About us The Department of Government Services (DGS) was established on 1 January 2023 to improve everyone's experience of doing business and interacting with the Victorian government.
We bring important day-to-day services together in one department to make things easy and seamless for Victorians and businesses.
We are doing this by connecting and digitising our systems and platforms across state and local government as well as streamlining our corporate and procurement services.
About the role The Senior Data Analyst is a fixed term position.
You will contribute to the delivery of the department's high volume grants programs, through the provision of best practice data management and data analytics.
The roles sit within the Grants Data Services Team – a specialist team within the Program Centre that is responsible for all bulk data management tasks required for the assessment and administration of high-volume grants programs.
The successful applicant will work effectively as part of an energetic and productive team, be highly motivated and innovative, enjoy flexible working arrangements and undertake a wide variety of work across the branch.
Key accountabilities Provide technical data analysis and modelling through the collection of information from GEMS/Oracle Datawarehouse and other relevant data sources and translate into assessment reports appropriate for grant program management and analysis for stakeholders across the department.
Coordinate the analysis of grants data and identify and action solutions and initiatives to support data cleansing and data integrity.
Developing and monitoring processes to provide data extraction, transformation, and loading between Salesforce and Oracle Cloud Data Warehouse.
Developing procedures and scripts to analyse data and perform grants program assessment checks.
Setup data monitoring and reporting processes and prepare high quality reports to ensure sound and timely business decision-making.
About you To be considered for the role, you must be able to demonstrate: High level technical expertise in the use of data systems and the management and analysis of large quantities of data using MS Excel, SQL, Salesforce, Power BI, and Python.
Ability to make sound and timely decisions based on a consideration of facts and evidence, weighing up risks and opportunities, and with an understanding of the wider business context.
Advanced conceptual and analytical skills, including the ability to undertake independent research, identify issues and develop innovative solutions.
Proven ability to work cooperatively as a team member in the pursuit of team and departmental goals; to collaborate and share information; and to accommodate and work well with the different working styles of others.
Demonstrated ability to effectively plan, coordinate and manage work activities independently or as part of a multi-disciplinary team with minimal supervision and direction.
Technical expertise Advanced skills in MS Excel and Structured Query Language (SQL) for data analysis are mandatory.
Proven experience in at least one of the areas - PL/SQL programming, Power BI, or Python programming is essential.
Knowledge and experience of Salesforce objects and data structures is highly desirable.
Ability to understand and test data processing and data flows in a software application is essential.
Good understanding of data management in data warehouse is mandatory.
This position is only open to applicants with relevant rights to work in Australia.
How to apply Apply before the advertised closing date 11:59pm on Wednesday 9th October 2024.
All applications should include: a resume; and a cover letter which addresses the key selection criteria (within three pages) The department is committed to providing and maintaining a working environment which is safe and without risk to the health of its employees and clients and consistent with the department's obligations under the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 (OH&S Act), to support this DGS has a COVID-19 Vaccination policy which strongly recommends all DGS employees be fully vaccinated.
Preferred candidates will be required to complete a Pre-employment Declaration and Consent Form.
Employment of successful candidates will be subject to a National Police Check.
DGS actively promotes diversity, inclusion and an equal opportunity workplace.
We welcome applicants from all diverse backgrounds, including people with disabilities and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
All roles at DGS can be worked flexibly, however it may differ from role to role.
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