Sport Data Analyst

3 days ago

Sydney Olympic Park, Australia New South Wales Institute of Sport Full time

**About us**
The NSW Institute of Sport [NSWIS] is a high-performance sporting organisation that supports Australian athletes to become world’s best. We reach all regions of NSW with an Olympic and Paralympic training facility based at Sydney Olympic Park and high-performance hubs across NSW that provide world class daily training environments for our athletes and coaches. Our experts work in collaboration with partners within the national sporting system to create and deliver high performance support services and environments to prepare athletes and coaches for international competition.
**About the role**
The Sport Data Analyst is responsible for overseeing and managing the collection, analysis, and interpretation of sports data for targeted sport programs. This includes implementing and maintaining data systems, conducting data analysis to support decision making and performance optimisation, and developing data-driven insights and recommendations to inform program design and athlete development.
Working closely with counterparts from external stakeholders (National Institute Network, National Sport Organisations, AIS) to ensure NSWIS is aligned and integrated with the national high performance system and able to leverage its capability and resources.
For further information about the role and the key accountabilities please see the.
**About you**
- 3+ years experience working with elite athletes and coaches in a high-performance environment in a similar or related role.
- Ability to work with various data sources, platforms and software and a proven ability to work with R, R Studio, Python, MS SQL Server or similar programs.
- Proven capability in project management as evidenced by formal qualifications and/or informal learning.
- Demonstrated ability to communicate complex concepts, data and analytics in a coach and athlete friendly manner.
- Working collaboratively in a multi-disciplinary team to achieve common goals, combined with an ability to work independently and with a high level of personal initiative and autonomy.

**Essential Requirements**
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a relevant field (e.g. data analytics, sports science, statistics)
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Proficiency in data analysis tools (e.g. R, Python, Excel) and visualisations (e.g. Power BI, Tableau).
- A cover letter outlining how you meet the requirements and focus capabilities in the for the role (maximum 1 page)
- An up to date CV outlining experience, qualifications and achievements (please include at least two referees)
- A response to the pre-screening questions below (maximum 1 page per question)

Pre-screening questions (maximum 1 page per question)
- _What do you see as the challenges of working with data in a high-performance sporting environment, and how have you worked through these to achieve an end goal?_
- _ _Describe an occasion where you used data to answer a specific question posed to you in a high-performance sport setting, and the process & tools you used to accomplish this._

If you would like to enquire about the role contact James McBrien at 02 9763 0222.
This recruitment may be used to create a Talent Pool for similar future roles that may arise over the next 18 months.
- NSWIS is committed to protecting Children from harm. We require all applicants that will work with Children to undergo an extensive screening process prior to appointment._
- Commitment to Diversity_

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