Location: Tennant Creek

Section: Corporate Governance

Employment Conditions: Full Time

Salary: $82,757 - $92,491 per annum

Generous salary packaging: $15,899.94p/a

Professional development incentive: Allowance of $1500p/a

Reports to: Governance and Policy Manager

Amazing further benefits including 6 weeks annual leave, free general dentistry and remote retention allowance of $750

Join this community-based organisation and make a genuine difference to our community in the Heart of Australia!

This is a rewarding role where you will truly make a difference in the lives of our remote communities, providing the chance to experience real job satisfaction every day and play an important role in Anyinginyi’s drive to be a provider of high quality holistic Primary Health Care services to the Aboriginal communities of the Barkly region in a culturally responsive way - don't miss out!

You will be joining a friendly and professional team, where you will receive personal and professional development opportunities from an employer who wants to provide optimum working conditions!

About us

Anyinginyi Health Aboriginal Corporation (AHAC) is a multi-disciplinary organisation which provides primary health care services to the Aboriginal people of Tennant Creek and the surrounding Barkly region, dedicated to ‘Closing the Gap’ in Aboriginal health within remote Australia.

Anyinginyi consists of different sections (Corporate Governance Section, People and Capabilities Section, Health Services, Business Services, Public Health Section and Piliyintinji-Ki Stronger Families Section) which allow them to have a holistic approach to health ensuring that clients' physical and emotional health and wellbeing is given the utmost priority.

Anyinginyi's mission is to be a provider of high quality holistic primary health care services featuring prevention and treatment in the Barkly region in a culturally responsive way.

About the Tennant Creek Region

Year-round blue skies, stunning landscapes and vibrant, diverse and warm communities - that's life in the Northern Territory! Only a short flight from most Australian cities, Tennant Creek is not just a must-see destination renowned for its individual identity and rich cultural heritage but is a remarkable community to set up home in!

 500km north of Alice Springs, Tennant Creek was once a rough and tumble droving town but is now a modern town and one of the Territory's most populated areas. It is home to a major regional hospital, a university, schools, shops and a supermarket, accommodation, bars and restaurants, banking facilities, sporting clubs and an airport - everything you need to set up a relaxing new lifestyle! People from all walks of life find themselves calling Tennant Creek home

About the Role

The Data and Research Officer has a key role in the formation and implementation of AHAC’s data governance framework, policy, and standards to ensure compliance with the external legal, regulatory and governance environment in the health sector.

This includes developing, promoting and embedding data governance policies, procedures, standards, guidelines, and related documentation across the organisation; and developing data presentations for Staff, Management and Board.

More specifically, some of your duties will include (but will not be limited to):

General:

• Undertake report building and data analysis as required.
• Create and present quality reports and data flows to support ongoing reports.
• Prepare standardised data sets to support analytics.
• Collect and collate data from training and health care services at different levels of the healthcare system.
• Contribute to data aggregation and analysis processes to ensure information is safely managed and shared appropriately.
• Consider population diversity and health inequality and apply culturally relevant and ethical approaches when identifying population health needs.
• Work to agreed priorities, outcomes, time constraints and assigned resources.
• Oversee projects and be the lead with a range of different stakeholders.
• Support the research committee.
• Support the management of the research plan.
• Perform other duties as request by your line manager that are reasonably within your capacity and capability.

About you

To be successful in this role, you will need to possess the following:

Essential skills and experience:

• Experience in creating live reports and dashboards, insights analysis, and supporting the creation of new data models.
• Developed analytical, investigation and translational skills, including those required to work with the business to create performance and outcomes measurement reports.
• Experience in working with and interpreting health or health-related data (including mental health, and preferably health service and/or outcome data).
• Experience in data collection, analysis, and interpretation, including presentation of outcomes in Microsoft Office suite of packages.
• Knowledge and understandings of research designs and data collection methods used in health research.
• Highly developed report writing skills and interpersonal skills.

Desirable

• Qualifications in Health Sciences, with focus in Health service systems, data research or similar major.
• Experience in an Aboriginal community controlled primary health care environment.

Please note: 

• Ochre Card (NT Working with Children’s) card obtainment is a requirement prior to commencement in this role. Please refer to NT Safe for further information.  
• All Anyinginyi Health Aboriginal Corporation employees must be Fully Vaccinated against COVID-19.

If you meet the above criteria and you’re interested in contributing to an organisation where you can really make a difference in our local community, we want to hear from you!

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