Role Title: Principal Analyst
Employment Type: Temporary up until December 2021
Role Classification: 11/12
Remuneration: $128,089 - $148,134 p.a. plus super and annual leave loading
Hours per Week: 35
Location: St Leonards
Requisition ID: REQ208968
Closing Date: 11:59pm, Monday 15 February 2021
About this role
We are looking for a good communicator with strategic thinking and problem solving skills to lead a change agenda for the team and our work over the next 12 months.
This is an opportunity for a professional with policy, program implementation or research experience to provide strategic leadership to support the development and implementation of Centre for Population Health (CPH) programs and projects. This is a 12 month parental backfill position and will focus on the Healthy Eating Active Living (overweight and obesity prevention) program and policy portfolio.
Where you'll be working
The Centre for Population Health (CPH) aims to promote health and to prevent morbidity and mortality caused by modifiable risk factors. The CPH portfolio encompasses hepatitis B and C; sexually transmissible infections including HIV; tobacco; and overweight/obesity.
The CPH approach is characterised by a focus on evidence-informed programmatic and system-level interventions that improve health, reduce health inequity, create healthy environments, promote community action, enable personal health-seeking and recognise the social determinants of good health. In the last decade CPH has delivered evidence informed interventions at scale, invested in research and evaluations to build the evidence base, increased the use of data to inform the delivery of programs, services and policies, and embedded prevention in the NSW Health performance management system to ensure state-wide system accountability.
What you'll be doing
Your main role will be to lead a project to review the overweight/obesity prevention work program and narrative to ensure our approach aligns with a new operating context. This includes working with internal and external partners to shape and drive a coordinated approach to the translation of research evidence for strategy and decision making. You will also manage a small team with research/evaluation/data expertise to provide technical advice on data-related issues and support the delivery of a strategic research and evaluation program. The Principal Analyst will be required to build and maintain collaborative relationships with internal and external research, program and policy partners as well as provide high quality written and verbal strategic advice to senior management.
Research/evaluation knowledge and skills are desirable but not essential
Need more information?
- Click here for the Role Description
- Find out more about applying for this position
- All applicants must attach a response to the two targeted questions (1-2 pages) and your CV (no more than 5 pages)
- This is a temporary opportunity, with potential to become ongoing at grade
- Please note that you cannot apply for this role using iworkfornsw, please click here to access the advert through the Health Career Portal.
For role related queries or questions contact Megan Cobcroft on megan.cobcroft@health.nsw.gov.au
If you require reasonable adjustments, please contact Hana Maalla on Hana.Maalla@health.nsw.gov.au
Targeted Questions (1-2 pages)
If you do not provide responses your application will not be considered
1) Please give an example of where you led a review of a policy, program or research program of work. What were you aiming to achieve? Describe your approach and the outcome.
2) Please provide an example of a where you led a team to develop and imbed a new way of working. What strategies did you use to support change management?
The Ministry of Health values diversity and is committed to building an inclusive workplace culture that reflects the community we serve. We encourage applications from diverse community groups including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, LGBTI, people with a disability and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
To be eligible for employment in these roles you must be one of the following:
• an Australian Citizen, or
• a permanent resident of Australia, or
• a New Zealand citizen with a current New Zealand Passport, or
• a citizen of another country with an appropriate visa that allows you to work in Australia
You can only be offered employment in this role for the duration that your current visa allows you to work in Australia, and you can only be offered ongoing employment if you have a permanent visa that allows you to work in Australia
To learn more about working at the Ministry of Health, please visit our career portal.
Applications close: 11:59pm, Monday 15 February 2021
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