Data & Innovation Specialist

NSW Public Service Commission; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 142,000 - 159,000; Full time

Job summary

Transport for NSW is seeking a data and innovation specialist to drive outcomes for NSW communities. You will work within a team delivering data and technology projects, translating needs into practical research and solutions.

You will engage stakeholders, define problems, run workshops, and lead initiatives from concept to implementation in a fast-paced environment, applying data insights to improve transport outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Deliver data and innovation projects that improve outcomes for communities using technology and data insights.
• Coordinate and manage projects with Transport NSW to secure new data, pilot approaches and evaluate benefits.
• Lead data-driven initiatives to embed new approaches in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

Job description

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Organisation/Entity: Transport For NSW

Job category: Projects

Job location: Sydney, NSW, AU, 2020

Job reference number: 106106

Employment type: Permanent Full-Time

Salary range: $141678.0-$158677.0

You're someone who wants to create outcomes that have a real impact on the people of NSW.

You're all about the detail and this role will allow you to drive evidence-based decision making to optimise systems and efficiency, not just for the business but for our customers too. It's data and research with impact you can see.

In this role, you'll:

• be working as part of a team delivering data and innovation projects that help the Active Transport, Design and Activation Branch deliver stronger outcomes for our communities using technology solutions, and data insights.
• coordinate and manage projects in collaboration with others in Transport to secure new data for the branch, apply data insights and new technologies, quantify benefits, pilot and evaluate emerging approaches, and integrate innovation into organisational practice.
• lead innovation and data driven initiatives that embed new approaches and improve outcomes in a complex, fast paced environment with varied capability, competing priorities and collaborative partnerships.

Work with stakeholders to identify and define complex problems, translate emerging needs and opportunities into innovative projects, and navigate uncertainty to deliver practical outcomes through research, testing, iteration and collaboration.

This is not a traditional data analyst role; success requires curiosity, adaptability, strong stakeholder engagement and comfort working through ambiguity to find solutions.

Your experience in project delivery, innovation, evaluation and the application of data and technology will see you lead initiatives that address complex challenges and improve outcomes for communities across NSW.

You thrive in ambiguity, are comfortable defining problems before solutions are known, and can engage stakeholders to understand user needs, design and facilitate workshops, and guide ideas from concept through to implementation. You bring curiosity, adaptability and a practical mindset to testing new approaches and delivering outcomes in complex environments.

You are recognised as a future-focused and collaborative professional with experience delivering innovation, technology or data-enabled projects, leading workstreams, managing stakeholders and translating insights into action.

Experience in active transport, e-micromobility, placemaking, vibrancy, urban design or related policy environments will be highly regarded.

Who we are

Transport for NSW provides a safe, integrated, and efficient transport system. We connect people, communities and industry every day.

Our workforce is as diverse as the community we serve. If you'd like further information on our inclusion and diversity initiatives, visit Transport careers .

Aboriginal people and people living with disability are supported throughout the recruitment process and at work, and we encourage you to apply. Visit Supporting Aboriginal People or Supporting People with Disability for more information or speak to your talent team member to arrange any adjustments to how you interact with us.

Transport acknowledges the Aboriginal people of the country on which we work, their traditions, culture and a shared history and identity. We also pay our respects to Elders past and present and recognise the continued connection to country.