Workforce Analytics and Reporting Technical Lead
- Employment Type: Full Time (35 hours per week)
- Duration: 12 Month fixed term
- Remuneration: Level 9 $143,007 - $151,745 (depending on experience) 17% super + leave loading
- Location: Kensington, NSW (hybrid flexible working)
We’re looking for a dynamic leader to elevate our Workforce Analytics and Reporting team! In this pivotal role, you will drive the advancement of technical skills, focusing on enhancing reporting and analytics outcomes related to HR compliance across the University. You'll cultivate strong partnerships with stakeholders, ensuring our reporting solutions are efficient, compliant, and scalable.
About UNSW:
UNSW isn’t like other places you’ve worked. Yes, we’re a large organisation with a diverse and talented community; a community doing extraordinary things. Together, we are driven to be thoughtful, practical, and purposeful in all we do. Taking this combined approach is what makes our work matter. It’s the reason we’re one of the top 20 universities in the world and a member of Australia’s prestigious Group of Eight. If you want a career where you can thrive, be challenged and do meaningful work, you’re in the right place.
Why Your Role Matters:
The Workforce Analytics and Reporting Technical Lead is responsible for driving the advancement of the technological skills of the Workforce Analytics and Reporting team, with a specific focus on uplifting reporting and analytics outcomes in regard to HR compliance.
This role is responsible for supporting the Workforce Analytics and Reporting team's evolution to a strategic workforce analytics function that enables and uplifts workforce compliance initiatives across the University. The role will cultivate partnerships with key stakeholders to gather business requirements and ensure that technical reporting solutions meet legislative requirements, adhere to internal processes and are efficient and streamlined to ensure their longevity and scalability.
The Workforce Analytics and Reporting Technical Lead has 2 direct reports and will also play a role in guiding and mentoring members of the wider Workforce Analytics Team.
Responsibilities:
- Lead the technical development of a high-performing analytics team through coaching, mentoring and motivating team members, and fostering a positive, collaborative and innovative team culture.
- Support the implementation of the broader Workforce Analytics and Reporting strategy, fostering a culture of innovation and adaptability.
- Provide Technical support and guidance to enable the Workforce Analytics and Reporting Team to deliver effective and insightful workforce dashboards, insights and reports that provide accurate data that will uplift HR compliance.
- Develop the team’s technical skills, ensuring that reporting solutions are efficient, effective and scalable and that they will deliver ongoing monitoring and assurance to support increased HR compliance outcomes.
- Build knowledge and capability across the Workforce Analytics and Reporting team to upskill the team to enable and enhance technical expertise in data modelling and ETL processes using Delta Lake, Databricks and Azure.
- Support high-impact, data-driven initiatives in collaboration with HR Quality and Compliance, Employee Relations and the broader HR team, to ensure reporting and analytics projects support legislative requirements, our enterprise agreements, payroll standards, and organisational policies.
- Enable the delivery of accurate and reliable information by highlighting data quality issues and improving data integrity across HR Systems.
- Establish and implement governance and standardised procedures for the entire report development lifecycle, from data collection and analysis to report generation, testing, quality assurance and distribution.
- Assist the Workforce Analytics Team Lead to improve workforce management, task allocation and documentation within the Workforce Analytics and Reporting Team through the implementation of technical tools (for example Jira and/or DevOps).
Skills and Experience:
- A relevant degree and/or experience in Business, Information Systems, Data Analytics, or a related field or relevant experience within a corporate/professional services environment.
- Proven experience in working with complex datasets and the development of intuitive and user-friendly dashboards using visualisation tools (preferably Power BI).
- Demonstrated proficiency in data manipulation tools to interrogate large-scale databases. Proven experience in Synapse SQL server/serverless server and Databricks SQL server is highly desirable.
- Experience in the design and implement scalable and robust data infrastructure, preferably using Delta Lake and Azure.
- Well-developed skills and expertise in the end-to-end data processes applicable to large and complex datasets, including data definition, collection, cleaning, extraction, analysis, and validation.
- Knowledge of human resources practices, legislative and compliance regulations and workforce planning desirable.
- Leadership experience with demonstrated capability to identify and establish priorities, and mentor, develop and motivate a team to deliver high quality, accurate and valuable insights across a variety of client groups.
- Advanced communication skills with the ability to effectively communicate complex issues and solutions to senior management and inform, influence and negotiate at various levels.
For further details on role responsibilities and skills & experience required, refer to the position description found under the position listing on Jobs@UNSW
Benefits and Culture:
People are at the core of everything we do. We recognise it is the contributions of our staff who make UNSW one of the best universities in Australia and the world.
Our benefits include:
- Flexible working options.
- Career development opportunities.
- 17% Superannuation contributions and additional leave loading payments.
- Additional 3 days of leave over Christmas period.
- Discounts and entitlements (retail, education, fitness).
For further details on the benefits, please visit https://www.jobs.unsw.edu.au/lifestyle-benefits
To Apply: If this is of interest to you, please submit your application online: CV, Cover Letter and responses to the Skills and Experience outlined in the position description.
Sponsorship is not available for this role, full Australian working rights are required on application.
Contact: Amy Denney - Talent Acquisition Coordinator a.denney@unsw.edu.au
Please apply directly through the website, applications sent to the contact above will not be accepted.
Applications close: 11.55pm, 25th October 2024
UNSW is committed to equity diversity and inclusion. Applications from women, people of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, those living with disabilities, members of the LGBTIQ+ community; and people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, are encouraged. UNSW provides workplace adjustments for people with disability, and access to flexible work options for eligible staff.
The University reserves the right not to proceed with any appointment.
