Data Analyst

**Overview**:
**Work Type**:Fixed-term - Full-time

**Salary**: $97,955 - $111,142

**Grade**:VPS 4

**Occupation**:IT and telecommunications

**Location**:Melbourne - CBD and Inner Metro suburbs

**Reference**:VG/DE/SSSR/20014663

Join our Outcomes team as a Data Analyst, where you'll analyse and visualize linked education datasets to generate actionable insights that improve student transitions from school. With your strong technical skills in SQL, R/Python, and stakeholder engagement, you'll play a key role in delivering timely, user-focused solutions that drive real-world impact.
- Fixed-Term/Fulltime (duration until 30-JUN-2029)
- VPSG4 - $97,955 - $111,142
- Position will not be available until 30/10/2025

**About the Department**
- The department provides a wide range of learning and development support and services.
- The department provides policy leadership, plans for the future of education in Victoria and leads key cross-sector collaboration. The department plays an important system steward role by providing support, guidance, oversight and assurance across early childhood and school education systems, as well as directly providing school education and 50 new early learning centres.

**About the Division**
- An exciting opportunity exists to join new Strategy and Secondary School Reform Group in a key role supporting the Outcomes team in the Senior Secondary Pathways Reform Taskforce.
- From December 2024 the new **Strategy and Secondary School Reform**group will strengthen and expand our existing senior secondary reforms to include the early years of secondary school while continuing a clear focus on intergovernmental relations, performance and evidence, and Education State strategy.
- Within this new group, the **Senior Secondary Pathways Reform Taskforce (SSPRT)** was established in 2021 to lead a generational reform agenda in response to the 2020 _Review into Vocational and Applied Learning Pathways in Senior Secondary Schooling_. These reforms collectively support all Victorian secondary students to pursue high-quality and valued vocational pathways aligned to their strengths and interests and to finish schooling with the skills and capabilities they need for success in further education, training, work, and life.
- The SSPRT includes 14 high performing and highly interdependent teams within four branches led by an Assistant Deputy Secretary.

**About the Role**

Join our Outcomes team as a data analyst and help transform how we understand and support students as they transition from school.
- In this key role, you'll analyze data to generate actionable insights from a dynamic linked dataset. Collaborating closely with a dedicated project team, your expertise in data analysis will be essential in ensuring our solutions effectively address user needs and are delivered on schedule.

**Attributes**
- Data analysis and linkage using SQL
- Data analysis and visualisation in R and/or Python
- Excellent stakeholder management experience.

**Desirable Qualifications and Experience**:

- 6 - 12 months experience analysing data within the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Datalab environment
- 6 - 12 months experience working within Microsoft Azure Databricks
- Experience with Department of Education Victoria data.
- Experience with or exposure to data governance agreements, such as data sharing agreements and/or privacy impact assessments
- Relevant coursework or training.

**Your responsibilities will include**:

- Writing clean, maintainable, and testable code
- Ensuring solutions are delivered within deadlines
- Presenting insights to senior stakeholders.

**Further Information**
- The department values diversity and inclusion in all forms - gender, religion, ethnicity, LGBTIQ+, disability and neurodiversity. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cand idates are strongly encouraged to apply. For more information about our work, working for the Department, diversity and inclusion, and our employment conditions visit the Department website and our Diversity and Inclusion page
- Applicants requiring adjustments can contact the nominated contact person.

**Applications close** 11:59pm on 07/08/2025**

- Applications close Thursday 7 August 2025 at 11.59pm

Posted
- 24 July 2025