The Statistical Society of Australia

Senior Researcher 
 
Number of positions: 2 
 
Clerk Grade 9/10
 
NSW Department of Family & Community Services
 
Temporary Full Time
 
Location: Ashfield, NSW
 
Salary Range:  $108,044 - $119,061 pa plus employer's contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading.
 
About the Department
 
The Department of Family and Community Services (FACS) directly supports approximately 800,000 people every year and reaches a further million people through local community-based programs.
 
Our vision is to empower all people to live fulfilling lives and achieve their potential in inclusive communities. We collaborate with government, non-government and community partners to work with children, adults, families and communities to improve lives and realise potential, with a focus on breaking, rather than managing, disadvantage.
									

About the role
 
The Senior Researcher/Analyst role is within the Pathways of Care Longitudinal Study (POCLS) team in the FACS Insights, Analysis and Research Directorate.
 
This is a full-time, temporary role (currently for 12 months) with possible extension depending on funding. There are currently two vacancies.
 
The POCLS is the first large-scale prospective longitudinal study of children and young people in out-of-home care (OOHC) in Australia. POCLS is the first study to link data on children’s child protection backgrounds, OOHC placements, health, education and offending held by multiple government agencies; and match it to first-hand accounts from children, caregivers, caseworkers and teachers. For more information about POCLS, please follow this link https://www.facs.nsw.gov.au/resources/research/pathways-of-care 
 
The Senior Researcher/Analyst is instrumental to the management, implementation and analysis of the various data components of the POCLS. One Senior Researcher/Analyst will support the Data Manager in the day-to-day management and analysis of the POCLS data (example tasks listed below) while the other Senior Researcher/Analyst will focus on undertaking statistical analysis, writing up reports and translation and dissemination of findings to answer policy questions.
 
 
 
Key accountabilities include:
 
 
 
 
Managing and delivering the data management timelines to meet the POCLS milestones
 
Monitoring progress and resolving issues on data collection and data management related deliverables by contractors
 
Managing the updating/refreshing of the FACS administrative data and record linkage data
 
Undertaking data cleaning and manipulation tasks for the POCLS interview, FACS administrative and record linkage data
 
Managing and curating the POCLS data in SURE
 
Managing the POCLS data release and data user training
 
Undertaking statistical analysis and research of the POCLS data in topics of policy interest
 
Undertaking the development of statistical reports for the POCLS primary data collection (i.e., interview data)
 
Contributing to the development of the POCLS Dashboards and providing data in the required formats for the Dashboard publication
 
Undertaking technical review of data analysis plans, research and technical reports by the Study Working Group members 
 
Providing statistical/technical advice to the POCLS data users.
 
 
A Recruitment Pool may be created to fill similar roles for both ongoing and temporary opportunities if and as they arise.
 
Close date: 7 January 2019
 
For more information about the positions and to apply online go to
 
https://iworkfor.nsw.gov.au/job/senior-researcher-136391