VCID
No: 710917
Hello, are
you… An innovator? A problem solver? A team player? A customer
focused thinker? Committed to helping others? Interested in
contributing to the health of all Western
Australians?
This is an exciting
time for HSS and we’re looking for adaptable, motivated, and
resilient people to join our growing team.
Before you read this job ad,
please note, HSS can make reasonable adjustments to allow you to
fully participate in the application and interview process. If this
is relevant for you, please refer to the contact details under the
‘Application and Interview Support’ section of this job
ad.
About
HSS
As the Western Australian
Government agency providing shared services to the state’s public
health system, we provide a suite of financial, ICT, procurement
and supply, and workforce services to more than 65,000 employees
across WA’s public health services and hospitals.
Put simply, we work behind
the scenes to ensure the WA health system runs smoothly.
Whether you work in our
corporate offices, at our customers’ sites, or at our warehouses
Boorda and Jindakoort located in Jandakot - we are one united
team of over 1,500 people.
Our vision is to provide
great services to our customers, be a valued partner, and
support the health of all Western Australians. We seek to achieve
this by delivering on our purpose of supporting our customers to
provide excellent health care.
Find out more
about us www.hss.health.wa.gov.au
Your new
role
Bring your skills, experience and
talent to the ICT Applications Directorate as a Senior Data
Engineer, to deliver exceptional data engineering services for WA
Health. We currently have one full time permanent position
available within the Data Management team. WA Health is
on a data transformation journey through the delivery of modern,
scalable enterprise data platform that is cloud native and a secure
by design single source of truth. The current technology stack
includes Snowflake, Microsoft, Oracle and Matillion solutions.
The Data Management team is
responsible for maintaining the WA Health Data Platform and
delivering optimised data warehousing services, continuously
developing and enhancing data ingestion pipelines, and building
data modelling capabilities to support the use and analytics of
quality data products across WA Health.
As the Senior Data Engineer, you
will utilise your extensive SQL and data engineering skills to
deliver new data ingestion and orchestration processes, monitor and
optimise existing data ingestion pipelines and deliver exceptional
services to our customers. This role will include some on-call and
out of hours duties to ensure that our ICT application solution
delivery services meet the agreed performance levels.
Please view the Job Description
Form (JDF) found above which provides a full statement of duties
for the position.
If you thrive in a fast paced,
multifaceted working environment, and are eager to contribute to
our purpose of supporting our customers to provide excellent health
care, we would love to hear from you.
Why join our
team
Be part of an organisation
that enables you to make a meaningful contribution and positively
impact the community in which we live.
We’re guided by five values
in everything we do at HSS – in the way we work, how we make
decisions and the way we behave:
- We put
our customers at the heart of what we do
- We value
and care for each other
- We
promise, we own, we do
- We will
find a way
- We make
a difference together
At HSS, we embrace diversity
and believe that our best services come from a workplace where
varied perspectives and experiences are welcomed and encouraged. We
are committed to creating an equitable and diverse workforce and
encourage applications from people with disability, Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally diverse
backgrounds, members of our LGBTQIA+ community, women and
youth.
Benefits of working
with HSS
In addition to a competitive
salary, we offer you a range of benefits, which may include (in
line with operational requirements):
- 12%
employer contributed superannuation into a fund of your
choice.
- Access
to generous salary packaging arrangements
- Professional development
opportunities and study leave/assistance
- Flexible
working and leave arrangements
- Discounts with our
corporate partners
- Health
and well-being initiatives
- Employee
Assistance Program
- Other
professional and location-based allowances.
Want to know
more?
Please contact Harini
Karunaratne on harini.karunaratne@health.wa.gov.au
if you would like to discuss more about the role and team you’ll be
working with.
Are you ready to apply?
To be successful with your
application, you are required to:
- Provide
evidence in relation to residency: to be eligible for
appointment, applicants must have a valid working visa (for
fixed term appointments) or be an Australian citizen, permanent
resident, or have a visa to live and work indefinitely in
Australia (for permanent appointments).
- Undertake a criminal
record screening, working with children check (if required for
the role), a pre-employment health assessment and integrity
check, as part of the appointment process. We may ask referees
to comment on your integrity and past demonstration of ethical
behaviour.
Application and
interview support
If you have any access needs
that may require adjustments to allow you to fully participate in
the application and interview process, please contact the HSS Work, Health and
Safety team.
If you are an
Aboriginal person who would like assistance with your application,
please contact Jobs
and Skills WA on 13 64 64.
How to
apply
You’ve heard from us, now
we’d like to hear from you.
Submit your application
online by clicking the ‘Apply for Job’ button at the bottom of this
page. You will need to provide:
- a cover
letter with no more than 2-3 pages that demonstrates you have
the skills and experience we are looking for (as outlined in
the JDF), with particular focus on the selection criteria (also
outlined in the JDF);
- a
comprehensive CV that clearly shows your experience relevant to
this role; and
- the
names and contact details of two professional referees. It is
preferable for one of your referees to be your current
supervisor or manager.
Ensure you have saved your
documents in one of the following formats .doc, .xls, .pdf, .rtf or
.ppt. Please be aware that that .docx or .xlsx files are
not accepted formats.
Please allow plenty of time
to submit your application, as late, emailed and proforma
applications will not be
accepted.
Submitting your
application
Your application must be
submitted online by the closing time above. You must have a
current, valid email address to apply online and this email address
will be used by HSS to communicate with
you.
If you experience
difficulties while applying online, please contact HSS on 13 44 77
(select option 2 from the menu options) for immediate assistance
during business hours.
As the submission is system
generated, any submissions on, or after, 4:00pm cannot be
accepted.
WA Health is
committed to growing the Aboriginal workforce as a part of WA
Health's Aboriginal Workforce Policy. As a measure to achieve
equality, Section 51 of the Equal Opportunity Act 1984 applies to
this position. Aboriginal people are encouraged to
apply.
Whilst this selection
process will initially be used to fill this vacancy, it may also be
used to appoint applicants, assessed as suitable during this
selection process, to the same or other similar positions at HSS
for up to 12 months.
Thank you for considering a
role with HSS.
