Senior Manager Priority Monitoring and Analysis in St Leonards

Join the Evidence and Evaluation team at Ministry of Health for an exciting ongoing opportunity and be part of the team enriching health in millions of ways every day.

Our core values of collaboration, openness, respect, and empowerment are more than just words – they are the guiding principles that shape every aspect of our work. While regular office presence is essential, we offer flexible work arrangements to support your needs. We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace for all.

With your skills and experience, you can contribute to the millions of ways we are enhancing health and wellness while developing your career as part of the largest health organisation in Australia. We have an opportunity for a Senior Manager, Priority Monitoring and Reporting to join the Centre for Epidemiology and Evidence to contribute to population health and broader public health objectives. The Senior Manager will be responsible for providing methodological leadership to a program of work designed to monitor priority programs and policies and generate evidence to inform policy and service planning.

The Senior Manager, Priority Monitoring and Reporting will sit within the Evidence and Evaluation Unit, Centre for Epidemiology and Evidence (CEE) and will:

• Use their high-level skills to provide methodological leadership to a program of work designed to monitor priority programs and policies and to generate evidence to inform policy and service planning.
• Manage and lead a team to carry out complex analyses of health and health-related data, including data derived from electronic health records, population health administrative data collections, survey data, and linked data.
• Lead a strategic program of work to turn complex and sometimes relatively uncurated data into timely, accessible information to meet the needs of stakeholders.
• Provide expert advice on the use and development of key indicators for monitoring the health of the NSW population, including in relation to the collection of information, the design of useful metrics and measures, and the development, review and approval of reports.

We are seeking motivated and committed individuals who can support the work of NSW Health with:

• High level monitoring and reporting skills, including real world study design and analysis of routinely collected health service data (including linked data).
• Experience exploring raw clinical data and transforming it into structured, meaningful concepts and formats for reporting and analysis.
• High level experience navigating complex data governance requirements and ensuring best practices in data security, quality, integrity, privacy, documentation, and availability.
• Demonstrated ability to lead the development and delivery of a transformational program of work.
• Demonstrated ability to take a system and population-based view of information and undertake complex epidemiological and biostatistical analysis to improve health outcomes.
• Appropriate tertiary qualifications or equivalent, relevant professional experience and training.

At the Ministry of Health, we are committed to creating a diverse, inclusive, and flexible environment which reflects the community and customers we serve. We actively promote the employment of women, people with a disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, LGBTIQ+ community and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

To be eligible for employment in these roles you must be an Australian citizen, or a permanent resident, or a New Zealand citizen, or hold a valid visa with permission to work in Australia.

This recruitment may be used to create a Talent Pool for similar future roles (ongoing or temporary) that may arise over the next 18 months. Please note that the selection process will include a range of comparative assessment techniques to assist in determining your suitability for the role.