Senior Consultant - Data Management and Reporting
Department of Education WA – East Perth WA
This is a 19 month fixed term, full-time position commencing ASAP
The Role
As a Senior Consultant – Data Management and Reporting, you will maintain and report key statistical and aggregated information for and about the Department in accordance with local and national requirements. You will identify, evaluate, import, validate, store, and transform data from a range of sources to establish and maintain databases relating to school, student, and system performance.
The successful applicant will respond to, and proactively anticipate, customer requests for aggregated information about students and schools in an accurate, timely, and professional manner. The role also involves analysing student enrolment, achievement, behaviour, demographic, and other corporate data, and preparing written correspondence, reports, and briefings in response to requests from Corporate Executive, ministerial offices, parliamentary processes, internal business units, and external stakeholders. Applicants with experience maintaining high-quality documentation standards and processes to ensure the integrity, currency, security, privacy, auditability, and appropriate use of managed datasets are encouraged to apply.
In this role, you will provide advice to internal and external stakeholders on the interpretation and use of aggregated statistics and information relating to students and schools. You will monitor and interrogate incoming information, undertake data verification and validation activities, investigate and resolve data quality issues, and provide accurate reports to meet stakeholder needs. The position also contributes to the collection, management, and analysis of the biannual student census and other key departmental data collections.
Responsibilities
* Coordination of 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 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 supporting evaluation and research activities, including administration of the Research Conducted on Educational Sites by External Parties policy
Qualifications
* Relevant experience: Demonstrated substantial skills and experience in data management, transformation, statistical analysis, presentation and reporting using Statistical Analysis System (SAS) and data visualisation software.
* Analytical skills: 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.
* Communication skills: 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.
* Data privacy knowledge: 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.
* Australian or New Zealand citizen, permanent resident or a valid visa with relevant work rights for the term of the appointment.
Professional Benefits
* Flexible working arrangements genuinely considered to create healthy work‐life balance including working from home, flexible working hours and part‐time arrangements.
* Generous leave entitlements including annual, personal, long service and parental leave.
* Professional development opportunities and study leave/assistance.
* Access to salary packaging (in accordance with relevant industrial instruments).
Equity and Diversity
We are committed to an inclusive and culturally responsive workforce reflecting the diversity in our workplaces and the Western Australian community. We welcome and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, young people, people of diverse sexualities and genders, people with disability, and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
Applications close: 4.30pm (AWST) on Wednesday, 3 June 2026
Advertised Vacancy Number: DOE1044156
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