Senior Cancer Data Specialist

Senior Cancer Data Specialist

Employment Type: Full Time, Permanent and Exempt (Until November 2026)

Position Classification: Health Manager Level 3

Remuneration: $127, $144,444.00 per annum, plus superannuation and 17.5% leave loading

Hours Per Week: 38

Location: 1 Reserve Road, St Leonards, Sydney

Requisition ID: REQ615306

This is for the recruitment of two full-time Senior Cancer Data Specialist positions. One permanent and one temporary (until November 2026).

• Be part of an organisation that makes a difference in cancer control in NSW
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are encouraged to apply

Where you'll be working

The Cancer Institute NSW is the NSW Government's cancer control agency, established to lessen the impact of cancer across the state.

Working at the Cancer Institute NSW means joining a team of committed and dedicated staff who are proud to be a part of the Institute's purpose of overseeing and accelerating the effectiveness of cancer control in NSW.

The Cancer Institute is a collaborative working environment that encourages diversity and inclusion in how we work and the way we work together. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are strongly encouraged to apply. Greater consideration will be given to suitable applicants, in order to improve access to employment and career opportunities (GSE Rule 26).

What you'll be doing

The Senior Cancer Data Specialist is responsible for the design, development and delivery of data initiatives and projects across the full data lifecycle from ingestion and engineering through to analytics and reporting within the Cancer Services and Information Division. The role works flexibly across diverse data functions to provide high-quality, reliable, and insightful data solutions that enable improved cancer services, inform decision-making, and support delivery of Cancer Plan objectives. The role also supports projects and initiatives involving artificial intelligence, natural language processing and machine learning where required.

Remuneration/Benefits

In addition to base salary:

• 12% superannuation
• 4 weeks annual leave (plus 17.5% leave loading)
• 10 days sick leave
• 40 hours per week which include accrual of monthly Allocated Day Off (ADO) x 12 per year.

Access to:

• Generous Flexible Working practices
• Fitness Passport: a membership card for NSW government employees that gives you and your family unlimited access to 400+ gyms and other facilities at one low price.
• Novated car leasing arrangement
• Salary sacrificing to superannuation.

For your application to be considered

To submit your application, please provide:

• Your resume (maximum five pages)
• A covering letter addressing the Essential Requirements, as outlined in the Role Description
• A response to the Pre-screening questions, as outlined below

Essential requirements

• Tertiary qualifications in health information management, statistics, data science, informatics or a related discipline, and/or demonstrated relevant professional experience and training.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with demonstrated ability to critically analyse and interpret clinical and population health data using tools such as R, Python, SQL, Power BI and R Shiny.
• Proven ability to design and implement process improvements, including automating manual tasks, optimising data workflows, enhancing infrastructure for scalability and managing data from diverse sources.
• Experience in agile project management and awareness of current developments across the data ecosystem, including data engineering, analytics and data science approaches.
• Demonstrated ability to engage and collaborate with stakeholders to understand requirements and present insights clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences, including senior executives.
• Excellent communication skills, with experience producing high-quality technical and non-technical documentation and presenting complex information in accessible ways.
• Knowledge of health-related data collections and systems, particularly oncology data and cancer registries, including their strengths and limitations, alongside a strong understanding of the NSW and Australian health systems.

If successful for interview candidates must bring original copies of essential qualifications to be sighted by the panel, and one copy to provide to panel.

Pre-screening questions

• Describe a data project you've personally led or played a key role in that demonstrates your ability to analyse and interpret complex health or clinical data.
  
  In your response, please outline:

• The purpose or problem the project aimed to address.

• The data sources and tools you used
• Any process improvements or automation you implemented.
• The outcomes or impact of your work.

• Provide an example of when you worked with stakeholders to deliver insights or solutions using health or cancer data.
  
  In your response, please describe:

• Who the key stakeholders were and how you engaged them.

• How you tailored communication for both technical and non-technical audiences, including senior executives if applicable.
• What you learned about the strengths or limitations of the health data sources or systems you worked with.

Interested?

For more information:

• Click here for the Role Description
• Find out more about applying for this position

For more information about the Cancer Institute NSW please visit For role related queries or questions contact Maria Quilantang on or Sheena Lawrance on

Applications Close: Wednesday, 12th November 2025 at 11:59PM

All Cancer Institute roles are based at St Leonards, Sydney, and candidates are required to be Sydney based.

The CORE Values define what is important to the Cancer Institute NSW and our employees.

Our values are: Collaboration, Openness, Respect, and Empowerment.

The Cancer Institute NSW is unable to offer salary packaging. Salaries will be negotiated commensurate to experience and qualifications of the role.

The Cancer Institute NSW supports flexible working practices for all employees and welcomes applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from diverse cultural backgrounds and people with disabilities. Stepping Up aims to assist Aboriginal job applicants by providing information about applying for roles in NSW Health. For more information please visit

Please indicate if you have any accessibility requirements in your application or speak with the contact person should you be called for an interview. We provide reasonable adjustment for people with a disability during the recruitment process and during their employment.

To be eligible for permanent appointment to a position in NSW Health, you must have Australian citizenship or permanent Australian residency.

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