Artificial Intelligence Data Analyst

State Government of Victoria, Australia; Shire of East Gippsland; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging

Professional development

Staff Wellbeing Centre

Gym discount

Social club activities

Job summary

Latrobe Regional Health seeks an AI Data Analyst to design and apply AI/ML solutions across Gippsland Health Alliance. You will enhance data pipelines, BI reporting, and data warehouses while ensuring privacy compliance and strong stakeholder collaboration.

The role focuses on ETL, data modelling, and AI-enabled analytics using Python/R, with opportunities for cloud-based AI platforms and professional development. This is a full-time ongoing position in Gippsland.

Qualifications

• Completed education to Year 12 or above with a current driver’s licence.
• A tertiary qualification in Data Science, Computer Science, Information Technology, Analytics, or related discipline, or equivalent experience.
• Understanding of privacy principles in health sector.
• Experience delivering BI and reporting solutions in medium to large enterprises with SQL, data warehousing, and ETL (SSIS, PL/SQL).
• Experience applying AI/ML techniques to real-world data with Python and/or R.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management; ability to define requirements and deliver projects.
• Desirable: postgraduate AI/ML/Data Science credentials; health sector experience; cloud AI/ML platforms (Azure AI, Azure ML, Databricks).

Responsibilities

• Investigate issues and design AI-based solutions to address them.
• Support data pipelines, reporting platforms, and BI/ML tools; assist with BI systems and data warehouses.
• Resolve service desk issues related to reports, data feeds, and AI-enabled tools as needed.
• Ensure compliance with Health Records Act and Privacy Act.
• Maintain documentation of data models, pipelines, and AI/ML solutions; provide end-user training.
• Collaborate with health agency stakeholders and support incident, problem, change and release management.

Skills

SQL

Python

R

Data warehousing

ETL design

Stakeholder management

Communication

AI/ML techniques

Education

Bachelor's degree in Data Science/CS/IT/Analytics

Postgraduate qualification or micro-credentials in AI/ML/Data Science

Tools

SSIS

PL/SQL

Azure AI / Azure ML / Databricks

Job description

Are you an experienced data professional looking to bring AI and machine learning into real-world health analytics? Join the Gippsland Health Alliance team at Latrobe Regional Health, where we value our employees by providing a safe and supportive workplace culture that enables you to thrive.

Latrobe Regional Health is looking for anAI Data Analystto join our growing team on afull time (1.0 EFT) ongoing basis.

We are seeking a proactive and analytically minded AI Data Analyst to investigate business, clinical, and operational issues across the Gippsland Health Alliance (GHA), and to design, develop, and apply AI and machine learning solutions that support GHA's business intelligence, data warehousing, and reporting outcomes. This role combines core data analyst capability — ETL development, data modelling, and report writing — with AI-enabled analytics, including predictive modelling, natural language processing, and intelligent automation, all delivered in line with legislative compliance and health information privacy requirements.

The role of theAI Data Analystis to:

• Investigate business, clinical, and operational issues and design, develop, and apply suitable AI-based solutions to address them.
• Provide support for data pipelines, reporting platforms, and AI/ML tools, and assist with maintenance of BI systems and data warehouses.
• Investigate and resolve service desk issues relating to reports, data feeds, and AI-enabled tools, acting as a designated Problem Manager where required.
• Ensure all data, reporting, and AI-enabled solutions comply with relevant legislative and privacy requirements, including the Health Records Act 2001 (Vic) and Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).
• Maintain contemporary documentation of data models, pipelines, and AI/ML solutions, and provide high-level training to end users.
• Build strong working relationships with key health agency stakeholders, and contribute to service management processes such as incident, problem, change and release management.

About you

Ideal candidates for this role will have:

• Completed education to Year 12 or above and a current driver's licence.
• A tertiary qualification in Data Science, Computer Science, Information Technology, Analytics, or a related discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• A sound understanding of privacy principles as they apply in the health sector.
• Proven experience delivering business intelligence and reporting solutions in medium to large enterprise environments, including strong knowledge of SQL, data warehousing concepts, and ETL design (SSIS, PL/SQL).
• Experience applying artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques to real-world data and reporting problems, with extensive experience in Python and/or R.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with proven ability to define requirements and deliver successful project outcomes.
• Desirable: postgraduate qualification or micro-credentials in AI, Machine Learning, or Data Science; prior experience in a health environment; and experience with cloud-based AI/ML platforms such as Microsoft Azure AI, Azure Machine Learning, or Databricks.

Latrobe Regional Health offers a range of benefits including:

• Salary packaging up to $9,000 per annum.
• Meals/Entertainment benefit up to $2,650 per annum.
• Encouragement for professional development and ongoing education.
• A range of social club activities, discounts and diverse workplace activities.
• Free access to our Staff Wellbeing Centre offering health education and wellbeing
• Access to discounted gym membership and fitness services through Fitness Passport Services.

Interested about this exciting opportunity, but want more information? We encourage you to contactWylie Edwards, Technical Operations Manager, at [e-mail] for a confidential discussion.

Located in the picturesque region of Gippsland, Latrobe Regional Health (LRH) offers the perfect balance between career and lifestyle. Enjoy easy access to Melbourne, stunning beaches, majestic mountains, and serene lakes. With flexible working hours, you can make the most of what Gippsland has to offer.

LRH cares for a population of about 300,000 and is the regional provider of specialist services. Our catchment covers 42,000 square kilometres, from Phillip Island to Mallacoota in the far east of Victoria. LRH offers cardiac care, surgery, medical, renal, emergency care, aged care, women's and children's services, pharmacy, allied health and rehabilitation. Medical and radiation oncology are offered by the Gippsland Cancer Care Centre.

Now is an exciting time to join the LRH team, with the $223.5 million expansion completed in March 2024, offering improved maternity and paediatric facilities, larger intensive care unit, increased medical and surgical beds and additional operating theatres.

Diversity and inclusion
We embrace workforce diversity and actively encourage applications from across our community including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with linguistically diverse backgrounds, people of all genders and gender identities and people with disabilities. LRH's Aboriginal Hospital Liaison Officer is available to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent applicants and can be contacted via email: [e-mail]

Applications Close: 10th September 2026

Before commencement, the successful applicant will
Provide evidence of an original and valid National Police Record Check, an employee Working with Children Check, and a current season influenza vaccine (if applicable to work area), unless a valid medical exemption applies.

Applications close Thursday 10 September 2026 at 11.59pm