Road Safety Analyst

Sydney, NSW, AU, 2020

You’re agile, keen and open to meaningful work and opportunities that come your way.

You're all about the detail and this role will allow you to drive evidence-based decision making to optimise systems and efficiency, not just for the business but for our customers too. It's data and research with impact you can see.

In this role, you'll:

Be working as part of a team delivering timely, high quality road safety analyses, data modelling, information management, data collections, evaluation reporting, and proactive identification of emerging crash and road safety trends.  You will contribute to programs that support the NSW Road Safety Action Plan. This role will see you provide timely, accurate research and analysis; undertake consultation with internal and external stakeholders; contribute to Safe Systems project and program development and implementation; prepare presentations and communicate findings; coordinate data collections; conduct spatial and data analysis; support policy development; and prepare evaluation and ministerial information, giving you the opportunity to build deep technical expertise in road safety and enhance your capability in complex stakeholder engagement, contemporary research methodologies and performance evaluation frameworks. You will contribute to new ways, efficiencies, service improvements and evidence based safety outcomes in a complex, data driven environment requiring forward planning, stakeholder engagement, and navigation of competing priorities. 

This position is based in Parramatta and has a 5 days per fortnight minimum office presence requirement.

For more information on this position and business unit, view the role description and information pack.

About you

Your high quality analytical skills, attention to detail, stakeholder engagement capability, understanding of Safe Systems and experience in data analysis, modelling and evaluation formed across data analytics, research, road safety, transport planning or similar evidence based professional environments will see you excel in analysing complex safety data, overcoming challenges such as emerging crash trend identification, and bringing rigorous evaluation and reporting processes to lead to strong safety insights, improved program development and better road safety outcomes for NSW.

You’re recognised as adept in acting with integrity, communicating effectively, delivering customer focused services,  thinking and solving problems, demonstrating accountability and applying technology, skilled at researching, analysing, preparing reports and communicating findings, experienced in data analytics, Safe Systems work, stakeholder engagement and applying contemporary research methodologies. 

You will possess appropriate tertiary qualifications or extensive demonstrated, relevant, equivalent professional experience in data analytics and safe systems. Demonstrated experience in spatial data analysis and the use of GIS software as well as experience analysing road safety and transport data is beneficial.

Who we are

Transport for NSW provides a safe, integrated, and efficient transport system. We connect people, communities and industry every day.

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