The National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO) is the national peak body representing 145 Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations (ACCHOs), that provide primary healthcare across Australia. 

ACCHOs are currently the third largest employer of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. They range from large multi-functional services employing several medical practitioners and providing a wide range of services, to small services which rely on Aboriginal health practitioners and/or nurses to provide the bulk of primary health care services. The sector is rapidly increasing its service delivery footprint in disability, aged care, mental health, SEWB and AOD. 

Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Data Analyst to join our Communicable Diseases team. The Senior Data Analyst is responsible for providing analytical support to the Communicable Diseases team, using diverse data sources to produce meaningful and useable outputs.

Responsibilities:

• The Senior Data Analyst collates and analyses data from NACCHO Communicable Diseases (CD) programs and from other available sources and synthesise these to produce value-added outputs (such as dashboards, written reports and ad-hoc products to support the CD team).
• The role works closely with the rest of the Communicable Diseases team to ensure necessary data are available to support both advocacy and program delivery (including undertaking complex analyses and providing evidence-based recommendations in planning for future responses, preparing for site visits and managing or evaluating existing programs). Senior Data Analyst role builds data capability across the team, organisation and the sector by sharing learnings, methods and findings.
• The role contributes to the communicable diseases data work program, including through liaising with health services and government partners. The Senior Data Analyst is responsible for producing meaningful analytical outputs for different audiences, including data visualisations, geospatial analyses and written reports.
• The role requires high levels of initiative, accountability and a strong work ethic.

Qualifications

• Qualifications or equivalent experience in data analysis
• Qualifications or equivalent experience in use of health data and/or geographical data and information

What’s on offer

• Generous not-for-profit Salary Packaging benefits (up to $18,550)
• Job satisfaction including excellent opportunities to grow one’s skills
• 15% Superannuation

Applicants are required to submit a resume and a detailed cover letter demonstrating their suitability to the position. If you think we have just described you and you want to know more, please contact Carrie Fowlie at [email protected] using the subject line: Senior Data Analyst enquiry via EthicalJobs for a confidential discussion.

Please see the Position Description attached to learn more about what we need you to bring to the team.  You can also copy the URL: https://shorturl.at/XYZgr.