Principal Officer

**About us**

The Department of Health is responsible for the overall management of the public health system in Queensland. We are an organisation that strongly believes in the need to work with people who value the goals of our organisation and who will thrive in our workplace. Working at the Department of Health is about making a difference.

Health Capital Division (HCD) delivers an end-to-end capital infrastructure process. This includes all capital planning, business cases, construction and maintenance programs and managing these through government processes for Queensland Health in partnership with Hospital and Health Services.

**The role**

As Principal Officer, Data Strategy and Management, you will work to provide a state-wide analysis and reporting function on financial and non-financial information for capital projects and programs across Queensland Health. This role also proactively supports the broader needs of the Department, HCD and HHSs in providing strategic insights into the delivery of the Queensland Health capital acquisition program.

In this role, you will collaborate with a highly skilled team to identify analytical solutions to enhance business outcomes. You will create relevant documentation to support effective data management, such as user guides, metadata, data definitions and knowledge base articles.

Drawing upon your effective professional interpersonal skills, you will leverage internal and external relationships to liaise, negotiate and consult with key stakeholders across projects. You will place quality at the forefront and will champion this, leading by example. Furthermore, you will maintain records, prepare reports, and enhance business processes to ensure compliance and efficiencies across systems and system usage.

**The successful person**

To be successful in the role, you will have a demonstrated ability to work in an agile environment as part of a cohesive team and with mínimal supervision. You will have gained experience across a range of analytical and business systems. You will have demonstrated abilities to develop, coordinate and implement complex data design, collection, interpretation, analysis and practical reporting solutions utilising SQL Server, SharePoint, PowerBI and other available enterprise systems. Ideally, you will have working knowledge of a data-centric programming language such as Python or R.

You will be a critical thinker and outcome focused. Your well-developed interpersonal skills will be critical to build and maintain business relationships and partnerships through collaboration and consultation.

You will value being collegial and courageous. You will be committed to personal and professional growth. You will enjoy working within a harmonious team, were communication flows freely and you actively engage across the system. You’ll have strong written communication skills and will proactively maintain records and prepare relevant detailed reports and relevant project documentation or correspondence.

Whilst not mandatory a relevant qualification in a relevant discipline, such as Information Technology or data science will be highly regarded, as would a strong understanding of working within a Government Department.

**Benefits**
- A fast-paced, challenging and supportive environment
- Competitive salary + generous superannuation and leave loading
- Flexible working arrangements
- Diverse work culture
- Career training and development

**outlining your skills and experience relevant for this role.**

**Further Information**

Applications will remain current for a period of up to 12 months and may be considered for other vacancies which may include an alternative employment basis (temporary; full time or part time).