Specialisterne Australia offers an alternative pathway for people on the autism spectrum to connect with employers who recognise and value the contributions and talents that individuals on the spectrum can bring to their organisations. We are excited to partner with Services Australia in their Aurora Neurodiversity Program, servicesaustralia.gov.au/aurora, for Data Analysts from within our community of talented autistic candidates.
About Services Australia
We touch the lives of almost every Australian and we are here to help people meet life’s challenges. Services Australia is responsible for the delivery of advice and high quality, accessible social, health and child support services and payments. We continually build on our foundation of service excellence to shape how government services are delivered to the Australian community. Our task is to modernise the way we work to deliver simple, helpful, respectful and transparent services every time. We offer work that improves the lives of Australians, great working conditions, workplace diversity and inclusion that reflects the community we serve and flexible work practises for work and family life balance.
Aurora offers:
An inclusive recruitment process that allows candidates to demonstrate their skills and capacity in a format that removes barriers from traditional recruitment processes
18-month employment contract with a competitive salary
Learning and development – including on-the-job and formal training/qualification
Ongoing support and coaching throughout the program from an experienced neurodiversity specialist provider
A dedicated agency relationship manager.
About the role
APS5 Data Analyst (1 Vacancy)
About the team – Technology Management Branch
The Technology Business Management Branch strategically supports the operations of the Technology and Digital Programmes (TDP) Group, providing a range of core business support, coordination and communication functions as per below:
Understanding the performance of TDP to optimise the sustainment and delivery of both future and current technology and digital capability, to enable to agency’s vision.
Governing the TDP Portfolio frameworks to ensure consistency, efficiency and alignment.
Ensuring we deliver programs and projects in accordance with better practice frameworks.
Measurably improving financial and non-financial value, as perceived by one or more stakeholders, arising from TDP's efforts
Identifying future TDP demand (based off costed work items)
Managing future demand through the Portfolio Front Door
Developing and maintaining the TDP Integrated work-plan (IWP) which includes all approved work being undertaken by the Group Including project registration and initiation.
Creating equilibrium between resource demand and supply
Supporting the effective delivery of TDP's portfolio
Supporting tools that enable robust portfolio health and governance
Tenure
The roles are full-time, non-ongoing/ongoing, non-ongoing contracts for up to 18 months.
Location of role
These roles are located in Canberra, ACT
Aurora Neurodiversity Program 2023
APS5 Data Analyst | Canberra, ACT
Please Note: All applications must go through Specialisterne Australia. Our partner employers do not handle applications directly for these opportunities.
What you will do
The Data Analyst understands customer’s data requirements and can analyse matching scenarios within the data management tools. They support the control of data management processes and perform administrative, technical and customising tasks in the data environment. The Data Analyst works under the general direction and support of senior staff.
They exercise a degree of independent judgement and make decisions within defined parameters that require reliance on skills and knowledge. They plan their own work and contribute to teamwork goals in the context of competing priorities, and changes in workplace practices and business improvement strategies.
As a Data Analyst you will work as part of a multi-skilled team. Duties may include some or all the following:
allocate work to team members, using judgement to match issue complexity and staff capability, and reduce peaks and troughs in workload
perform administrative, technical and customising tasks in the data environment
support and assist with the data management process including loading, creating, maintaining, and distributing data
assist in the processing of data including matching and maintaining specific object data
provide input to the development of data standards and strategy for the solution
conduct audits to ensure data quality
detect data inconsistencies and utilise defined error-handling procedures
resolve data integration issues related to data in their area of expertise
ensure the alignment of business data requirements with the enterprise application
assist with establishing and maintaining data business rules and security specifications
help establish data retention criteria
assess, define, integrate and coordinate data coming from multiple operational systems
assist in development of and execution of data quality programs
prepare correspondence such as reports, corporate and technical documentation for review by senior staff
provide broad data modelling support for project build, test and implementation activities
assist with the design of documented data modelling solutions
collaborate with stakeholders to ensure effective and timely implementation of projects
contribute to the development and implementation of improvements and best practice in processes and procedures
escalate issues as required and suggest alternative approaches
exercise appropriate delegations in accordance with legislation and guidelines
What you should have
These things are important to have:
build rapport and maintain stakeholder relationships
investigate and respond to identified issues and escalate as needed
prioritise competing tasks and work collaboratively to see tasks through to completion
communicate confidently and present messages in a clear, concise and articulate manner, verbal and written
manage time and organise work against performance expectations and contribute towards team work plans
undertake analysis and draw accurate conclusions based on evidence
research and make sound decisions based on sound subject matter knowledge and judgement
work independently and as part of a team under general direction
adapt to a changing environment and assist others
identify expectations and concerns
work in a changing environment
What is nice to have: These things are not essential, but if you have them that’s great:
SFIA skills required:
Analytics (INAN) (Level 3): Undertakes analytical activities and delivers analysis outputs, in accordance with customer needs and conforming to agreed standards.
