**Job Reference Number **22-SDDIV-14254
**Classification **APS Level 6
**Job Title **Data Analyst
**Division **Service Delivery Division
**Branch **Consumer Engagement Branch
**Section **Health Systems Interface Section
**Location **Canberra, ACT
**Status **Ongoing
**Employment type **Full-time
**Salary Range **$88,439 - $99,772
**Security Clearance **Baseline (Protected, Highly Protected, Restricted, Confidential)***
**Contact Officer Name**:Jared Streatfeild
**Phone**:(02) 6289 9008
**Eligibility**
- To be eligible for employment with the Department of Health and Aged Care
applicants must be an Australian citizen at the time an offer of employment is made
- An applicant's suitability for employment with Health will also be assessed through a
variety of pre-employment check processes, such as:
- Satisfactory completion of an Australian Federal Police criminal history check,
and where relevant a Working with Children and Vulnerable People Check.
- Completion of a medical declaration and pre-employment medical (where
required).
- Providing evidence of qualifications.
**Division Responsibilities**
Ageing and Aged Care Services Division delivers effective high quality programs that provide
services and support to older Australians, either at home or in a residential setting, while
facilitating the aged care sector to grow and mature. The Division works closely with the rest
of the Ageing and Aged Care Group, with the Health State Network and with key areas
across Health to support the delivery of quality, affordable and accessible aged care support
services for older people.
**Branch Responsibilities**
The Section is responsible for developing and implementing consumer insights and
sentiment tracking systems to feed into program design and improvements within aged care
policy and program design.
**Section Responsibilities**
The Health Systems Interface section is responsible for leading the aged care / health
interface program of work across the group and department more broadly. This includes:
developing and implementing policy projects endorsed by Senior Executive to be delivered
through partnership models with identified areas across the Department; informing New
Policy Proposals, State and Territory negotiations on interface issues, costings and
associated briefs for Senior Executives; responsibility for developing and overseeing
departmental interface priorities.
**Key Responsibilities**
The APS6 position will work under the supervision of the Assistant Director to support the
operations of the section. Key responsibilities include:
- Analyse health and aged care datasets using R and Teradata SQL to inform health
and aged care service use and interactions
- Undertake economic modelling to support a cross systems data strategy focussing on
improved health outcomes for older Australians
- Undertake literature reviews and review of other evidence sources and use this to
inform policy decisions and model parameters
- Assist with the collation and analysis of data to support understanding of clinical
roles and responsibilities***
- Assist in the development of high-quality agenda papers, briefs, ministerial
correspondence, reports and varied other correspondence, summarising findings of
the data analysis and modelling
- Contribute to other section activities as required.***
**Key Capabilities**
- Strong data analysis and reporting skills.
- Strong understanding of and ability to use analytical tools including R, SQL, and
Excel.
- Ability to undertake objective, systematic analysis and draw accurate conclusions
based on evidence, and use this to prepare evidence-based reports for a range of
different stakeholders.
- Ability to use data analysis to inform economic model development to understand
cross systems savings and health outcomes.
- Strong understanding of existing health and aged care datasets, and linked data.
- Clear and concise oral and written communication skills.
- Ability to establish and maintain relationships with internal and external
stakeholders.
- Ability to work in or with geographically dispersed teams.
**Desirable Experience**
- Experience working in a quantitative role focused on statistics/economics/analysis of
linked health and aged care data/preparation of evidence-based reports would be
considered favourably.
- Experience working with statistical programs such as R and Teradata SQL would be
considered favourably.
the real potential to develop, the required skills, knowledge, experience and qualifications
to perform the role. These requirements are based on the information provided to you as
part of the job advertisement, in line with the APS Work Level Standards.
Applicants are required to provide a statement of claims framed around the key duties and
key capabilities. **Your statement of claims should be no more than one page in total with a**
**font no smaller than size 10. Applications that do not meet these requiremen