Senior Analyst, Research Data and Reporting

- Full-time
- Primary Location (Campus): Brisbane South (Nathan)
- Employment Type: Full Time
- Department ID: Office For Research - ORE
- Appointment Type: Continuing

Every institution values excellence. What matters most is why.
Griffith was created to be a different type of university. You’ll find we’re about leading research, academic excellence, and the transformative power of education. But what sets us apart is why those things matter and how you’ll achieve them.

Why? Griffith brings together exceptional minds like yours from across the globe and from all walks of life. Here, we do incredible work, questioning and challenging, always in the pursuit of excellence.

The Office for Research delivers skilled research support services with functions spanning grants, research development, research ethics and integrity, research outputs, policy, and performance reporting. The team works closely with academic colleagues and senior managers to address research priorities across the University and provide high-level strategic and administrative support to Griffith researchers in all disciplines and career stages.

The Senior Analyst, Research Data and Reporting plays a key role in supporting research administration data and systems across the University by ensuring that research data is collected and stored securely and accurately across various systems in a form that optimises retrieval and reporting capability for both internal reporting and analysis and external compliance returns.

As part of the Research Data Management team in the Research Excellence Performance and Systems unit of the Office for Research,



as Senior Analyst you will be responsible for the implementation of routine and complex reports and reporting tools that support Office for Research operations in grants management, research development, ethics management, and underpin the development of research policy and strategy. Also, your experience supporting users and systems will contribute to enhancing the existing systems, interfaces, and user support processes.

Your key responsibilities in this position include:

- Assistance in the implementation of effective systems for collecting, storing, and analysing research administration data, testing and optimising datasets and systems required for internal and external evaluations, submissions, Open Data, and other reporting requirements ensuring the University’s data is accurate and complete.
- Your understanding of the academic environment and experience working at universities or research organisations will be key for working with s academic elements and research centres and institutes, to ensure they understand the requirements for research data collection, verification, and maintenance e.g., research outputs, income, ethics, and compliance. Your expertise will contribute to the preparation and benchmarking analysis required for internal reporting,



as well as government evaluations and submissions.
- Your communication and interpersonal skills will drive connections and liaison with internal units such as Digital Solutions, Library, Planning & Analytics, and others, as well as with system vendors, government agencies and other stakeholders involved in research performance reporting. You will work closely with the Research Data and Reporting Manager in providing advice to the University on technical compliance issues arising from changes to government guidelines and policies as well as ensuring that Office for Research systems and reports meet University, national and global standards.
- Your passion for research data will drive initiatives and projects to enhance and support data interfaces that provide unified view of researcher profiles as well as academic performance within the University, while working with the Research Data management team to implement, support, and improve data management and quality assurance processes.

About you

It is essential for the successful candidate to have demonstrated experience in data management and development roles, ideally in the Australian universities’ context. Relevant postgraduate qualifications or extensive experience or an equivalent combination of relevant experience and/or education/training is required. An understanding of the University environment and research administration, and familiarity and/or experience in using research administration systems and related systems, in particular PeopleSoft, would be highly desirable.

In addition to the above, you will have:

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📌 Senior Analyst, Research Data and Reporting (Brisbane)
🏢 Griffith University
📍 Brisbane