Manager, Research and Analytics

• Utilise your analytical expertise to provide support and advice to the Evidence and Insights branch
• A fixed-Term, full-Time opportunity to work with a high-performing and passionate team in the Victorian Public Service until 6th November 2026
• VPS Grade 6: $138,631 - $185,518 plus superannuation.

About the Business Unit:

Corporate Strategy and Delivery (CSD) supports the Secretary to lead and manage the responsibilities and statutory requirements of the department. CSD leads key whole of department functions, including corporate functions, delivery of the department's data insights, analytics and modelling function, savings and organisational transformation. It also provides oversight of the department's strategic and operational performance, with a focus on using data to inform system strategy, advice to Government and operational oversight.

Evidence and Insights is tasked with supporting the Chief Operating Officer in leading the department's agenda in the delivery of justice and community safety services in Victoria by providing a strong evidence base for the development of effective policy and effective organisational management.

Evidence and Insights focuses on meeting the department's data needs by providing responsive and sustainable services focused on supporting departmental outcomes. It is also responsible for providing end-to-end evidence-based policy support across the department and the reporting of data and research to the Victorian public through the Crime Statistics Agency.

About the Role:

The Manager, Research and Analytics leads, manages and supports a team who provide high-level expertise in quantitative data analysis, research, data visualisation and data linkage. The Manager is responsible for building strong partnerships with policy areas across DJCS to understand their information needs, and leading the development of data analytics and research products to meet these needs. Drawing on a wide variety of available justice and whole-of-government datasets, and by applying a variety of statistical methods, this role focuses on ensuring that policy across the Department is based on rigorous data and evidence.

The Manager leads a team working with protected level data and is required to ensure that the team's work is undertaken appropriately with regard to the Victorian Data Security Standards, relevant Privacy provisions and legislative requirements.

This position may require the successful applicant to obtain a negative vetting Level 1 security clearance.

Some of your duties will include:

• Partnering with stakeholders across the department and government to identify information requirements, developing data and analytics plans to deliver on these requirements, and communicating robust data, analytics and evidence to support policy and program analysis, design and evaluation
• Translating policy questions into questions that can be answered using data and analytics, including through the application of complex statistical methods, and clearly communicating analysis findings and implications for a wide variety of audiences
• Identifying, sourcing and working with a wide variety of justice and other government datasets, including large and linked datasets, applying broad knowledge of available data to the development of analytics projects that answer key policy and program questions.

To learn more about this role before applying, please read the attached position description.

About You:

As our ideal candidate, you will possess:

• A wealth of experience in conducting, and leading teams to conduct, research, inferential statistical analysis, analytics and data visualisation projects.
• Extensive experience in the interpretation, presentation, and communication of quantitative and qualitative data, including the ability to turn data and analysis into policy-relevant insights.
• A strong ability to prepare written briefings on complex issues and in the production of research papers to a peer-review publication standard is highly desirable.

To learn more about the Technical Expertise you will require for this role, please read the attached position description.

Qualifications/Requirements:

• A tertiary qualification and/or experience in statistics, criminology, economics, data analytics, social science or a related field with a major focus on quantitative research methods or data analysis is highly desirable.

How to Apply:

Please click the Apply button on this advertisement. Applications should include a resume and covering letter. Attachments can be uploaded in .doc, .docx, .pdf, .txt or .rtf formats.

The successful candidate will be required to undergo pre-employment checks which may include reference checks, national police checks and misconduct screening. Dependant on the role, other checks may include VicRoads checks, drivers licence checks, medical checks, Working with Children Checks, and Declaration of Private Interests (for executive and responsible officer roles).

If you require adjustments to the recruitment and selection process, or require an alternative format to any of the application material, please don't hesitate to get in touch with the contact person listed on this ad.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

CHILD SAFE STATEMENT OF COMMITMENT:

The Department of Justice and Community Safety is committed to the safety and wellbeing of children and young people. We seek to prevent harm of any kind impacting children and young people and have zero tolerance for racism, child abuse and inequality. Children and young people's rights, relationships, identity, and culture must be recognised and respected, their voices heard, and their concerns acted upon. We aim to foster a culturally safe, child safe and child friendly environment for all children and young people we have contact with, deliver services to, or are impacted by our work.