Requirements definition and management (REQM) (Level 3): Defines and manages scoping, requirements definition and prioritisation activities for small-scale changes and assists with more complex change initiatives. Follows agreed standards, applying appropriate techniques to elicit and document detailed requirements. Provides constructive challenge to stakeholders as required. Prioritises requirements and documents traceability to source. Reviews requirements for errors and omissions. Provides input to the requirements baseline. Investigates, manages and applies authorised requests for changes to base-lined requirements, in line with change management policy.
Data modelling and design (DTAN) (Level 3): Applies data analysis, design, modelling, and quality assurance techniques, based upon a detailed understanding of business processes, to establish, modify or maintain data structures and associated components (entity descriptions, relationship descriptions, attribute definitions). Advises database designers and other application development team members on the details of data structures and associated components.
Database design (DBDS) (Level 3): Develops appropriate physical database or data warehouse design elements, within set policies, to meet business change or development project data requirements. Interprets installation standards to meet project needs and produces database or data warehouse component specifications
What you must have To apply for these roles, these things are essential:
Must be 18 years of age or over
Must have a diagnosis of autism (including Autism spectrum disorder, Asperger's disorder, Autistic disorder, or PDD-NOS). ‘Specialisterne may be required to provide evidence of your diagnosis to Services Australia to confirm your eligibility for the program.’
Must have proof of Australian Citizenship and agree to background checks
Must be able to obtain a Baseline security clearance
Must live (or be willing to relocate to) a daily commutable distance to Greenway, Canberra, ACT.
Application process:
Step 1
Before you can apply for jobs through Specialisterne Australia, you must first register with us as an eligible candidate using the form on this page. You only need to do this once, existing candidates already registered using this form can proceed to login at the candidate portal. To commence the registration process, please make sure you have the required documents stated below:
Evidence of an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) diagnosis. Evidence could be a Diagnostic Assessment or a letter from a treating medical practitioner.
Proof of Australian Citizenship. Accepted documents are one of the following:
Australian Birth Certificate
Current Australian Passport
Certificate of Australian Citizenship
Step 2
NEW CANDIDATES
Upload your documents using the form provided on this page below. A member of our team will check your eligibility and you will then be sent a link to complete an online registration form with Specialisterne Australia. After you have completed your registration form, you will be sent a link to the candidate portal to upload supporting documents and apply for our jobs.
EXISTING CANDIDATES
If you have already registered as an eligible candidate with Specialisterne Australia using the form below and have an account, you can login to your account in the candidate portal to apply for the jobs or opportunities you are most interested in. A link to the candidate portal is contained in the form provided on this page below.
Step 3
Shortlisted applicants will be invited to participate in activities and assessments delivered by Specialisterne and Services Australia to determine their suitability for the various opportunities. Talk to us if you need some flexibility to participate in these, particularly if you cannot attend because of work or study commitments.
Step 4
At the conclusion of the activities, successful candidates will be offered employment. If you are unsuccessful, you may be considered for other Specialisterne opportunities.
Activities will be delivered in-person and online in a virtual assessment centre environment and therefore candidates are expected to have use of their own computer with a webcam and microphone and have access to the internet.
About Specialisterne Australia
Specialisterne Australia exists because autistic candidates are being overlooked for employment, largely due to the many barriers that autistic candidates come up against when competing for employment in typical recruitment practices.
Specialisterne has created an end-to-end recruitment and employee support framework that removes those typically found barriers, and replaces them with practical, demonstrative assessments and activities whereby candidates, over a patient process, have the opportunity to:
better understand the requirements of the roles they are competing for to assess if they are the right opportunities for them
meet team members and managers throughout the process
connect with others who have previously gained employment via this program
demonstrate through practical assessments and activities their motivation and suitability for the available roles over a patient process
‘show’ what they can do (not just tell someone what you can do)
At Specialisterne Australia our values are Respect, Clarity, Accommodation, and Accessibility. We keep these in mind in all that we do. We work with our partner employers to promote and sustain a diverse and inclusive workforce.
To support you further throughout your journey, we provide a mentor and buddy, and we work with you to tailor an individual plan to accommodate your needs in the workplace, also providing a period of support for both you and your future employer, ensuring a successful transition into your new role.
More information:
We look forward to receiving your applications.
Aurora Neurodiversity Program
A pathway for people with autism to start their career in the Australian Public Service (APS) with opportunities in Services Australia.
The Aurora Neurodiversity Program (the Program) recognises the unique skills and talents people who are neurodivergent can bring to work. The Program seeks to improve career outcomes and offers professional development and work experience by providing a gateway to the APS.