Why join Launch Housing

Launch Housing is an independent Melbourne based community organisation passionately committed to ending homelessness. From providing high quality housing and an innovative range of support, education and employment services, we bring solutions to homelessness under one roof for thousands at risk of, or experiencing the crisis and trauma of homelessness. With over 400 staff working across 16 locations in metropolitan Melbourne, we combine direct action with advocacy, research and innovation to drive widespread change.

Our people are the backbone of our organisation and supporting their wellbeing and professional development is critical to our ability to help our clients and the community. We value lived experience and diversity in our staff, and provide high-quality training & supervision, wellbeing days, access to an Employee Assistance Program and much much more to ensure your career with us is fulfilling.

Don’t just walk past homelessness. Join the solution.

Our permanent and fixed-term employee benefits include:

• Contributing to useful and rewarding work and giving something back to the community
• Wellbeing days, ceremonial leave, carers leave and study leave
• Flexible working arrangements
• Purchased leave
• 17.5% leave loading
• 8 weeks’ gender neutral paid parental leave after 12 months of service for both the primary and secondary carer
• Training and career growth opportunities across Launch Housing
• A portion of your income can be tax-free by salary packaging your personal expenses
• Additional tax-free salary packaging on dining and accommodation expenses
• Positive, supportive and progressive work environment

About the opportunity:

​​Launch Housing recognises data as a key strategic asset. In 2024 Launch applied for and was granted funding to improve its data capability by the Victorian Department of Treasury and Finance (DTF). The uplift is to improve our programs and services to support early intervention via an improved data capability. Launch is undertaking a major data uplift project.

This includes improvements in all areas of our data practice:

• Improve data governance
• ​Define data roles and responsibilities
• ​Implement a new cloud data warehouse environment
• ​Implement a new business intelligence platform (PowerBI)
• ​Implement improved data capture interface for client management database

​The data specialist role will work with internal teams (IT/data) and external integrators to develop and implement the new technical environment as well as embed new data practices. As the internal technical lead for this project you will be the conduit between business and technical stakeholders to ensure the BI environment is setup for success. The data specialist will mentor others who are upskilling in PowerBI dashboard development as well as work with the L&D team on a suitable training program.​

This is a full-time, maximum- term opportunity until March 2026.

What you'll be doing:

• Design and develop data models to transform raw data into meaningful insights.
• Create interactive and visually appealing Power BI dashboards and reports that meet business needs.
• Implement data extraction, transformation, and loading (ETL) processes to ensure data quality and accuracy.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to internal team members on Power BI best practices.
• Collaborate with external integrators to ensure seamless integration of the new BI solution with existing systems.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to gather and translate business requirements into technical specifications.
• Technical lead for warehouse implementation alongside Research, Evaluation & Data team database administrator and external third-party systems integrator (SI).
• Contribute to documentation of new platform and processes – data mapping, process flows, environment architecture.
• Actively engaging in continuous improvement within the team.
• Building and maintaining strong relationships within the team and Launch Housing.
• Behaving in accordance with all Launch Housing policies and procedures, including the Code of Conduct.
• Upholding the principles of the Child Safe Code of Conduct, ensuring that Child Safe Standards are translated into operational practices at all times.
• Undertaking any other tasks as directed.

What we're looking for (key selection criteria):

• Proven experience as a Power BI Developer, with a strong portfolio of complex BI projects.
• Proficiency in SQL and experience with cloud-based data warehousing solutions.
• Solid understanding of data modelling and visualisation best practices.
• Experience with Azure services and Azure Data Factory for ETL processes.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and ability to work with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• The ability to work collaboratively with a range of stakeholders including leaders, peers, employees, and service providers.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Analytics, or a related field.
• Microsoft Power BI certification desirable.
• Experience in NFP sector highly desirable.
• Experience with Tableau desirable.
• Demonstrate a commitment to the values of Launch Housing and our mission to end homelessness.

Applications will close on the 7th of March 2025. If you have any questions about the role, please contact Rory Murphy on [email protected] using the subject line: Data Specialist enquiry via EthicalJobs.

How to Apply

To apply for this opportunity, please click Apply Now. Please submit a cover letter addressing the key selection criteria and your CV.

Launch Housing offers a wide range of career opportunities and employs a diverse range of talent. We strongly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons to apply! We acknowledge, respect and celebrate Aboriginal cultures, languages, connections to Country and heritage, customs and practices. We're committed to support Aboriginal peoples to obtain genuine and fulfilling career with us!

Launch Housing is a dog-friendly organisation, which allows dog owners to bring them in some of our sites, please contact the relevant Hiring Manager if you have any questions or concerns prior to your interview.

If you require reasonable adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process, please let us know at [email protected].

Launch Housing is committed to being a child safe organisation and has zero tolerance to child abuse. Our hiring process involves rigorous screening of applicants. All of our people including students, contractors and volunteers must hold a valid Working with Children Check and satisfactory criminal history record check.

Launch Housing is an Equal Opportunity employer and supports accessible working arrangements for all. This includes people with a disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, culturally, religiously and linguistically diverse people, young people, older people, women, and people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, gender diverse, intersex or queer. We acknowledge Lived Experience as a unique expertise and encourage people with a Lived Experience of Homelessness to apply. All applicants must have the right to work in Australia.

Launch Housing is working to become more trauma informed and as a leading employer in the homelessness sector, it is important to let you know that you will hear stories of distress, hardship, trauma, or violence when working with us. We encourage you to reflect on how this may impact you when considering applying for the role.

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