The Role

The Role will be in the Health Surveillance Cell within the Directorate of Force Health Protection (DFHP). The incumbent will report to the Assistant Director Health Surveillance. They will work alongside a Data Scientist and Health Promotions Officer to assist in the development of a Health Surveillance System for the Australian Defence Force (ADF). They will manage health and administrative data, to support health burden identification.

The successful candidate will be able to extract and analyse health data from multiple sources. They will utilise analytical tools and techniques to cleanse, administer, monitor, manage and archive this data. They will work with other teams across the Branch and stakeholders throughout Defence to identify opportunities for leveraging existing data to produce solutions for defining the health of ADF members.

About our Team

The Force Health Protection Directorate sits within the Health Protection and Policy (HPP) Branch, Joint Health Command. This newly established Directorate will be responsible for supporting and delivering Force health protection capability to optimise the health and health readiness of ADF members. The Directorate has five cells; Health Surveillance, Public Health and Disease Control, Environmental Health, Occupational and Musculoskeletal injury, and Health Promotion.

The Directorate will coordinate an ADF wide health surveillance system to support the development of relevant policy and programs. It will provide technical advice and actionable insights on disease burden and prevention strategies. It will provide operational support for the delivery of population health activities and public health response within the ADF.

Our Ideal Candidate

Our ideal candidate is a motivated and enthusiastic individual who can work effectively in an integrated and multidisciplinary team.

Our ideal candidate will have/demonstrate:

• Well-developed communication skills to effectively convey complex data insights to both technical and non-technical stakeholders in various written and verbal formats;
• Experience in extracting, interrogating, and analysing complex data sets using a range of software (such as R, Python, SQL and other software);
• Expertise with visualisation tools (such as PowerBI including DAX, Power query, and/or tableau) including building and managing dashboards and reports;
• Experience in exploratory data analysis, descriptive analysis, statistical analysis and working with health data;
• An understanding of the Defence and health environment; and
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills for effective stakeholder engagement and the ability to plan, manage, and prioritise tasks to ensure timely delivery of outputs.

Application Closing Date: Monday 19 May 2025

For further information please review the job information pack, reference DPG/03551/25 on https://defencecareers.nga.net.au/?jati=D3388B80-771D-1D1E-BA1B-E3C0C8289485