BI Developer - 12 month contract

About us

At Uniting, we believe in taking real steps to make the world a better place. We work to inspire people, enliven communities and confront injustice.

Our services are in the areas of aged care and disability, community services, and chaplaincy and we get involved in social justice and advocacy issues that impact the people we serve.  We commit to respecting children and take action to keep them safe.

As an organisation we celebrate our diversity and welcome all people regardless of ethnicity, faith, sexual orientation and gender identity.

We are bold, imaginative, respectful and compassionate.

About the opportunity

Uniting is aspiring to be a data-led organisation. The Data & Analytics team boldly leads the organisation’s data journey – putting BI and analytics tools into the hands of our people to enable data-driven decision making.

We are passionate about using data for good. We make sure Uniting’s care standards remain industry-leading by using data to monitor and improve services.

In this role you will work directly alongside management of front-line services that impact thousands of customers. You will work with people who are passionate about making a difference, from across the organisation. You will work end-to-end on data product development – requirements, design, development, testing, release, and product improvement.

You’ll also get to use the latest technology to make the world a better place – including Power BI, Snowflake, SQL Server, Azure DevOps, Azure Data Factory. If you want a challenge to automate and innovate using DevOps tools and techniques, whilst making a huge social impact, then this opportunity is for you.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and support data products (Visualisations, Reports, Dashboards, Data Warehousing, Data Integration, Data Insights) to add lasting value to Uniting services: Gathering, clarifying and documenting requirements; designing solutions; developing code/SQL/DAX, testing, UAT support, releases; usage analytics and monitoring.
• Running and improving the process of data product support and development through automation: e.g. access requests, data refreshes, releases, source control, knowledge management.
• Ensure functional & non-functional quality through data profiling, automated and manual tests, performance testing.
• Work under general direction and ensure good staff experience through effective communication such as written confirmation, expectation management, personal accountability, scope and time management.
• Plan through the logical steps to deliver a product from end to end through sprints whilst putting yourself in the shoes of Uniting staff to make your products understandable and intuitive.

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualifications in IT or a related discipline.

Skills & Experience

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Hands-on experience designing, developing and supporting Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence solutions
• Experience with Power BI or similar
• Good SQL skills
• Experience using Microsoft data warehousing tools, either on-premise or cloud-based (i.e. SQL Server, SSIS, Azure Data Factory).

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Employment with Uniting is subject to satisfactory background checks which may include a National Police Check and Reference Checks.