Data Analyst

Requisition Number: 131620 Position Number/s: 60169713 Classification: APS Level 6  Location: ACT   Branch: Data and Analytics     Security Classification: Negative Vetting Level 1  Salary: $87,793.00 to $98,660.00   Contact: Bonnie Ross  Phone: 0421 987 ***  Email: ***********@nema.gov.au Period of Vacancy: Ongoing Number of Vacancies: 1

Applications close: Wednesday 20 March 2024 at 11:59pm (midnight) - AEDT. Late applications will not be accepted.

Who can apply: Please note this opportunity is available to current Australian Public Service employees and all eligible members of the community.

National Emergency Management Agency:

National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) was established on 1 September 2022 as a single, accountable Commonwealth authority that delivers a whole-of-nation approach to reducing disaster risk, planning, preparing for, responding to and recovering from all hazards across the emergency management continuum. 

NEMA works closely with states and territories to deliver the best outcome for communities across Australia. To help communities respond and recover, while preparing Australia for future emergencies, we:

• Fund programs and initiatives, big and small, that help communities in times of emergency, as well as to recover and prepare, including through disaster recovery funding and the Disaster Ready Fund to help reduce the risk and impact of disasters;
• Have officers located across Australia, working in partnership with states and territories to support disaster-affected communities to collectively build resilience, reduce risk and harm, and effectively respond to and recover from disasters
• Provide national leadership to share knowledge, situational awareness, and trends in disaster efforts to inform, guide and shape the national picture and decision-making at the Commonwealth, state and local Government level – including through policy development and strategy to improve risk reduction, resilience and recovery; and
• Provide round-the-clock all-hazards monitoring and operational coordination for domestic and international emergencies, including supply chain disruptions, critical infrastructure outages, biosecurity risks and widespread cyber-attacks, and through supporting preparedness and response activities, including through the operationalisation of the Australian Government Crisis Management Framework.

Overview of the Branch and Section:

The Data and Analytics Branch is the core data science team at the NEMA. The Branch is responsible for a range of Agency functions including: data leadership, governance, statistics relating to disaster events, recovery and mitigation efforts and analytical advice to the Agency. The Branch provides leadership for evidence based decision making to support NEMA policy and programs.

About the role:

The Data Science and Analytics team are looking for a Data Analyst to join our team. The successful candidate work in a small team to deliver short and long term analytical project and support policy design and implementation.

At times staff within NEMA may be required to work outside of standard business hours, particularly during the high-risk weather season.

Our ideal candidate:

Our ideal candidate will enjoy solving technical problems, working in a highly dynamic environment and help build the team’s capabilities. They will bring an understanding of social and economic policy and the application of quantitative methods to answer policy questions.

We encourage applications from First Nations people, people with disability, LGBTQIA+ people, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, mature age people and people from other diverse backgrounds. We are committed to providing a working environment that values diversity and inclusion and supports staff to reach their full potential.

Specific duties/responsibilities:

• Taking the lead on analysis, and/or adhoc research requests, with the ability to liaise with stakeholders, scope requests, delegate tasks and deliver
• Use different data sources and programing languages to produce visualisations, presentations and reports, and conduct research and analysis on complex topics
• Work well independently and collaborate effectively with team members to achieve projects goals and deliverables
• Effectively communicate with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Flexibility to coordinate and prioritise tasks in a changing and fast-paced environment.

Role requirements/qualifications:

• Sound programming skills in Python or R
• Data wrangling and extraction
• Experience working with and analysing economic, social and/or regional data (such as data published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics)
• Background in data visualisation design with the ability to communicate stories using data
• Tertiary qualifications in social science, economics, statistics, data science or a related field or extensive experience with data analytics/wrangling.

Applicant response:

As part of your application, you will be required to prepare a one page response document (minimum 11pt font in MSWord or PDF format), which you will upload in the next section. 

Please ensure you read the instructions carefully, noting failure to address identified requirements may lead to your application being deemed ineligible. 

Please prepare a one-page Applicant Response in relation to the advertised role, outlining:

• how your skills, knowledge and experience will be relevant to this role
• why you are interested in the role and what you can offer us
• any specific examples or achievements that demonstrate your ability to perform the role.

How to apply:

As part of your application, you will need to provide:

• Your CV
• Your Applicant Response document
• Details of two referees
• Include your full name and the Requisition Number - 131620 in the footer of any documents being uploaded.

Eligibility and Specific Conditions of Employment

To be eligible to work with the NEMA you must:

• Be an Australian Citizen
• Fulfil the Agency’s minimum requirements by satisfactorily answering all screening questions during the application process
• Obtain and maintain the required AGSVA clearance
• Satisfy a probation period
• Undergo a health assessment (if applicable).

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Notes

Remuneration: The Agency offers an attractive remuneration package, including salary, superannuation benefits and flexible working conditions appropriate to the level of the position.