MSBI Development Lead - Financial Business Systems, Education

The Financial Business Systems unit are looking for someone who is dynamic, eager to learn and push the envelope when it comes to achieving results and delivering outcomes. We are seeking an experienced Microsoft Business Intelligence expert for leading a team of developers and DBA with at least 8 years of relevant work to join our team. The role will guide the team for designing, developing, and implementing data-driven solutions, ensuring data quality, while delivering high-quality BI requirements.

About the Department:

The Department of Education are dedicated to building an inclusive and diverse workforce that reflects the community and schools we support by treating everyone with respect and dignity. This starts with recruitment and selection. The methods of assessing suitability in the recruitment process may vary. This includes making reasonable adjustments to support applicants at all stages of the process and employee lifecycle.

About the Role

Responsibilities include:

• Provide technical database, analysis, design, implementation and applications administration support and lead a team of developers in the SSRS environment.
• Develop, implement and maintain standards, guidelines and knowledge base articles for database installation, administration and support while ensuring compliance to change control processes, relevant industry standards, government and departmental policies.
• Ensure that developments from the team adhere to the Software Development Life Cycle, including specification, code development, unit testing and applying existing standards and change and release management practices.
• Report and maintain statistical and historical metrics to measure and monitor service delivery.
• Provide consultancy to programmers to assist in the optimisation of development databases.

Please view the Role Description for a full list of responsibilities.

About You:

• You will ideally have a minimum 8 years' proven experience in developing and designing MSBI solutions, with some experience in leading a small to mid sized team. Any experience in SQL Database and system administration is good to have.
• You will ideally have experience in designing, developing, testing reports using business intelligence practises and technologies with some experience leading a small to mid-sized team.
• An advocate for best practices and business process optimisation and improvement to support the business and Corporate clients within the Department of Education.
• Effective communicator and collaborator, able to work closely with the development team,DBA, functional analysts, and business stakeholders to support the departmental initiatives.
• Desirable if you have a degree or post graduate qualification in information technology.
• Desirable if you have some experience in database and system administration.

Benefits:

The Financial Business Systems team embraces an inclusive and high performing workplace. Every one of our people has an opportunity to experience a healthy work-life blend, and has a Flexible work arrangements consistent with the work from home operational guidelines. Allowing up to 40% of work from home, 60% in the office work weeks. Based in Education House, Mary Street in Brisbane CBD has convenient public transport options.

Interested? To Apply: 

• Attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant work history)
• Attach a 2-page written statement in response to the attached role description.

We welcome all applicants to share any support needed to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive. 

Applications remain current for 12 months from the closing date and may be considered for appointment to identical or similar vacancies within the Department.

Applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.

When working in regulated employment an employee must have a current Working with Children Clearance (blue card) issued by Blue Card Services.

Salary rate shown is reflective of full-time (1.0 FTE).

The Department of Education is a family inclusive workplace. Click here to find out more about our Inclusion and Diversity strategies. ( https://alt-qed.qed.qld.gov.au/working-with-us/induction/department/human-resources/inclusion-and-diversity#:~:text=Pathways%20to%20Parity,participate%20fully%20in%20our%20workplaces. )