Senior Analyst Data Lead

* Great opportunity for a Senior Data Analyst
* Fixed Term contract until 30/06/2025
* Attractive VPS 5 salary between $105,479 - $127,621 + superannuation
The Department of Justice and Community Safety is seeking a Senior Analyst Data Lead to lead the design and management of Emergency Management Tech and Data's data environment to ensure data quality and robust data architecture.
About the Business Unit
The Department of Justice and Community Safety (DJCS) delivers a justice and community safety system that works to build a safer, fairer, and stronger Victoria.
DJCS Emergency Management includes the department's emergency management accountabilities delivered through Emergency Management Victoria, Emergency Recovery Victoria, Sector Performance and Reform and emergency management statutory entities and offices. The work of the group supports the emergency management sector to work together and to strengthen the capacity of individuals, communities, government, agencies, and business to achieve our shared vision of safer and more resilient communities and to rebuild and recover after an emergency.
About the role
Your work will contribute to the EM Tech and Data strategy, with particular focus on the development and ongoing capability improvements of the EM Data Platform. Your skills in delivering modern data capabilities and insights will enable the organisation to support the emergency management group.
You will be a systemic thinker with experience across the data value chain (ingestion, transformation, analytics) working within a dynamic environment to increase data capabilities.
Duties will include:
* The Senior Analyst, Data Lead will lead the design and management of EM Tech and Data's data environment to ensure data quality and robust data architecture.
* The role delivers the analytics and reporting priorities of the organisation to support EM operations and performance, drives strategic and operational improvement, facilitates reporting, and provides accountability to government and wider stakeholders.
* The Senior Analyst will also support compliance with EM Tech and Data's privacy and data governance obligations by working closely with the Department of Justice and Community Safety's (DJCS) Information Privacy and Assurance Units in undertaking compliance activities across the organisation.
About you
As our ideal candidate, you will have:
* Experience leading the development of analytical products such as reports, dashboards, visualisations, and algorithms for a wide range of stakeholders.
* Specific and demonstrated accreditation and/or experience in the development and delivery of data capabilities using tools (including but not limited to):
- PowerBI, Tableau, ThoughtSpot;
- AWS, Snowflake.
- Fivetran, DBT, Mulesoft;
- Python, SQL;
* Experience with designing and managing data environments, systems, and management processes to ensure data quality and robust data architecture.
* Understand the requirements of the Information Privacy Principles (outlined in the Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014 (Vic)), the Victorian Protective Data Security Standards and DJCS's data governance standards and guidelines.
Qualifications
* A tertiary qualification in statistics, data analysis, data science, mathematics, or equivalent demonstrated experience.
How to Apply
Please click the Apply button on this advertisement. Applications should include a resume and covering letter. Attachments can be uploaded in .doc, .docx, .pdf, .txt or .rtf formats.
The successful candidate will be required to undergo pre-employment checks which may include national police checks and misconduct screening.
If you require adjustments to the recruitment and selection process, or require an alternative format to any of the application material, please don't hesitate to get in touch with the contact person listed on this ad.
FOR INTERNAL VPS EMPLOYEES:
For all VPS employees, due to the new JSE policy, please apply through the JSE only to be considered for this position.
For this particular vacancy, priority consideration applies to Victorian Public Service (VPS) and select employees of the Victorian Public Sector who apply through the Jobs Skills Exchange (JSE) jobs board platform.
In accordance with the Jobs and Skills Exchange Recruitment Policy, only Victorian Public Service employees are eligible to apply for this position. People on labour hire contracts, such as agency staff and external contractors, are not eligible to apply.
For all VPS employees, due to the new Jobs Skills Exchange (JSE) policy, please apply through the JSE to be eligible to be considered for this position in the first round.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
CHILD SAFE STATEMENT OF COMMITMENT:
The Department of Justice and Community Safety is committed to the safety and wellbeing of children and young people. We seek to prevent harm of any kind impacting children and young people and have zero tolerance for racism, child abuse and inequality. Children and young people's rights, relationships, identity, and culture must be recognised and respected, their voices heard, and their concerns acted upon. We aim to foster a culturally safe, child safe and child friendly environment for all children and young people we have contact with, deliver services to, or are impacted by our work.