Senior Data Specialist
Senior Data Specialist
Employment Type: Permanent Full Time
Position Classification: Health Manager Level 3
Remuneration: $127,150.00 – $144,444.00 per annum, plus superannuation and 17.5% leave loading
Hours Per Week: 38
Location: 1 Reserve Road, St Leonards, Sydney
Requisition ID: REQ571770
- Be part of an organisation that makes a difference in cancer control in NSW
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are encouraged to apply
Where you’ll be working
The Cancer Institute NSW is the NSW Government’s cancer control agency, established to lessen the impact of cancer across the state.
Working at the Cancer Institute NSW means joining a team of committed and dedicated staff who are proud to be a part of the Institute’s purpose of overseeing and accelerating the effectiveness of cancer control in NSW.
The Cancer Institute is a collaborative working environment that encourages diversity and inclusion in how we work and the way we work together. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are strongly encouraged to apply. Greater consideration will be given to suitable applicants, in order to improve access to employment and career opportunities (GSE Rule 26).
What you’ll be doing
The Senior Data Specialist, Data Quality, Remediation and Management will work with key stakeholders in the Screening and Prevention division, as well as with service management and key Institute Data Warehouse staff to develop and maintain Information System initiatives. This role requires skills in data engineering, data remediation, data modelling, and data analytics, and expertise with Microsoft’s suite of data management tools, supporting the achievement of Cancer Plan objectives.
Remuneration/Benefits
In addition to base salary:
- 11.5% superannuation
- 4 weeks annual leave (plus 17.5% leave loading)
- 10 days sick leave
- 40 hours per week which include accrual of monthly Allocated Day Off (ADO) x 12 per year.
Access to:
- Generous Flexible Working practices
- Fitness Passport: a membership card for NSW government employees that gives you and your family unlimited access to 400+ gyms and other facilities at one low price.
- Novated car leasing arrangement
- Salary sacrificing to superannuation.
For your application to be considered
To submit your application, please provide:
- Your resume (maximum five pages)
- A covering letter addressing the Essential Requirements, as outlined in the Role Description
- A response to the Pre-screening questions, as outlined below.
Essential Requirements/ Key Accountabilities
- Tertiary qualifications in information technology or engineering, or a related discipline; or demonstrated equivalent professional experience
- Development of ETL solutions using Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) for the Screening Data Warehouse (SDW) and all Screening & Prevention Data Marts for analytics and business intelligence products;
- Undertake data management and remediation of a large and complex relational database and data warehouse;
- Produce an impact/change analysis of data related changes to the BreastScreen Information System (BIS) including upgrades and service releases. The report will identify and analyse impacts and changes to BIS, the SDW and flow-on Data Marts ensuring business intelligence capabilities are maintained following changes to source systems;
- Contribute to the development and implementation of quality assurance and governance frameworks and processes for screening and prevention data holdings. This involves devising monitoring and business intelligence solutions to proactively identify, correct and prevent potential data quality issues and ensure the integrity and accuracy of data;
- Lead the design of data solution models for all Screening & Prevention data solutions;
- Lead the testing of data solutions to ensure requirements and outcomes meet business needs;
- Design, create and update all technical documentation to ensure accurate procedures, guidelines are maintained and support knowledge management practices.;
If successful for interview candidates must bring original copies of essential qualifications to be sighted by the panel, and one copy to provide to panel.
Pre-screening questions
Q1) Please outline your experience and what your role was in any data warehousing activity.
Q2) Please outline your experience and what your role was in any data remediation/management project or activity especially using SQL?
Interested?
For more information:
- Click here for the Position Description
- Find out more about applying for this position
For more information about the Cancer Institute NSW please visit www.cancer.nsw.gov.au. For role related queries or questions contact Victor Kapruziak on Victor.Kapruziak@health.nsw.gov.au
Applications Close: Sunday, 25th May 2025 at 11:59PM
All Cancer Institute roles are based at St Leonards, Sydney, and candidates are required to be Sydney based.
The CORE+4 Values define what is important to the Cancer Institute NSW and our employees.
Our values are: Collaboration, Openness, Respect, Empowerment, Strategic, Supportive, Innovative and Flexible.
The Cancer Institute NSW is unable to offer salary packaging. Salaries will be negotiated commensurate to experience and qualifications of the role.
The Cancer Institute NSW supports flexible working practices for all employees and welcomes applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from diverse cultural backgrounds and people with disabilities. Stepping Up aims to assist Aboriginal job applicants by providing information about applying for roles in NSW Health. For more information please visit www.steppingup.health.nsw.gov.au.
Please indicate if you have any accessibility requirements in your application or speak with the contact person should you be called for an interview. We provide reasonable adjustment for people with a disability during the recruitment process and during their employment.
To be eligible for permanent appointment to a position in NSW Health, you must have Australian citizenship or permanent Australian residency.
To submit your application please visit https://jobs.health.nsw.gov.au/cinsw
