Senior Consultant

2 weeks ago

West Perth, Australia Department of Education, Western Australia Full time

Advertised Vacancy Number: DOE888755

This is a twenty (20) month fixed term, full-time position commencing ASAP

The Role and our Branch

The System Performance Branch is seeking to appoint a highly dedicated and motivated individual to the role of Senior Consultant, Data Management and Analysis.

The System Performance Branch is responsible for:

coordinating system-level reporting collecting and maintaining statistics on schools and students for the education sector producing performance indicators used in system-level strategic planning, management and reporting providing advice on, and support in, the use of performance and statistical information for resource allocation advising internal business areas and external agencies on the appropriate use of system-level performance information providing advice on accountability arrangements, statistics and performance measurement and reporting at state and national levels, including representation on national statistical bodies and other working groups providing advice on, and support for, evaluation and research activities, including administration of the Research Conducted on Educational Sites by External Parties policy.

We encourage all applicants with diverse professional experiences to apply.

The Senior Consultant, Data Management and Reporting will:

Maintain and report key statistical and aggregated information for and about the Department in accordance with local and national requirements. Identify, evaluate, import, validate, store and transform data and information from a range of sources to establish and maintain databases related to school, student and system performance. Respond to, and proactively anticipate and meet, customer requests for aggregated information about students and schools in an accurate, timely and professional manner. Extract and analyse data from data warehouses using statistical and query tools, including Statistical Analysis System (SAS) software. Provide advice to internal and external customers on interpreting aggregated statistics and information about students and schools. Analyse student enrolment, achievement, behaviour, demographic and other corporate data and prepare written correspondence and briefings in response to requests for information for members of Corporate Executive, ministerial correspondence, parliamentary questions, internal business units and external customers. Establish, maintain and apply high-quality documentation standards and processes to ensure the integrity, currency, security, privacy, audit and appropriate use and interpretation of all managed datasets. Develop and perform data linkage, storage, management and analysis processes to facilitate and ensure corporate analysis and approved research projects have access to high quality data while protecting the privacy needs of students and staff. Monitor and interrogate incoming information and perform data verification and validation processes; investigate and remedy issues as they arise; correct or reconcile inconsistent or inaccurate data; and provide progress reports on demand that meet customers’ needs. Establish and maintain working relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including government agencies and private businesses involved with data and statistical services. Ensure the needs of the Department and public schools are effectively represented in internal, cross-sector and inter-agency projects, meetings, committees and working groups. Identify, resolve and provide advice to senior officers in the Department and other external organisations regarding strategic, operational or technical issues that have the potential to affect the collection, management or provision of school, student or system performance data. Provide business user representation, consultancy and quality assurance testing services for the development, enhancement and maintenance of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) systems, software and administrative procedures. Oversee the provision of self-service data services to internal and external stakeholders.

Cultural Diversity

The Department is an equal opportunity employer and encourages people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and persons from culturally diverse backgrounds to apply.

Your written application will be assessed against the following Selection Criteria:

Demonstrated highly developed conceptual and analytical skills, including the ability to provide innovative thinking and strategic options in solving complex problems related to the collection, management, analysis and reporting of school, student and system performance data. Demonstrated substantial skills and experience in data management, transformation, statistical analysis, presentation and reporting using Statistical Analysis System (SAS) and data visualisation software. Demonstrated well developed written and oral communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to prepare high-quality briefings related to data requests and publicly present the findings of data analyses. Demonstrated substantial knowledge and understanding of the data privacy, collection, management and reporting requirements, procedures and systems of Western Australian public and private schools in relation to student enrolment, achievement, behaviour and demographic information.

For a full outline of the role responsibilities and selection criteria, please refer to the JDF.

It is recommended that you consider all information contained in the advertisement and any other related information before applying for the vacancy.

All inquiries are welcomed

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