NCIS Data Support Officer

Department Of Justice; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 81,000 - 99,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Superannuation

Job summary

The Department Of Justice's NCIS offers a part-time Data Support Officer role in Melbourne to maintain national data used by coroners and researchers. You will support data quality, coding and resources for the National Coronial Information System.

You will perform data quality checks, provide coding advice, help develop practical solutions to data issues, and assist with NCIS publications and operations. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply.

Qualifications

• Experience with data quality checks or audits.
• Strong Excel skills including formulas and charts.
• Experience with coding classifications and basic medical terminology.

Responsibilities

• Complete data quality checks and audits to keep NCIS data accurate.
• Provide coding advice and training to staff and data users.
• Help develop practical solutions to data issues and improve data management.
• Help prepare NCIS publications, resources and web content.
• Support NCIS operations including planning and improvement tasks.

Skills

Data quality checks

Excel

Coding classifications

Pivot tables

Medical terminology

Data analysis

Tools

None

Job description

• Help maintain trusted data used to understand preventable deaths and injuries.
• Check data, support coding staff and help solve data issues.
• Work with national data that supports coroners and researchers.
• You'll gain valuable experience in data quality, coding and public service.
• Ongoing, part-time role earning $81,496 - $98,955 per year, plus super.

About us

The National Coronial Information System(NCIS) is a data repository containing information on deaths reported to a coroner in Australia and New Zealand. It is an essential data tool for both coroners and researchers to obtain nationally standardised information about the causes of preventable death and injury.

As a voluntary collaboration between the Australian States and Territories and New Zealand, the NCIS is unique at both a national and international level. The NCIS is leading the way in the provision of data for evidence-based mortality research, given its comprehensive demographic data, medical cause of death and searchable medicolegal documentation.

What you will do

As an NCIS data support officer, you will help maintain accurate and useful national data.

You will support data quality, coding and resources for the National Coronial Information System.

You will:

• complete data quality checks and audits to keep NCIS data accurate and fit for use.
• provide coding advice and training to court-based staff and NCIS data users.
• help develop practical solutions to data issues and improve how data is managed.
• help prepare and share NCIS publications, resources and web content.
• support NCIS operations including planning, improvement work and other tasks as needed.

About you

You should have experience with coding classifications and basic medical terminology, including anatomy. You should also have intermediate Microsoft Office skills, especially Excel.

You should also have:

• data skills and experience working with large datasets, quality checks or audits.
• Excel skills including formulas, pivot tables and data charts.
• flexibility to manage changing priorities and work with people across different teams.
• clear communication and problem-solving skills, with a focus on inclusion and teamwork.

To learn even more about this role, please read the position description. If you have any further questions, feel free to email Leanne Daking at *************@ncis.org.au.

Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander (Aboriginal) people are strongly encouraged to apply. Learn more about our Aboriginal workforce strategy.