A career with Bega Valley Shire Council offers the opportunity to engage in meaningful and diverse work that supports the vibrant communities of the south-east corner of NSW. Nestled between rolling hills and some of the state’s most stunning beaches, this region is home to a variety of people who enjoy both rural and coastal living.

As an AR Bluett Award winning Council, we are proud of our dedicated and talented team, whose efforts make our success possible.

With a workforce of over 350, we provide essential services to our communities, including libraries, customer service, finance, children’s services, engineering, project management, road maintenance, water management, environment, parks, gardens, and town centres.

We offer a range of employment benefits to support our staff, which may include:

• Rostered days off
• Flexible work arrangements
• Salary packaging

The Opportunity

We have an opportunity for a proactive and solutions-focused individual to support the development, integrity, maintenance, and delivery of Council’s corporate analytics, integration, automation and AI solutions, ensuring accessibility of data for reporting and decision-making.

As a Data Engineer and Analytics Officer, you will support analytics platform operations, manage and visualise data, and provide training and documentation to stakeholders. You will collaborate across departments to integrate datasets and design data flows that improve business efficiency and ensure secure and insightful reporting tools are maintained.

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About You

We are seeking an individual who holds a Diploma in an Information Technology related discipline, or has equivalent experience, and has demonstrated ability to work within an evolving digital transformation environment.

You will have the following skills and experience;

• Proven capacity to champion or a demonstratable strong desire to support the establishment of a corporate analytics, integration, automation and AI solution(s), in support of our Digital Transformation.
• Demonstrated accuracy and attention to detail and ability to undertake research and analysis, collate and present information in an effective format.
• Demonstrated understanding of dataset and workflow integration methods between SaSS and on-premise corporate systems including the use of middleware solutions.
• Proficiency in MS SQL (extracting, manipulating and summarising data) Strong experience in MS Power BI and SAP Crystal Reports and MS Power Platform. Preferred experience with CIVICA Authority, Content Manager, ESRI & Assetic.

Benefits

This is a permanent, full time position working 35 hours per week.

The total remuneration package for this position commences at $95,484.48 gross per annum, comprising of:

• $1,639.50 per week base salary
• $196.74 per week superannuation (calculated at 12%)

Additional benefits for this position include:

• Rostered day off scheme (nine day fortnight)
• Annual Award salary increases and performance reviews
• Salary packaging program (SmartSalary)
• Wellbeing Initiatives – Fitness Passport, Employee Assistance Program, Telus Health App, social club, health monitoring and annual flu vaccinations.

For further information on this position, please contact Pyrrha Shilling - IT Applications Team Leader on 02 6499 2335.

Applications close 11.59pm AEST on 21 August 2025.

Applicants must have the right to work in Australia and address the advertised selection criteria demonstrating their suitability for the role.

This position requires applicants to be suitably immunised in line with recommendations from the Australian Immunisation Handbook, mandated Public Health Orders and/or Councils Immunisation Procedure.