IHACPA is seeking confident individuals looking to make a difference to health and aged care in Australia. Join our team to apply your data analytics and data science skills every day and have a real impact on health and aged care policy and funding decisions in Australia. This position combines elements of data science, stakeholder management and leadership to contribute to IHACPA’s strategic goals.

Key responsibilities

- Understanding and analysing data collected from public hospitals, private hospitals, aged care providers, and other government bodies to design statistical models and answer complex policy questions.
- Providing input to the development of cost and pricing models for public hospitals and aged care services.
- Providing specialist advice to various IHACPA working groups, managing relationships, and working with stakeholders on technical issues.
- Preparing analytic working papers and technical documentation to communicate technical issues to key stakeholders.
- Supporting the IHACPA Executive in explaining model results and other technical issues to external stakeholders.
- Collaborating with other sections on IHACPA’s broader work program.

Mandatory requirement

- Bachelor’s degree or higher in quantitative discipline such as mathematics, statistics, economics, etc, or equivalent professional experience.

Key capabilities:
- Demonstrated ability to undertake projects in an uncertain environment, including determination, tenacity and passion in the delivery of challenging projects.
- Highly developed technical and analytical capabilities, with demonstrated expertise in mathematical or statistical analysis and model development, supported by rigorous attention to detail.
- Demonstrated experience in developing clear and effective code preferably using SAS, Structured Query Language (SQL), R, or Python to understand and analyse data.
- Ability to exercise sound judgement and deliver robust, pragmatic analysis while navigating policy,



operational and stakeholder constraints.
- Demonstrated experience in contributing to a high performing multi-disciplinary team.
- Critical thinking skills, including the ability to develop and assess the quality and applicability of complex analysis and modelling.
- Demonstrated ability to communicate complex technical information that is appropriate for a range of audiences.

Desirable qualifications and experience
- Postgraduate qualification in quantitative discipline and/or health data science is highly desirable.
- Hospital and aged care pricing models, experience in health data science and analytics.
- Mathematical or statistical analysis and model development, particularly using health data, and experience using SAS, SQL, R, or Python in the context of data science and data analytics.

- To be eligible for employment with the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing, applicants must be an Australian citizen at the time an offer of employment is made.
- An applicant’s suitability for employment with Health will also be assessed through a variety of pre-employment check processes, such as:
- Satisfactory completion of a criminal history check, and where relevant, a Working with Children and Vulnerable People Check,
- Completion of a medical declaration and pre-employment medical (where required),
- Providing evidence of qualifications, and

- To be eligible for role, applicants must hold a Bachelor’s degree or higher in quantitative discipline such as mathematics, statistics, economics, etc, or equivalent qualified experience.

- Applications close 11:30pm AEST.
- Applicants are asked to quote reference number 26-IHACPADIV-31986 to assist when making an enquiry.
- This recruitment process is being used to fill both ongoing and non-ongoing positions. Non-ongoing positions will be offered on a specified term basis for an initial period of up to 12 months with the possibility of being extended (this will not exceed a total of 24 months in the same or similar role).

📌 Technical Manager (Australia)
🏢 Department of Health, Disability and Ageing
📍 Australia