• Work Type/s: full time, 12 month contract
• Location: Melbourne (Fitzroy North)

Aboriginal Housing Victoria (AHV) is an Aboriginal community organisation responsible for managing more than 1,500 rental properties for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people living in Victoria.

The Senior Reporting Officer will manage data collection strategies including analysis and reporting, plus IT project management to ensure AHV meets its statutory and regulatory reporting requirements, including its obligations to the Victorian Housing Registrar and the Department of Health and Human Services.

This role will support AHV in its contribution to self-determination and self-management of the Victorian Aboriginal Community by ensuring that the organisation is able to use sound data in its decision making and is compliant with statutory reporting obligations. The position reports to the Manager, Governance, Performance, Quality and Safety (GPQS). The role will lead the Data and Reporting Team.

Key responsibilities:

• Lead and coordinate Aboriginal Housing Victoria’s reporting in accordance with external and internal regulatory and regulator’s compliance requirements, such as the Director of Housing, Housing Registrar, Board of Directors and Executive Management. Ensure changes to regulatory reporting are communicated to the Manager where required and implemented in a timely manner.
• Oversee the development and implementation of operational and statutory reporting systems and the management of internal performance and dashboard reporting.
• Build effective relationships and work collaboratively with external and internal stakeholders to ensure that AHV’s reporting and SDM software infrastructure priorities are delivered effectively and efficiently.
• Provide information and advice to the Manager, GPQS who will inform the Executive group on IT performance, data collection and analysis, and reporting matters that may impact on AHVs operations and responsibilities. This includes the identification of and reporting on opportunities for the strategic use of data, or opportunities for improvements of current practices.
• Lead and participate in working groups and other consultative groups to ensure the effective delivery of AHV’s operational IT program, SDM. Build effective relationships and work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders to ensure that AHV’s IT infrastructure allows for subsequent reporting priorities to be delivered efficiently, on time and consists of reliable, accurate data.
• Identify issues regarding the integrity of tenancy and asset data within SDM, including identified risks to, and problems with the accuracy, reliability and validity of AHV’s data.

Key attributes and skills required for the role include:

• Awareness and appreciation of Aboriginal societies and cultures and an understanding of the issues affecting Aboriginal people in contemporary Australia and the diversity of circumstances of Aboriginal people.
• Highly organised with the ability to work on multiple tasks and manage competing priorities.
• Experience in managing and delivering projects within agreed timeframes.
• Demonstrated ability to clearly and concisely present information both in writing and verbally, together with the ability to communicate complex concepts to a broad audience.
• Experience synthesizing large data sets and identifying causal relationships or areas for improvement
• Experience in the implementation of analysis methodologies, tools and systems for translating data into information that can be used to support leadership decision making.
• Experience in creating and reviewing manuals, procedures, and related user documentation.
• At a minimum, an intermediate level of Microsoft Excel.
• Knowledge and understanding of statutory and regularly obligations for registered housing agencies.

Please direct enquiries about the role to Maria on 0431 440 937.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates strongly encouraged to apply.

A Position Description is attached.