Job Description

Assistant Analyst

Performance Monitoring and Development

Location - This role is based in Parramatta and offers hybrid working arrangements in line with departmental policy, with approximately 50% of workdays expected to be onsite.

Employment type - Temporary full-time role, up to 31 March 2027 (with possibility of extension)

Salary - $99,938.00 - $110,271.00 pa, plus superannuation and leave loading

Your role

To coordinate and undertake data development, analysis, interpretation and reporting that informs and enables Department of Communities and Justice to fulfil its service delivery objectives in line with NSW Government reform directions and legislative requirements.

What you’ll do

This role sits under the Performance Monitoring and Development Team which provides vital and strategic performance intelligence to DCJ Executives and business areas to support them in monitoring and achieving DCJ’s strategic objectives and outcomes for our clients. This involves working with both internal and external stakeholders to identify key performance metrics and to provide useful insights and analysis for informed decision making.

Your primary role will be to develop and provide performance reports to our internal and external stakeholders with continuous, vital and strategic performance intelligence to support them in their decision making. You will participate in proactive initiatives that identify issues with quality and consistency of data collected and held by DCJ and its partner agencies to reduce potential limitations and ensure the useability of the data for analysis and reporting

You’ll undertake extraction, analysis, interpretation, and reporting on data from various sources to inform service delivery planning and resource allocation, client outcomes measurement, organisational performance reporting and reform initiatives. You will be using tools such as Google BigQuery, Tableau, Looker Studio Pro, or Code OSS to manipulate, analyse and visualise your data.

You will have the opportunity to contribute to the design, development and implementation of performance measures, tools and governance processes to improve business systems/ processes and workflows and enhance organisational capability in analysing and understanding DCJ performance.

In addition, you’ll provide technical support, tools, advice and skills development to district and program management staff to improve organisational capability in analysing and understanding data as well as provide proactive and evidence-based advice to the Manager and Director to ensure that business unit matters which impact current business and future decision-making are fully considered.

You’ll work collaboratively with your team members towards mutual continued development and provide feedback to each other on analysis undertaken.

We work in a flexible/hybrid environment, balancing work-from-home and from our brand new, state-of-the-art agile workspace at Parramatta Square.

What we’re looking for

In addition to the essential requirements outlined in the role description, the ideal candidate will have:

• Good problem-solving skills and data reporting and analysis skills
• Intermediate skills in using reporting, analytical and data management applications such as Microsoft Excel, Google BigQuery, Tableau, Looker Studio Pro, MapInfo or similar
• Demonstrated experience using Python, SQL or similar for data manipulation and analysis.
• Demonstrated experience in drawing insights through data and data analysis and presenting the results tailored to the targeted audience
• Good oral and written communication skills.

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We focus on hiring people who share our commitment and goals of inclusion, collaboration, adaptability, courage and integrity. If you meet the essential requirements and the role resonates with you, please apply – you do not need to meet every desired requirement for us to want to talk to you.

What We Offer

We offer a variety of benefits, including:

• A challenging and rewarding career

• Flexible, autonomous work environment

• Competitive pay and conditions

• Training and development opportunities to build and maintain capabilities

• Health & Wellbeing and Employee Assistance Programs.

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We do work that really matters

Working for the Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) provides lots of opportunities to make a real difference. We collaborate with other agencies and community partners, to improve lives and realise the potential of children, adults, families and communities. We're focused on breaking, rather than managing, disadvantage. It’s work that really matters.

Apply now and join Australia’s top public sector employer where we will support you and provide an exciting and flexible working environment!

Are you ready to join us?

Click apply, attach an up-to-date résumé (maximum 5 pages) and a cover letter (maximum 3 pages) addressing the 2 targeted questions below with a brief outline on how you meet the requirements of the role:

Targeted Question 1 (less than 300 words)

Provide an example of a business problem that you were asked to analyse using large datasets. What was your role in the project, what analysis techniques and software did you use and what was the outcome of the analysis? Did you have to address messy and/or incomplete data, if so, what cleaning techniques did you use?

Targeted Question 2 (less than 300 words)

Provide an example of a dashboard or report you developed. What was your role, what was the purpose of the product, what visualisation tool/software did you use to develop it, what was your approach in the development (e.g. how did you decide on what contents to display), and what was the outcome?

Applications close Thursday, 16 April 2026 at 11:59 pm AEST.

Got a question?

For more information about the role or what it’s like to work for DCJ, please contact the hiring manager Fay Timmings on 0499 058 552 or at Fay.Timmings@facs.nsw.gov.au

If you’ve got a question about applying or would benefit from an adjustment in the recruitment process to help you perform at your best (including an alternate method submission of the application), please call Anjy Fayad on 02 9765 3042 or via anjy.fayad@dcj.nsw.gov.au

Visit Recruitment adjustments on the DCJ website to learn more.

Inclusion and Diversity lies at the heart of how we recruit

We continue to hire great people with a wide variety of skills, experience and backgrounds. This includes people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, women, people identifying as LGBTIQ+, culturally and linguistically diverse people, carers and other diversity groups.

To find out what DCJ are doing to build an inclusive and diverse workforce, visit Inclusion and diversity on the DCJ website

Other Information

A talent pool may be created for future ongoing and temporary roles and is valid for a period of up to 18 months.

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