Senior Analyst Programmer

Employment Type: Temporary Full Time (2 positions available - Contract end date - 24 November 2026

Position Classification: Health Manager Level 3

Remuneration: $127,150 - $144,444, plus Superannuation

Location: 1 Reserve Road, St Leonards NSW, in a hybrid working environment

Hours Per Week: 38

Requisition ID: REQ614438

Closing Date: Monday 10 November at :59pm)

Join our Centre for Health Record Linkage (CHeReL) at Ministry of Health for an exciting temporary employment opportunity and be part of the team enriching health in millions of ways every day.

CHeReL is dedicated to helping researchers, planners and policy makers access linked health data about people in NSW and the ACT. By linking multiple sources of data and hosing a secure high performing data linkage system the Centre enables a better understanding of health and wellbeing and facilitates high quality research and health policy decisions.

About us

• We offer robust development and growth support to all our employees, ensuring you have the resources and opportunities to thrive in your career.
• Our core values of collaboration, openness, respect, and empowerment are more than just words – they're the guiding principles that shape every aspect of our work.
• Embrace a healthy work-life balance with our flexible/hybrid working hours.

About the role

The Senior Analyst Programmer is responsible for delivering high-quality solutions to assist with CHeReL's ICT Uplift and Transformation program. The role will be responsible for building data applications to drive improvements in data linkage systems and processes and provide post-project support. This role will also be responsible for building automated data pipelines that will support large-scale data integration.

Health Manager level 3, starting salary from $127,150 - $144,444 plus Super, with a 38-hour work week.

What you will do

• Perform System Development Activities: Design, build, test and implement high performant in production solutions in controlled manner, mainly on Snowflake Cloud environment.
• Quality Control: Assure the systems and processes built produce reliable outcomes. Play a pivotal role in the design, build of quality control metrics specific to data lifecycle processes for and monitoring and reporting purposes.

• Maintain Data Security and Compliance: Undertake safe and secure use of available platforms and ensure safe coding practices are undertaken.

• Manage work: Ensure projects assigned to you are delivered in agreed timelines.

• Reporting: Provide regular progress reports to stakeholders as needed.
• Process Improvements: Contribute to the development, testing and implementation of new data linkage and data management and quality assurance methods to improve the quality and efficiency of the CHeReL's services.

About you

We are seeking motivated and committed individuals who can support the work of NSW Health with:

• Relevant Tertiary Qualifications: Have relevant tertiary qualifications with demonstrated experience in working with data across various industries such as health, retail, and government.
• Excellent Communication Skills: Show excellent written and oral communication skills, active listening, interpersonal and supervision abilities. Capable of effectively communicating with both technical and non- technical personnel within and outside our business unit.
• Ability to design, build tools and applications: Proven ability in using modern data management systems and software tools, for example, Snowflake Cloud, SQL Server, high-volume data processing, Python and use of version control tools like Git and familiarity with cloud computing. Experience with orchestration, documentation and some data modelling is essential.
• High-Level Analytical Thinking Skills: Have high-level conceptual, evaluation, and analytical thinking skills. Capable of defining problems, analysing requirements, understanding population health information, and finding, addressing, and managing data quality issues.
• Experience in Team Collaboration: Have experience collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams on sensitive issues to achieve desired outcomes.
• Strong Organizational Skills: Demonstrate strong organizational skills for managing competing issues and ensuring projects are completed on time and within budget.

How to apply

At The Ministry of Health, we want you to make the most of the opportunities you'll get to grow your skills and your career, surrounded by authentic, smart people and leaders.

Please review the role description and submit:

• 1.Your up-to-date resume (up to 5 pages)
• 1. A cover letter (1-2 pages)
• 1. Provide a response to the following position requirements. We strongly encourage you to use the STAR approach (Situation, Task, Action, Result) to provide detailed and specific examples.

• a) Demonstrated relevant Tertiary Qualifications: Have relevant tertiary qualifications with demonstrated experience in working with data across various industries such as health, banking, retail, and government.

• b) Demonstrated excellent communication skills: Show excellent written and oral communication skills, active listening, interpersonal and supervision abilities. Capable of effectively communicating with both technical and non- technical personnel within and outside our business unit.
• c) Ability to design, build tools and applications: Proven ability in using modern data management systems and software tools, for example, Snowflake Cloud, SQL Server, high-volume data processing, Python and use of version control tools like Git and familiarity with cloud computing.
• d) Experience in Team Collaboration: Have experience collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams to achieve desired outcomes.

For role related queries or questions contact

Pooja Nair and quote REQ614438

If you do require any adjustments to the recruitment process during the recruitment process, please contact Karen Kennedy on

Closing Date: Monday 10 November at :59pm)

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Our commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

At the Ministry of Health, we are committed to creating a diverse, inclusive and flexible environment which reflects the community and customers we serve. We actively promote the employment of women, people with a disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, LGBTIQ+ community and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

If you identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander and would like assistance with your application or to obtain more information on how to apply, please visit The Stepping Up Initiative.

To be eligible for employment in these roles you must be an Australian citizen, or a permanent resident of Australia, or a New Zealand citizen with a current New Zealand Passport, or hold a valid visa with permission to work in Australia.

Additional information

This is a temporary role and there may be opportunities for ongoing employment at grade.

Please note the selection process will include a range of merit-based techniques to assist in determining your suitability for the role.

For more information about working at the NSW Health, please visit our career portal.

Applications Close: Monday 10 November at :59pm)