About the role
This is an exciting opportunity to help make a difference to the lives of children and young people. In this role, you will be responsible for undertaking complex analysis and the provision of accurate and timely statistical advice to support senior officers. The analysis you are involved in will be used to shape education programs and policies within the department and will contribute to schools understanding the progress of students in key areas of the curriculum.
Benefits
1. Flexible working arrangements, including - work from home arrangements.
2. 35 hour working week
3. Competitive salary, salary sacrificing, employer’s contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading
4. Flex Leave entitlements, generous holidays & leave conditions
5. Opportunities for advancement and mobility across the Department to support your career growth
About you
·Provide conceptual and analytical advice on the analysis and reporting of educational data sets.
·Respond to requests for data, data analysis, and data interpretation from senior officers, staff and other interested parties.
·Effectively communicate analysis and results to a wide range of stakeholders and senior audiences using a range of written, verbal and visual methods, and to publication standard.
·Assist with the preparation of briefings, reports, research proposals and statistical publications for the Minister, Secretary and senior Departmental officers.
·Engage with stakeholders, including school operations and education services partners, to negotiate and develop analysis plans for emerging educational issues and to support service delivery needs.
Essential requirements of the role
·Demonstrated understanding of and commitment to the value of public education
·Tertiary qualifications in statistics or a quantitative discipline,, economics, mathematics, data science, physics, engineering, psychology, and/or relevant professional experience.
·Demonstrated experience using at least one of the statistical software packages (, R, Stata, SPSS, RUMM), with the expectation of learning and programming in R.
·A demonstrated understanding, or an appetite to learn up-to-date knowledge of data analysis and statistical methods.
·Valid Working with Children Check for paid employment.
About the Department of Education
The Department of Education is the largest provider of public education in Australia, with nearly 100,000 employees across NSW in our schools and corporate offices. Our purpose is centred on the delivery of high-quality public education to two-thirds of the NSW student population.
1.Submit a cover letter (maximum 2 pages) outlining how you meet the requirements and capabilities of this role
2.Attach an up-to-date resume (maximum of 5 pages)
Note: the selection process will include a range of assessment techniques to assist in determining your suitability for the role. Successful candidates will be required to undertake pre-employment screening for this role which includes a National Criminal History Check.
Closing date: 19 February 2024 at 11:59pm.
A talent pool may be created through this recruitment process. A talent pool is a group of applicants who have been assessed and identified as suitable for this role, and who may be considered for a range of similar roles, including temporary, term or ongoing roles, over the next 18 months.