Data Analyst

**About BDAC**

BDAC is an ACCO (Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisation) registered as a member under the umbrella of VACCHO (Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation) and represented nationally through NACCHO (National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation).

BDAC was founded to represent and provide services to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living on Djaara Country.

BDAC has a responsibility to ensure growth of services, development of our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community, better and improved health outcomes for our people, improved quality of life and be a lead agency in providing self-determination employment and career pathways for Aboriginal people.

**What We Are Offering**
- Part Time 0.6-0.8 FTE
- 2 year fixed term
- Access to Salary Packaging
- 11% Superannuation
- Supportive work environment
- Ongoing training and development opportunities

**The Position**

The Data and Reporting Analyst will support BDAC through the analysis of varied forms of data and information and reporting, which will assist informed decision making about programs and services, improve efficiency, contribute to reporting and support the achievement of BDACs strategic plan and goals.

The Data and Reporting Analyst will organise, interpret, structure and present the data into useful information that provides context for the data. This context will then be used by BDAC with the aim of enhancing service delivery and improving outcomes for our community.

To do this role effectively, the Data and Reporting Analyst will need to:

- understand BDACs direction and objectives
- explore the meaning behind the numbers and figures in data
- analyse the causes of certain issues based on data findings and discussions with colleagues
- present insights using easy-to-understand language and graphics
- contribute to organisational decision-making by providing reports based on BDAC data and wider evidence
- understand and support data sovereignty, as it relates to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
- be able to consider BDAC service data findings against external population and public data sources, and within wider research and policy contexts..

**Key Position Responsibilities**

The Data and Reporting Analyst will contribute to supporting the effective use of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander service data as collected at BDAC. You will be responsible for a variety of reporting and data analysis activity and contribute to the development of key business intelligence processes that further support the utilisation of data within BDAC.

Specifically, you will be required to:

- Extract data quantitative and qualitative from multiple sources and consolidate for reporting or further analysis
- Convert data into usable information that is easy to understand and develop reports and presentations to communicate analytic insights.
- Provide input to the development of data quality metrics and key performance indicators across BDAC
- Design, develop and maintain a wide variety of user-friendly dashboards, data visualisations and reports that provide insight into the data meaning
- Contribute to overall efficiency across the Health and Wellbeing service delivery team by identifying opportunities and areas for improvement

**Key Selection Criteria**
- Tertiary qualification and/or relevant work experience in statistics, epidemiology, public health, health data science, health information or in a related discipline or equivalent experience in business analysis/ data interpretation.
- Strong analytical skills and experience with large and diverse data sets; both quantitative and qualitative.
- A sound knowledge and understanding of Aboriginal Communities, with a comprehensive understanding of the social and health issues impacting the lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and a strong commitment to improving outcomes.
- Knowledge of data management standards and privacy
- Demonstrated experience in the acquisition, analysis, interpretation and reporting of health and social care data, while ensuring quality and accuracy of data.
- Highly competent computer skills with the willingness to develop competence in new technologies and software packages
- Well-developed written and verbal communication skills including the ability to convey technical concepts to a non-technical audience, and to collaborate effectively with a diverse range of internal and external stakeholders
- Ability to support a continuous improvement model for achieving outcomes

**Preferred Education, Training and/or Competencies**
- Previous experience working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and /or Communities
- Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel
- Experience with Power Bi or other dashboard software
- Knowledge and understanding of trends, developments, and issues, and clinical information systems in primary health care, particularly related to health data, the Med