Principal Statistical Officer

1 day ago


Brisbane, Australia Education Full time

**About the Department**:
The Department of Education are dedicated to building an inclusive and diverse workforce that reflects the community and schools we support by treating everyone with respect and dignity. This starts with recruitment and selection. The methods of assessing suitability in the recruitment process may vary. This includes making reasonable adjustments to support applicants at all stages of the process and employee lifecycle.

**Your Opportunity**:As the Principal Statistical Officer, you will**:

- Lead the extraction and analysis of organisational performance data to report on the extent to which the organisational goals are being achieved, and identify emerging trends and their likely impact on organisational performance.
- Develop and implement innovative performance reporting to monitor and project performance against a range of state and national goals, targets and initiatives pertaining to the delivery of education and early childhood services.

**Your Role**:Responsibilities include**:

- Identify and implement best practice procedures to ensure that reporting output is relevant, replicable and that quality standards and timelines are met.
- Supervise and coordinate the activities of team members undertaking the extraction, analysis and reporting of performance measurement information.
- Manage various project teams involved in the activities of updating, maintaining and reporting of statistical collections for the department including participation, attainment, performance and other data.
- Provide high level advice to senior management, partners and stakeholders, administrators and performance measurement staff in regions and central office on matters related to performance measurement issues.
- Model and lead the use of information systems for the preparation and presentation of accurate and comprehensive statistical reports to support senior and executive management within the department.
- The ability to source, critically analyse and interpret qualitative and quantitative data to support decision-making.
- Highly developed data manipulation and analysis skills, enabling them to perform complex transformations, develop advanced algorithms and construct statistical models that underpin decision-making processes.
- Demonstrated proficiency in a range of data integration, analytics, and reporting technologies.
- Complements the team's skills and capabilities and has a positive effect on team cohesion

Please refer to the attached role description for any mandatory requirements for this position.

**Interested? To Apply**:

- Attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant work history)
- Attach a 2-page written statement in response to the attached role description.

We welcome all applicants to share any support needed to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive.
Applications remain current for 12 months from the closing date and may be considered for appointment to identical or similar vacancies within the Department.
Applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.
When working in regulated employment an employee must have a current Working with Children Clearance (blue card) issued by Blue Card Services.
Salary rate shown is reflective of full-time (1.0 FTE).
The Department of Education is a family inclusive workplace. Click here to find out more about our Inclusion and Diversity strategies.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License.



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