Data Analyst

Location: Melbourne | CBD

Job type: Full time

Organisation: Department of Justice and Community Safety

**Salary**: $90,067 - $102,192

Occupation: Analyst

Reference: VG/DJ6426JUNE22

At the Department of Justice and Community Safety, we’re looking for people who want to make a difference. People who take pride in their work. People who get things done. People who are committed to making Victoria a safer place.

We embrace diversity and strive to have a workforce that reflects the community we serve. We’re all about recruiting the best people, regardless of gender, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, or cultural background. If you think you can do the job and would be a good fit for our department, we’d love to hear from you.

The department is committed to the safety and wellbeing of children and recognises that children’s rights need to be respected, their views welcomed and valued, and their concerns taken seriously and acted upon.

For more information on working with us and our recruitment process, please visit justice.vic.gov.au/careers

We’re proud of the important work we do across Victoria. Want to be part of it?
- **An exciting opportunity within the Fines and Enforcement Services branch, Department of Justice and Community Safety**:

- **VPSG 4 Classification (Salary range $90,067 - $102,192)**:

- **One (1) ongoing, full-time opportunity available**

**About Us**

A rare opportunity exists to join the Strategic Insights and Information team at the Department of Justice and Community Safety as a Data Analyst on a full time, ongoing basis. Our team sits in the Fines and Enforcement Services (FES) business unit within the Police, Fines and Crime Prevention group at DJCS and has the primary responsibility of delivering end-to-end analytics and reporting across FES to the Executive team, other key decision makers and into the public domain.

If you are a data wrangler with strong problem-solving skills, a curious mind that looks for the meaning behind the numbers, and the ability to articulate and communicate your findings, then this role may be for you

**About the Role**

As a Data Analyst, you will develop and deliver reports, self-service dashboards and analysis that facilitate data-driven business decision making within FES. You will work in a collaborative and multi-disciplinary team who are passionate about delivering quality work and driving continuous improvement.

**Key accountabilities include**:

- Develop and deliver reports, self-service dashboards and analysis using data from internal and relevant external sources and maintain the underlying reporting framework.
- Interrogate, examine and transform data to produce appropriate analytical solutions that support business decision making.
- Utilise data visualisation and storytelling skills to provide the business with meaningful and relevant insights about what is happening and why.
- Assist with analytics projects and data analysis tasks. This includes actioning requests from stakeholders, and collecting, organising, producing, interpreting, analysing and presenting data.
- Foster strong working relationships with stakeholders and provide technical analytic expertise and guidance on the use of data and self-serve reporting.

**About You**

We are seeking an experienced data analyst with strong programming and data visualisation skills, who is proficient at translating analysis to insights for different audiences. You will need to demonstrate your end-to-end skillset, automation expertise and ability to deliver fit-for-purpose reporting solutions.

To be successful in this position, you will need to be an all-rounder who can engage in a broad scope of work ranging from developing reports and dashboards to conducting bespoke analytics requests. This individual will have strong conceptual and analytical skills, as well as a solid technical background including advanced MS SQL and Power BI skills; Python and R knowledge will be highly regarded.

**How to Apply**

**IMPORTANT INFORMATION**:
The department is committed to providing and maintaining a working environment which is safe and without risk to the health of its employees consistent with the department's obligations under the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 (Vic).

Therefore, there is a requirement that all DJCS employees be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to undertake duties outside of their homes.

Prior to commencement of employment with the department you will need to provide evidence that you are vaccinated against COVID-19. Acceptable evidence includes:

- COVID-19 digital certificate (available via your myGov account)
- Your immunisation history statement (available via your myGov account) or
- A letter from the GP who vaccinated you.