Data Analyst

**Job no**: 512593

**Employment type**: Ongoing

**Location**: Canberra, Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide, Melbourne, Perth, Any location in Australia

**Categories**: APS Level 6, Data

**About the department**:
The department plays a key role in the Australian Government’s agenda to create jobs and build a stronger, more resilient and competitive economy. Our work builds on Australia’s existing strengths, supports businesses to grow, and drives new opportunities for long-term productivity growth and prosperity. The success of the department helps Australia recover from the economic consequences of COVID‑19 and adapt to its ongoing effects. Through our work, we support the government’s economic recovery plan and help to deliver a better future for all Australians.

**About the team**:
The Commercialisation Division brings together the department’s policy and program teams working on commercialisation, entrepreneurship and business research. These include the Research & Development Tax Incentive (R&DTI), venture capital and early-stage finance, challenge-based innovation, and responsibility for the Industry Innovation and Science Australia board.

The branch encompasses a number of highly collaborative teams working together to provide holistic business R&D advice to government and ensure the effective and efficient administration of the R&DTI program. The branch provides outstanding opportunities to gain skills across policy development and advice, data intelligence and insights, communications and stakeholder engagement, governance, operations and administrative review, and work with innovative Australian businesses.

The Data Intelligence & Insights Team in the R&DTI Branch is responsible for the collation and analysis of all R&DTI program data to generate policy insights, assess compliance risk, monitor program performance, and improve customer service outcomes.

Data Intelligence and Insights staff exercise expertise in data manipulation and analysis, interpretation and illustration, and provision of advice to inform management and policy decision making.

**The opportunity**

**What’s in it for you?**

DISR supports hybrid-remote and flexible working arrangements and the R&DTI program is delivered through a national network of teams located in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide and Canberra.
- Proficiency in at least one of the following data analysis tools / languages: Python, R, PowerBI / DAX, SQL.
- The ability to present, in written or verbal form, data-driven analysis to non-technical senior executive stakeholders.
- The ability to work with stakeholders to understand their analysis needs and co-design custom data analysis projects.
- A drive to spot opportunities for using cutting-edge data analysis techniques to inform policy, automate work and enhance administrative processes and decision-making.

They would also ideally:

- Have a passion for working within a diverse, high performing and inclusive team.
- Strive for excellence and achieve timely and high-quality results.
- Collaborate and facilitate cooperation and partnerships to deliver.
- Be curious and innovative, always looking for ways to improve what we do and deliver faster, better and simpler services for businesses engaging with the R&DTI, while maintaining the integrity of the program.
- Exemplify personal drive and integrity, by committing to action, providing frank and impartial advice, demonstrating self-awareness and displaying resilience.
- Be a compelling and influential communicator with strong negotiation skills.

Tertiary qualifications related to data science, data analysis, business intelligence, statistical analysis or econometrics are desirable but not essential. Please contact the contact officer if you would like to discuss the suitability of your qualifications.

**What you will do**:
In line with the APSC Integrated Leadership System, the role will require you to:

- Support strategic direction by: Harnessing information and opportunities and showing judgement, intelligence and common sense.
- Support productive working relationships by: nurturing internal and external relationships, listening to, understanding and recognising the needs of others, valuing individual differences and diversity, and sharing learning and supporting others.
- Display personal drive and integrity by: demonstrating public service professionalism and probity, engaging with risk and showing personal courage, committing to action, promoting and adopting a positive and balanced approach to work, and demonstrating self-awareness and a commitment to personal development.

**Eligibility**:
**Notes**:
A merit pool may be established and used to fill future vacancies within 18 months from the date the vacancy was first advertised in the Gazette_. _

The department offers flexible work opportunities for many roles. These vacancies are Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide or Canberra based, although flexible or remote work a