Data Analyst/technical Officer

Commercial Group / Procurement & Insurance Division / Procurement and Discretionary Payments Branch
- APS 4 ($74,012 - $84,472) | Ongoing & Non-ongoing | Full-time
- Canberra, ACT

**ABOUT THE BRANCH & TEAM**

**The Procurement and Discretionary Payments Branch**
The Procurement and Discretionary Payments Branch is responsible for procurement policy development, providing advice to the Government on the procurement policy framework and developing supporting guidance for Commonwealth entities. The Branch provides technical advice to support international trade negotiations and/or obligations on government procurement.

In addition, the Branch manages act of grace payments and waivers of Commonwealth debts under the PGPA Act. The Branch is also responsible for the delivery of enhancements in information and reporting for the Strategic Procurement Branch.

The Procurement and Discretionary Payments Branch consists of four sections:

- Procurement and Grants Information Systems
- Procurement and Trade Policy
- Discretionary Payments Section
- Information Capability Enhancement Section.

**The Procurement and Grants Information Systems Team**
The Procurement and Grants Information Systems team consists of two sub teams, Projects and Technology and Operations. We require a diversity of people and skills to contribute with the development and implementation of several whole of Australian Government Procurement, Contracting and Grants information systems. We are looking for individuals that take pride in their work, who are looking to expand their skills and experience, and that will enjoy a rewarding opportunity to work in a fast-paced, high profile environment.

Working with us you will have the opportunity to work in a team that is at the centre of government, providing central agency experience where you will have the ability to positively influence and design changes to solutions. The skills and capabilities you will develop and practice in Finance are highly valued and readily transferrable.

The role is within a large multi-disciplinary team which promotes opportunities to work across the full IT lifecycle, including scope, design, development, testing, implementation and monitoring and support. The team is comprised of public and private sectors staff. While working with us you will have opportunities to:

- gain strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including at a whole of government level.
- access to diverse career advancement pathways, including secondments, a unique range of learning and development opportunities to broaden and develop your skills, maintain professional accreditations and access to study leave for further studies.
- seek further education opportunities and offer generous support through financial assistance, and study leave for staff studying related disciplines at Graduate and post graduate levels.
- be mentored and developed by our staff and cultivate strong working relationships across a large and varied range of commonwealth agencies.

**ABOUT THE**
**OPPORTUNITY**

In this role you will work in the Technical Services team within the Procurement and Grant Information System (PGIS) section. PGIS aims to enhance transparency and support data-driven decision making across government. You will primarily work with data, information management tools and visualisation software. There will also be an opportunity to be involved in a wide range of services across AusTender and GrantConnect including, ICT security, data analytics, and system enhancements. You will generally work in office and not be required to travel.

Your core duties will include:

- Providing high quality data analysis to support the Senior Executive and the Government to assist with decision-making.
- Collaborating with service providers in a DevOps environment to ensure business objectives are met.
- Writing requirements and conducting testing of system enhancements.
- Supporting external Commonwealth entities with improving their data quality.

**DETAILED VACANCY INFORMATION**

For detailed information about this role, including the job specific capabilities, please refer to the downloadable vacancy pack, which can be accessed by clicking the hyperlink at the bottom of this page.

**ELIGIBILITY ADVICE & CANDIDATE NOTES**
- Under section 22(8) of the _Public Service Act 1999_, employees must be Australian citizens to be employed in the Australian Public Service (APS) unless the Agency Head has agreed otherwise, in writing.
- Successful applicants will be required to undergo the process to obtain and maintain, or continue to hold the required security clearance level for the role as indicated in the downloadable job pack. All Finance staff are required to have a minimum baseline security clearance prior to commencement.

**CONTACT INFORMATION**
- For specific questions relating to this job vacancy, please refer to the details on the contact officer located in the downloadable job pack.

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