Senior Analyst

Senior Analyst

Division : Strategy Policy and Commissioning Location :

Parramatta, NSW, AU, 2150

Req ID : 75315

Senior Analyst

Performance Analysis, Development and Data Management

Location – Parramatta / remote – hybrid arrangement

Employment type – Temporary Full-Time role for up to 12 months

Salary - $ 125,693.00 pa - $138,510.00 pa, plus employer's contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading

You love working with data and seeing how your work drives decision making. Join the Performance Analysis and Insights team of analysts that works on various high profile subject matters related to child protection!

Your role

Work with a team of analysts using data to help the department understand its clients’ needs and service delivery performance.

This is a great opportunity to be involved in undertaking targeted analysis, developing new metrics and interactive reporting tools to help improve DCJ its services.

What you’ll do

Help drive departmental decisions with meaningful data analysis and insights. Work in a team to provide evidence to inform policy and operational practice that directly supports the people of NSW. Be part of an exciting transition to using cutting edge business analytics tools.

Join the Performance Analysis and Insights team, a high-performing team of analysts who work on analysing and understanding high profile topics such as High-Cost Emergency Arrangements and Out-of-Home-Care Reform. The team values a culture of sustainable high performance where fast paced work is mixed with longer term slower pieces of work to balance well being and performance.

What we’re looking for

The Senior Analyst requires the following in addition to role description capabilities :

• Advanced skills and proven experience in using either : R Studio / R, Python or similar, for data analysis.
• Proven experience in drawing insights through data and data analysis and ability to present findings to non-technical audiences
• Good oral and written communication skills to effectively engage with stakeholders.

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What We Offer

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We do work that really matters

Working for the Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) provides lots of opportunities to make a real difference. We collaborate with other agencies and community partners, to improve lives and realise the potential of children, adults, families and communities. We're focused on breaking, rather than managing, disadvantage. It’s work that really matters.

Apply now and join where we will support you and provide an exciting and flexible working environment!

Are you ready to join us?

Click apply, attach an up-to-date résumé (maximum 5 pages) and a cover letter (maximum 3 pages) addressing the 1 targeted question below with a brief outline on how you meet the requirements of the role :

Targeted Question 1

Provide an example of a business problem you have analysed using data. What was your role in the project, what analysis techniques and software did you use and what was the outcome of the analysis?

Applications close Sunday, 6 July 2025 at 11 : 59 pm AEST.

Got a question?

For more information about the role or what it’s like to work for DCJ, please contact the hiring manager Andy Cho on 02 8879 9054 or at

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