HR Advisor - Strategy Planning & Analytics

HR Advisor - Strategy Planning & Analytics

Location – Parramatta

Employment type – Temporary full-time role for 12 months

Salary - $113,574.00 - $125,719.00 pa, plus superannuation and leave loading

Your role

As an HR Advisor within the Strategy, Planning & Analytics team, you will play a key role in delivering workforce insights and supporting strategic decision-making across the Department. You will coordinate and contribute to workforce analysis, support the development of workforce strategies, and help improve HR systems and processes using evidence-based approaches. This is an excellent opportunity for a candidate who enjoys working with data, influencing outcomes, and contributing to meaningful organisational improvements aligned with the broader DCJ and People Strategic Plans.

What you’ll do

In this role, you will provide high-quality workforce analysis and insights to internal and external stakeholders to support workforce planning and operational decision-making. You will contribute to the development and refinement of workforce strategies, helping to improve efficiency and performance across the Department. Day-to-day, you will work closely with stakeholders to analyse workforce data, support the use of Human Capital Management systems, and provide evidence-based advice to senior leaders. Your work will help inform both current operations and future business decisions.

The Strategy, Planning & Analytics team is a collaborative and forward-thinking group that combines strategic planning with data-driven insights. The team plays a critical role in aligning workforce initiatives with organisational goals, driving performance, and enabling informed decision-making. You will be part of a supportive and analytical environment that values innovation, continuous improvement, and the effective use of data to achieve long-term outcomes.

What we’re looking for

In addition to the essential requirements outlined in the role description, the ideal candidate will:

• Be motivated and detail-oriented professional with a minimum two years’ experience in a data analyst or similar role.
• Bring strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret and manage complex datasets.
• Have excellent communication and interpersonal skills to enable you to collaborate effectively across teams and present insights clearly to stakeholders.
• Have high level of accuracy, attention to detail, and a proactive approach will be essential to your success in this role.

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We focus on hiring people who share our commitment and goals of inclusion, collaboration, adaptability, courage and integrity. If you meet the essential requirements and the role resonates with you, please apply – you do not need to meet every desired requirement for us to want to talk to you.

What We Offer

We offer a variety of benefits, including:

• A challenging and rewarding career

• Flexible, autonomous work environment

• Competitive pay and conditions

• Training and development opportunities to build and maintain capabilities

• Health & Wellbeing and Employee Assistance Programs.

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We do work that really matters

Working for the Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) provides lots of opportunities to make a real difference. We collaborate with other agencies and community partners, to improve lives and realise the potential of children, adults, families and communities. We're focused on breaking, rather than managing, disadvantage. It’s work that really matters.

Apply now and join Australia’s top public sector employer where we will support you and provide an exciting and flexible working environment!

Are you ready to join us?

Click apply, attach a cover letter (maximum 2 pages) outlining how you meet the requirements of the role as well as an up-to-date résumé (maximum 5 pages).

Applications close: Sunday, 5 July 2026 at 11:59 pm AEST.

Got a question?

For more information about the role or what it’s like to work for DCJ, please contact the hiring manager Vanessa Mahfoud via email at: [email protected]

If you’ve got a question about applying or would benefit from an adjustment in the recruitment process to help you perform at your best (including an alternate method submission of the application), please call Anjy Fayad on 02 9765 3042 or via [email protected]

Visit Recruitment adjustments on the DCJ website to learn more.

Inclusion and Diversity lies at the heart of how we recruit

We continue to hire great people with a wide variety of skills, experience and backgrounds. This includes people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, women, people identifying as LGBTIQ+, culturally and linguistically diverse people, carers and other diversity groups.

To find out what DCJ are doing to build an inclusive and diverse workforce, visit Inclusion and diversity on the DCJ website.

Other Information

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