AddressData and Research Governance Officer
Employment Type: Permanent
Position Classification: Health Manager Level 3
Remuneration: $122,850 - $139,559 per annum, plus superannuation and 17.5% leave loading
Hours Per Week: 38
Location: 1 Reserve Road, St Leonards, Sydney
Requisition ID: REQ496233
Are you passionate about enabling the safe and ethical use of Data and supporting research for Cancer Control in NSW?
- Be part of an organisation that makes a difference in cancer control in NSW
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are encouraged to apply
- Be part of a high-performing team promoting access and use of data for research
Where you’ll be working
The Cancer Institute NSW is the NSW Government’s cancer control agency, established to lessen the impact of cancer across the state.
Working at the Cancer Institute NSW means joining a team of committed and dedicated staff who are proud to be a part of the Institute’s purpose of overseeing and accelerating the effectiveness of cancer control in NSW.
The Cancer Institute is a collaborative working environment that encourages diversity and inclusion in how we work and the way we work together. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are strongly encouraged to apply. Greater consideration will be given to suitable applicants, in order to improve access to employment and career opportunities (GSE Rule 26).
What you’ll be doing
The Data and Research Governance Officer is responsible for the development, implementation and ongoing management of a wide range of policies and procedures relating to Data and Research Governance across the Institute.
In this role you will be required to oversee support and monitor Data and Research activities throughout the Institute, including delivering staff training, managing governance requirements of linked data projects, liaising with internal and external staff and Researchers regarding the appropriate use of Data and navigating Data and Research Governance related approval processes. You will have demonstrated experience in the management or coordination of large data linkage projects, including management of ethics applications and/ or governance processes.
Essential to the role will be your ability to influence, collaborate and manage complex projects, with competing priorities.
Remuneration/Benefits
In addition to base salary:
- 11% superannuation
- 4 weeks annual leave (plus 17.5% leave loading)
- 10 days sick leave
- 40 hours per week which include accrual of monthly Allocated Day Off (ADO) x 12 per year.
Access to:
- Generous Flexible Working practices
- Fitness Passport: a membership card for NSW government employees that gives you and your family unlimited access to 400+ gyms and other facilities at one low price.
- Novated car leasing arrangement
- Salary sacrificing to superannuation.
For your application to be considered
To submit your application, please provide:
- Your resume (maximum five pages)
- A covering letter addressing the Essential Requirements, as outlined in the Role Description
- A response to the Pre-screening questions, as outlined below.
Essential requirements
- Tertiary qualifications in a relevant discipline.
- Substantial experience working in a research and/or data governance team in a health context.
- Demonstrated knowledge of and experience in applying relevant legislation, codes and guidelines to Data and Research Governance including the NHMRC National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research, relevant privacy acts and guidelines and statutory frameworks.
- Experience in management or coordination of large data linkage projects including management of ethics applications, and/or governance processes.
- Demonstrated experience in developing monitoring and evaluation frameworks.
If successful for interview candidates must bring original copies of essential qualifications to be sighted by the panel, and one copy to provide to panel.
Pre-screening questions
- Describe an example of where you have had to apply legislation (e.g privacy act), statutory frameworks, codes or guidelines in a previous role to ensure Data and/or Research Governance compliance?
- Provide an example of a large, linked data project you have been involved with where your role included overseeing Data and or Research Governance of the project. What was your role and what strategies did you use to manage the project.
Interested?
For more information:
1) Click here for the Position Description
2) Find out more about applying for this position
For more information about the Cancer Institute NSW please visit www.cancer.nsw.gov.au. For role related queries or questions contact Lisa McCallum on **************@health.nsw.gov.au
Applications Close: Wednesday 3 July 2024 (11.59PM)
All Cancer Institute roles are based at St Leonards, Sydney, and candidates are required to be Sydney based.
The CORE+4 Values define what is important to the Cancer Institute NSW and our employees.
Our values are: Collaboration, Openness, Respect, Empowerment, Strategic, Supportive, Innovative and Flexible.
The Cancer Institute NSW is unable to offer salary packaging. Salaries will be negotiated commensurate to experience and qualifications of the role.
The Cancer Institute NSW supports flexible working practices for all employees and welcomes applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from diverse cultural backgrounds and people with disabilities. Stepping Up aims to assist Aboriginal job applicants by providing information about applying for roles in NSW Health. For more information please visit www.steppingup.health.nsw.gov.au.
Please indicate if you have any accessibility requirements in your application or speak with the contact person should you be called for an interview. We provide reasonable adjustment for people with a disability during the recruitment process and during their employment.
To be eligible for permanent appointment to a position in NSW Health, you must have Australian citizenship or permanent Australian residency.
To submit your application please visit https://jobs.health.nsw.gov.au/cinsw
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