Data Officer - Diocese of Lismore Catholic Schools
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Job no: 497709
Work type: permanent, full time
Location: Lismore, Tweed Heads
Categories: Data
Diocese of Lismore Catholic Schools
The Diocese of Lismore Catholic Schools (DLCS) provides a range of services to support approximately 3,500 staff in 45 vibrant and dynamic Catholic school communities that serve more than 18,000 students. The DLCS assists schools to build teaching and leadership capabilities in communities of professional educators who share responsibility for school improvement and for achieving the best outcomes for our students.
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Data Officer
Located at Tweed Heads, NSW; or Lismore, NSW
Full-time, permanent position. Start date to be negotiated with the successful candidate.
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The Rewards:
- Salary: Attractive salary dependent on skills and experience + 11.5% superannuation
- Additional benefits: Salary packaging including novated car leasing, work laptop, mobile phone
- Working hours: 7-hour working day, 35-hour week
- Flexibility: Achieve both work-life balance and the benefits of face-to-face collaboration with your peers with our hybrid working model
- Staff wellbeing: Access to our Employee Assistance Program, free annual flu vaccinations, discounted gym and aquatic memberships through our Fitness Passport
- Growth: Learning and career development opportunities.
Position Purpose:
The Data Officer will work with the Manager, Data to support DLCS service portfolios and external agencies aligned with the strategic direction of the Diocese of Lismore Catholic Schools. They will be responsible for mapping business requirements and projects for data integrations, data storage and transformation for reporting purposes.
This role supports the underlying Mission of Catholic Education in the Diocese of Lismore by delivering services that contribute to enabling students to achieve the fullness of life.
Work Requirements:
- A current/valid Australian Driver’s Licence and eligibility to work within Australia for the period of the appointment
- Hold a valid NSW Working with Children Check, or ability to obtain if the successful candidate
- Requirement to travel between locations (as required).
Qualifications:
- Tertiary qualifications in data science, statistics, computer science, information systems or a related field.
- Certification or training in relevant data-related domains, such as data engineering, data management, data security or data ethics.
Work Experience:
- Substantial experience in data storage, integration and analytics ideally within the education sector.
- Execute a Confidentiality Agreement and maintain the highest standard of confidentiality.
Key Capabilities:
- Proficiency in data integration tools and techniques, such as ETL, APIs, data pipelines, data quality and data governance.
- Experience in the use of Alteryx (or similar ETL applications) for data transformation (beneficial but not essential).
- Experience in the use of Tableau or other Business Intelligence (BI) tools for generating visualisations (beneficial but not essential).
- Ability to integrate, transform and process complex system and sector data.
- Ability to develop dashboards and visualisations to support the analysis of student, staff, schools and a range of other system and sector data as required.
- Ability to work as part of a team, and proven planning and organisational skills to meet agreed deadlines.
- Ability to communicate complex data insights and recommendations to different audiences and stakeholders, using clear and compelling visualisations and narratives.
- Knowledge of data analysis methods and best practices, such as descriptive, inferential and predictive analytics, data mining, machine learning and artificial intelligence.
- Strong problem-solving, critical thinking and analytical skills, as well as attention to detail and accuracy.
- Familiarity with industry standards and regulations for data quality, privacy and compliance, such as GDPR, ISO or Australian Privacy Principles.
Plus, the following generic criteria:
- Knowledge of WHS and equity principles in the workplace.
- Respect and uphold the ethos and teachings of the Catholic Church and the values of the Employer.
Your cover letter must address the key capabilities listed above.
Additional information:
Enquiries: recruitment@lism.catholic.edu.au
Applications close: 10am, Monday 31 March 2025
Diocese of Lismore Catholic Schools Limited is committed to creating Child Safe Schools
For identified child related roles, Child Protection legislation requires preferred candidates to hold a valid NSW WWCC
An equal-opportunity employer
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