Digital Information Analyst

The Australian Sports Commission is embarking on the Green and Gold decade. An exciting time filled with international sporting competitions on home soil, including the Men’s and Women’s Rugby World Cup, and culminating in the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games. We have an ambitious new Strategic Vision and we need the best players on our team to help us deliver real results for the sporting sector and all Australians.

Are you up for the challenge?

About the team – Performance Services is a specialised multi-disciplinary team of specialists who deliver performance services, to support the AIS campus-based high-performance activities. This includes National Sporting Organisations (NSOs) elite, pre-elite, development, and intensive rehabilitation camps.  The team oversees the management and quality assurance of the AIS High Performance Centre facilities, dedicated to supporting the provision of performance services to Australia's national sporting network.  Services from within the multi-disciplinary team can incorporate a range of elements from Nutrition and food services to Strength and Conditioning and Biomechanics. 

About the role – Within Performance Services (PS) you will play a key role in collecting, storing, and reporting on athlete/sport performance whilst on campus.  You will manage the implementation of advanced analytical methods, techniques, and capabilities to enable the PS specialists in their roles and PS leadership to make evidence-informed decisions.

You will work collaboratively with other PS specialises in the planning, implementations and delivery of AIS camp servicing and campus activities, including delivery of testing, education, analysis and reporting. You will work with front-line data users to develop and deploy solutions to optimise and/or automate existing data capture, storage, analysis, or visualisation. Using tools and technologies that are appropriate for the skills and capabilities of the performance services team.

About you – We're looking for applicants who possess a minimum of the following:

• Degree and/or higher qualification in data science, computer science, mathematics, economics and/or a sports-related field
• Demonstrated experience of >3 years providing sport testing, analysis, and interpretation to achieve high performance outcomes for both individual and/or team sports
• Demonstrated ability to analyze data, interpret results, and produce reports for influencing athletics training programs
• Project or work experience wrangling and mining data
• Demonstrated ability to form and contribute to cohesive, collaborative, and outcome driven organisational project teams
• Strong data storytelling and visualisation skills and the ability to communicate complex analytical and statistical concepts in an easy-to-understand fashion to non-technical stakeholders

This position is offered as an ONGOING position 

Why work with us?

We have offices located in Canberra, Melbourne, and Sydney.  Across all locations, we offer:

• Options for flexible working arrangements.
• Annual allowances towards training based on individualised career goals.
• Access to a customised ASC L&D calendar for ongoing professional and career development.
• Generous superannuation scheme with up to 15.4% employer contributions.
• Corporate discount on AIS Shop merchandise.
• Access to Clearinghouse for Sport, an information sharing platform for Sporting professionals.

Additionally, our Canberra campus offers:

• Free onsite parking
• Onsite facilities including café, dining hall, gym, and swimming pool.
• Priority placement for your children to access the award winning, onsite AIS Caretaker’s Cottage Childcare Centre.

Eligibility

To be eligible for this position applicants are required to be Australian citizens only and must be able to obtain and maintain an AGSVA Security Clearance.

As part of the Commonwealth Child Safety Framework the ASC is committed to being a Child Safe Organisation and leading the way in Child Safety across the sports sector. This position requires a Working with Vulnerable/Children People check to obtain employment.

Notes

• The ASC is committed to protecting children from harm. We require all applicants that will work with children to undergo screening processes prior to appointment.
• Should a merit pool be established for this position, it may be used to fill ongoing or fixed term opportunities as they arise within 18 months from the date advertised.
• The ASC operates under the Australian Sports Commission Act 1989 and is separate to the Public Service Act 1999. The ASC accepts most leave liability and recognition of prior service if you are currently employed at a Commonwealth agency.

Acknowledgement of Country  

The Australian Sports Commission (ASC) acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the lands where its offices are located, the Ngunnawal people and recognises any other people or families with connection to the lands of the ACT and region, the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung people of the Kulin Nation, the people of the Yugambeh Nation and the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. The ASC extends this acknowledgment to all the Traditional Custodians of the lands and First Nations peoples throughout Australia and would like to pay respects to all Elders past and present. The ASC recognises the outstanding contribution that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples make to society and sport in Australia and celebrates the power of sport to promote reconciliation and reduce inequality.