
For further information regarding this opportunity, please contact Nathan Deutscher (Macroeconomic Group) on 02 6263 3783 or nathan.deutscher@treasury.gov.au.
