Senior Manager Priority Monitoring and Analysis

NSW Health; St Leonards; Hybrid; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work arrangements

Diversity and inclusion

Job summary

NSW Health in Sydney’s St Leonards area seeks a Senior Manager Priority Monitoring and Analysis to lead epidemiology and evidence work within the Centre for Epidemiology and Evidence. You will guide monitoring of priority programs, oversee complex data analyses, and produce actionable health insights for policy and planning.

The role requires senior leadership, strong data governance, and expertise in biostatistics and epidemiology, with a focus on population health outcomes.

Qualifications

• High level monitoring and reporting skills with experience in health data.
• Experience with real world data and linked datasets.
• Strong understanding of data governance, privacy, and security.
• Ability to lead development and delivery of a transformational program.
• Epidemiology and biostatistical analysis to improve health outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Provide methodological leadership to monitor priority programs and policies.
• Manage and lead a team to analyse health data and linked datasets.
• Turn complex data into timely information to inform policy and service planning.
• Advise on indicators for monitoring NSW population health and related reports.

Skills

Monitoring & reporting skills

Real world data analysis

Data governance & privacy

Epidemiology & biostatistics

Team leadership

Education

Tertiary qualifications or equivalent

Job description

Senior Manager Priority Monitoring and Analysis

Role Title: Senior Manager Priority Monitoring and Analysis

Employment Type: Ongoing Full Time

Position Classification: Health Manager Level 5

Location: 1 Reserve Road, St Leonards NSW

Hours Per Week: 40 hours

Requisition ID: REQ682702

Join the Evidence and Evaluation team at Ministry of Health for an exciting ongoing opportunity and be part of the team enriching health in millions of ways every day.

About us

• Our core values of collaboration, openness, respect, and empowerment are more than just words – they are the guiding principles that shape every aspect of our work.
• While regular office presence is essential, we offer flexible work arrangements to support your needs.
• Committed to fostering diverse and inclusive workplace for all.

To learn more about the Ministry and what benefits we offer, access our Employee Benefits Handbook.

About the role

With your skills and experience, you can contribute to the millions of ways we are enhancing health and wellness while developing your career as part of the largest health organisation in Australia.

We have an opportunity for a Senior Manager, Priority Monitoring and Reporting to join the Centre for Epidemiology and Evidence to contribute to population health and broader public health objectives. The Senior Manager will be responsible for providing methodological leadership to a program of work designed to monitor priority programs and policies and generate evidence to inform policy and service planning.

What you will be doing

The Senior Manager, Priority Monitoring and Reporting will sit within the Evidence and Evaluation Unit, Centre for Epidemiology and Evidence (CEE) and will:

• Use their high-level skills to provide methodological leadership to a program of work designed to monitor priority programs and policies and to generate evidence to inform policy and service planning.
• Manage and lead a team to carry out complex analyses of health and health-related data, including data derived from electronic health records, population health administrative data collections, survey data, and linked data.
• Lead a strategic program of work to turn complex and sometimes relatively uncurated data into timely, accessible information to meet the needs of stakeholders.
• Provide expert advice on the use and development of key indicators for monitoring the health of the NSW population, including in relation to the collection of information, the design of useful metrics and measures, and the development, review and approval of reports.

About you

We are seeking motivated and committed individuals who can support the work of NSW Health with:

• High level monitoring and reporting skills, including real world study design and analysis of routinely collected health service data (including linked data).
• Experience exploring raw clinical data and transforming it into structured, meaningful concepts and formats for reporting and analysis.
• High level experience navigating complex data governance requirements and ensuring best practices in data security, quality, integrity, privacy, documentation, and availability.
• Demonstrated ability to lead the development and delivery of a transformational program of work.
• Demonstrated ability to take a system and population-based view of information and undertake complex epidemiological and biostatistical analysis to improve health outcomes.
• Appropriate tertiary qualifications or equivalent, relevant professional experience and training.

Our commitment to diversity and inclusion

At the Ministry of Health, we are committed to creating a diverse, inclusive, and flexible environment which reflects the community and customers we serve. We actively promote the employment of women, people with a disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, LGBTIQ+ community and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. For more information, please visit Diversity Inclusion Belonging.

If you identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander and would like assistance with your application or to obtain more information on how to apply, please visit The Stepping Up Initiative.

To be eligible for employment in these roles you must be an Australian citizen, or a permanent resident, or a New Zealand citizen, or hold a valid visa with permission to work in Australia.

Additional information

• This recruitment may be used to create a Talent Pool for similar future roles (ongoing or temporary) that may arise over the next 18 months.
• For more information on applying visit the our career portal.
• Please note that the selection process will include a range of comparative assessment techniques to assist in determining your suitability for the role.

Applications Close: Wednesday, 28 October 2026 (11:59PM)