Senior Business Data Analyst

Employment Type: Permanent Full Time

Position Classification: Health Manager Level 3

Remuneration: $122,850 - $139,559

Hours Per Week: 38

Requisition ID: REQ437308

Location: Cumberland Hospital

Where you'll be working

Western Sydney Local Health District (WSLHD) is responsible for providing primary and secondary health care for people living in the Auburn, Blacktown, and The Hills Shire, Holroyd and Parramatta Local Government Areas (LGAs) and tertiary care to residents of the Greater Western Region. We are committed to our vision of 'better health services for the people of western Sydney and beyond' and to the delivery of health care or related services in line with our core values of collaboration, openness, respect and empowerment.

What You'll Be Doing

The primary objective of the position is to provide business analysis expertise to translate business data into meaningful insights to support informed decision making by developing innovative data analytics solutions.

The major focus of the position is to work closely with stakeholders as a project lead to manage development projects end-to-end and document and review current processes, gather business requirements, undertake business data analysis and identify opportunities for process improvement.

This role is required to liaise with stakeholders and system owners to understand reporting and analytics needs and document objectives and reporting requirements. The role also involves maintaining functional relationships with all stakeholders to gather information, understand stakeholders interests and manage expectations.

A key focus of this role is to utilise and improve agile project management framework and processes and implement change management initiatives to drive improvements in health services and patient outcomes

This role incorporates project management skills, business analysis skills, change management skills to design and implement analytics solutions.

An important responsibility is to develop and manage the implementation of HL7 (FHIR) real time data sets and other data assets for use in advanced analytics solutions.

Benefits Of Working For Western Sydney Local Health District

• Paid Allocated Day Off (ADO) every month, in addition to your annual leave
• Salary Packaging - lowers your taxable income and increases your take-home pay. (Applicable for eligible employees) http://wslhdintranet.wsahs.nsw.gov.au/salary-packaging-with-smartsalary
• Meal entertainment lowers your taxable income and increases your take-home pay. (Applicable for eligible employees) http://wslhdintranet.wsahs.nsw.gov.au/salary-packaging-with-smartsalary
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) professional counselling and coaching service that offers confidential, short-term support for work-related and personal issues, which you and your immediate family can access
• Managers Support - Employee Assistance Program (EAP) professional consultative service for all managers, HR or senior staff that is confidential and unlimited for people management support
• Fitness Passport - permanent employees and their immediate family members can sign-up for this affordable membership which allows access to an extensive range of gyms, pools and fitness services from multiple providers across NSW,
• Generous leave conditions in accordance with NSW Health (State) awards Recognition of prior relevant service may be considered toward commencing salary
• Leave may be transferrable from other public sector agencies in accordance with leave mobility provisions

People with disabilities who meet the selection criteria are encouraged to apply; and where required, WSLHD will implement reasonable adjustment consistent with industry standard.

Stepping Up aims to assist Aboriginal job applicants by providing information about applying for roles in NSW Health organisations. For more information, please visit https://www.steppingup.health.nsw.gov.au/ Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply.

Westmead hospital car parking allocation model is changing. There is a waitlist for parking for new staff commencing at Westmead Hospital. This does not apply for staff with disability.

Please note: To be eligible for permanent appointment to a position in NSW Health, you must have an Australian citizenship or permanent Australian residency.

Selection Criteria

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or advanced degree in related discipline and/or relevant experience. Recent experience working across data or analytics focused roles utilising a consultative approach to solving business problems using PRINCE2 Agile methodology.
• Strong knowledge and practical experience in working with Information Strategy, Data Governance & Architecture, Big Data & Analytics, Information Lifecycle Management, Business intelligence visualisation initiatives and experience developing software solutions is a key requirement for this position.
• Strong analytical skills including the ability to analyse and interpret health information, experience in data modelling and a background of hands-on experience with ETL, database management, BI dashboards and application development. Significant experience delivering analytics and/or business intelligence projects utilising innovative thinking and the latest technology in data and analytics.
• Demonstrated organisational skills and experience working in a high volume and demanding professional environment with a capacity to prioritise competing demands and achieve results with a customer focused approach.
• Proven application of problem-solving skills to address complex health data and analytics challenges. Proven ability to work with data architects, analysts and engineers to deliver solutions that deliver high value insights to business performance.
• Demonstrated excellent interpersonal, oral and written communication skills with extensive experience in engaging senior business stakeholders to communicate complex data and analytics concepts and ideas.
• Proven effectiveness coaching and advising stakeholders, users and staff on the project management methodology, whilst always fostering a performance based and customer focused work culture.
• Proven capacity to develop, implement and promote Business Analytics Services Corporate initiatives, including the capability to plan, manage change, improve performance and project manage.

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For role related queries or questions contact David Pryce on [email protected]

Applications Close: 17th October 2023

Agency: Health