Senior Consultant - Data Management and Reporting

This is a 19 month fixed term, full-time position commencing ASAP

The System and School Performance Directorate has 3 branches: Student Assessment and Reporting, System Performance and School Performance

The System Performance Branch is responsible for:

• coordination of system-level reporting
• collecting and maintaining statistics on schools and students for the education sector
• producing performance indicators used in system-level strategic planning, management and reporting
• providing advice on, and support in, the use of performance and statistical information for resource allocation
• advising internal business areas and external agencies on the appropriate use of system-level performance information
• providing advice on accountability arrangements, statistics and performance measurement and reporting at state and national levels, including representation on national statistical bodies and other working groups
• providing advice on, and support for, evaluation and research activities, including administration of the Research Conducted on Educational Sites by External Parties policy

The Role

As a Senior Consultant – Data Management and Reporting, you will maintain and report key statistical and aggregated information for and about the Department in accordance with local and national requirements. You will identify, evaluate, import, validate, store, and transform data from a range of sources to establish and maintain databases relating to school, student, and system performance.

The successful applicant will respond to, and proactively anticipate, customer requests for aggregat…