Python Job: Assistant Economic Analyst

Assistant Economic Analyst

Location – Parramatta, with considerable working from home and scope to work from Sydney office location

Employment type – Temporary Full-Time role up to 6 months

Salary – ($89,707 pa - $98,982 pa), plus employer's contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading

Your role

There is an exciting opportunity to use your analytical skills to shape future policy direction. The Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) Economics team utilises innovative economic and financial modelling methods to assess the strategy and cost effectiveness of DCJ services and programs.

What you’ll do

As an Assistant Economic Analyst, you will be responsible for assisting and undertaking modelling and analysis across a variety of projects to provide valuable insight and advice for DCJ Districts and Program areas.

This role will provide you with an opportunity to apply your analytical skillset and use creative thinking in the human services sector. You will work closely with the core business, contribute to informing the policy formation and make a positive difference to DCJ’s clients.

Insights, Analysis and Research supports rigorous research, evaluation, data analysis and reporting across DCJ. The team works with policy makers, program managers and service designers, districts and the frontline, to identify evidence needs and the best ways to build and deliver evidence to those who need it.

What we’re looking for

We’re open to the background of the successful candidate so long as you meet the requirements of the role. Your qualifications (and/or experience may have been gained in consulting, insurance, finance or the public sector).

Requirements:

• Suitable tertiary qualifications in a relevant discipline with a demonstrated commitment to ongoing professional development.
• Numeric and problem-solving capabilities.
• Good excel skills
• Demonstrated ability to communicate succinctly, including communicating technical work to non-technical clients.

In addition to meeting the essential requirements, any of the following capabilities and experience would be highly regarded:

• Some experience with statistical software (for example, SAS, SPSS, R, Python).
• Actuarial qualifications
• Complex financial modelling experience

Download the role description.

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.

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 a cover letter (maximum 2 pages) outlining how you meet the requirements of the role as well as an up-to-date résumé (maximum 5 pages).

Applications close Sunday, 21 May 2023 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 James Terrey on 0466 576 310 or at: [email protected]

If you’ve got a question about applying or would benefit from an adjustment to the recruitment process to help you perform at your best, please, call Anjy Fayad on 02 9765 3042 or via [email protected]

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 our careers site.

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.

Due to the Covid-19 Pandemic some interviews and assessments may be performed using alternative methods. For more information visit Our Process.

Thank you for your interest in this role. We look forward to receiving your application.