Senior Data Analyst - Reporting

Department of Customer Service; Sydney; On-site; AUD 130,000 - 136,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Professional development

Job summary

SafeWork NSW is seeking a Senior Data Analyst (Reporting) to drive data-informed decision making and improve reporting capability across the organisation. The role focuses on data capture, quality, and delivering insights through dashboards and reports.

You will work with stakeholders to translate requirements into practical analytics solutions, ensuring data governance and security best practices are applied. Permanent residency or citizenship is required.

Qualifications

• Experience analysing complex data to identify trends and opportunities for business improvement.
• Advanced data analysis skills with statistical and analytical techniques.
• Experience using SQL to access, manipulate and query large data sets.
• Ability to develop reports, dashboards and visualisations conveying technical information to varied audiences.
• Knowledge of data governance, privacy, security and data management principles.

Responsibilities

• Improve how data is captured, managed and used across the organisation.
• Identify and resolve data quality issues, oversee data cleansing activities.
• Design data solutions and develop reporting products for evidence-based decision making.
• Partner with stakeholders to translate business needs into dashboards, reports and insights.

Skills

SQL

Data analysis

Dashboards & reports

Stakeholder engagement

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in a data-related field

Job description

Senior Data Analyst (Reporting)

• Love solving problems with data? Join us to improve data quality, build powerful reporting tools, and turn information into insights that make a real difference.
• Clerk Grade 09/10, commencing salary $133,348 plus super
• Ongoing, Full Time, based in Parramatta/Sydney/Gosford

About us

SafeWork NSW is the state's workplace health and safety regulator. Our mission is to reduce work-related fatalities, injuries and illnesses by ensuring workplaces comply with health and safety laws. We achieve this through a mix of responsive and proactive programs targeting high-risk areas across all industries, aligned with our strategic plan and regulatory priorities.

About the role

Join our Regulatory Intelligence, Analytics & Reporting team, driving data-informed, intelligence-led decision making across SafeWork NSW. Focused on continuous improvement around how information is captured, analysed and used to provide valuable insights to drive performance, innovation and service delivery.

The Senior Data Analyst (Reporting) works with our stakeholders across the organisation to analyse complex data sets to identify trends, patterns and improvement opportunities. The role has a particular focus on working with the Regulator to improve reporting capability and efficiency. This role includes but is not limited to;

• Improving how data is captured, managed and used across the organisation
• Identifying and resolving data quality issues, overseeing data cleansing activities
• Designing data solutions and developing reporting products that enable evidence-based decision making
• Partner with stakeholders to build a collaborative approach to understand business needs, translating technical requirements into practical solutions through dashboards, visualisations, reports and insights

About You

As the Senior Data Analyst – Reporting you will contribute to the development of data systems, reporting frameworks and analytics strategies helping shape a modern, effective and customer-focused data environment that supports SafeWork NSW organisational priorities.

To be successful you will demonstrate;

• Experience analysing and interpreting complex data sets to identify trends, risks and opportunities to support business improvement
• Advanced data analysis skills with experience applying statistical and analytical techniques
• Experience using SQL (or equivalent) to access, manipulate and query large data sets
• Ability to develop reports, dashboard, visualisations and recommendations that convey technical information to a variety of audiences
• Knowledge of data governance, privacy, security and best-practice data management principles
• Experience in managing team members is preferred.

You must be a permanent resident or Australian citizen to apply for this role.

Application closing date: Tuesday, 27 October 2026 (9.59am)

For enquiries relating to the role, please contact Anne-Maree Quarmby at [e-mail]

Belong in our diverse and inclusive workplace

The strength of our workforce lies in its diversity and embracing difference, while the key to our success is leveraging the contributions of employees with different backgrounds and perspectives.

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We want you to bring your best self to this application process. If you have any support or access needs that may require adjustments to allow you to fully participate in this selection process (including an alternate format of the application form) please contact Narelle Reynolds, Talent Advisor at [e-mail]

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