Senior Data and Statistical Analyst

SA Health
Job reference: 945984
Location: 5042 - BEDFORD PARK
Job status: Short Term Contract
Eligibility: Open to Everyone

• Southern Adelaide Local Health Network – Flinders Medical Centre – Rehabilitation Studies Unit
• Salary $116,089 - $125,490 p.a. (Pro Rata) ASO7 | 15 Hours Per Week – 12 Month Contract

Join the Division of Rehabilitation, Aged Care and Palliative Care within SALHN!

If you bring rigour to complex health data and want your analysis to directly inform patient care decisions, this is a meaningful opportunity to contribute at scale.

About the role:

Reporting to the Professor of Rehabilitation, this role is responsible for the support, maintenance, development and continuous improvement of the rehabilitation Studies Unit data and statistical analytics platform.

Duties for the role will include:

• Lead the development, delivery and evaluation of complex data governance and management projects, planning functions and services for the SAVCS. Scope, develop, test and deliver appropriate Business Intelligence Applications to support data analytics, reporting, visualisations and business analysis.
• Review, develop and implement processes related to data collection, sharing, utilisation, protection, cleaning and storage.
• Providing timely, accurate and informative advice to a range of parties including, but not limited to, the Executive, Managers, Clinicians and other key stakeholders.
• Developing and maintaining strong working relationships and alliances within and outside of SALHN to achieve Government objectives and expectations.
• Support the continuous improvement of SALHN’s enterprise data and analytics platform and to resolve complex issues and risks pertaining to SA Health data.
• Providing leadership in the management of the budget, ensuring maintenance of controls to ensure diligence and accountability.

About you:

• An appropriate Degree for example, Public Health, Information Management, Information Technology, Computer Science, Business Technology or related discipline.
• Extensive experience in working with computer systems and applications including business intelligence, spreadsheets, word processing, databases, statistical packages and clinical costing systems.
• Demonstrated experience developing, delivering and evaluating complex compliance monitoring and data quality programs including developing data quality metrics to assess and monitor improvements.
• Strong leadership skills and ability to motivate and inspire others to work collaborative to achieve objectives, develop talent with a commitment to a team orientated philosophy to bring about best use of resources to deliver services.
• Cultivates a high-performance culture, supporting innovation, action oriented, drives results and supports SALHN vision.
• Successful record of identifying business requirements and developing appropriate improvement or remedial strategies and change specifications to reengineer processes and systems.
• Self-motivated, organised, demonstrated initiative and an ability to operate independently while remaining focussed on agreed objectives that may have competing priorities and meeting tight deadlines.

Please see the attached Role Description for additional information.

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Application Closing Date: 11.55 pm Monday 5th October 2026

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Applicant Information:

• We also offer salary sacrifice benefits which provide the opportunity to save money by paying for some of your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed. Clickto find out more about salary packaging.
• The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.
• Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and Immunisation compliance as indicated on the Role description.
• SA Health Services are required to implement the in the workplace.
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply.  Job ref: 945984

Applications close: 05/10/2026 11:55 PM

Flexibility Statement

The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.