• Full time 
• Fixed Term Contract - end June 2021
• Location - Geelong or Ballarat

About Us

Western Victoria Primary Health Network (PHN) is responsible for increasing the efficiency, effectiveness and coordination of health services for patients, particularly those at risk of poor health outcomes. Western Victoria PHN has four regional centres in Ballarat, Geelong Horsham and Warrnambool.

Together with our partners and communities, Western Victoria PHN is committed to strengthening the primary healthcare system, based on local needs. Our regional centres drive local engagement and ensure strong rural and regional connections through the development of local community and clinical councils.

About the Role

As a Data Analyst with Western Victoria PHN you will take responsibility for managing our master data set, developing reports, and troubleshooting data issues. You will be able to turn project requirements into custom-formatted data reports. The ideal candidate for this position is able to do complete life cycle data generation and outline critical information for each program of work. To do this role you need a very fine eye for detail, experience as a data analyst, and deep understanding of data analysis and visualisation tools and databases.

Duties

• Manage master data
• Develop and implement data analyses, data collection systems and other strategies that optimise statistical efficiency and quality
• Provide quality assurance of imported data
• Interpret data, analyse results using statistical techniques and provide ongoing reports
• Support the data warehouse in identifying and revising reporting requirements.
• Train end users on new reports and dashboards

Skills & Experience

• Tertiary qualifications in statistics/health information management/data analytics or other related discipline or relevant experience
• Technical expertise regarding data models and data mining
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to collect, organise, analyse and disseminate significant amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy
• Experience and skill in the use of analysis/visualisation software (eg Excel, Power, BI), data bases (SQL), programming (ETL frameworks)
• Ability to translate business requirements into non-technical, lay terms

Culture

Here at WVPHN we promote a safety culture throughout the organisation that ensures every employee actively participates in the health and wellbeing of themselves and their co-workers. All employees are expected to embrace this culture in line with the core values (respect, connect, lead) of the organisation.

Benefits

• Tax-free Salary Packaging
• Geelong or Ballarat location
• Work from home available

A position description is available from our website.

For further information about the role, please contact Jamie Swan, Business Analyst on 03 5304 5633.