G8 Education is one of Australia’s largest early education and care providers, with more than 420+ centres across Australia and over 10,000 team members who are all helping shape the lives of over 42,000 children every day.  Our core values of passion, innovation, dedication, compassion, and integrity, unite us on our journey to ensure the health and happiness of future generations. We are committed to developing a culture that empowers and rewards our team of early childhood educators, teachers, leaders, and support office.

The Opportunity

We are seeking a highly skilled and detail-oriented Data Analyst / Engineer to join our team on a fixed-term basis to support a new data ingestion project. This initiative involves working with APIs to ingest complex datasets that require significant analytical reconciliation, and the ability to produce thorough audit documentation.

The aim of this project is to deliver valuable insights that enable the business to make informed decisions regarding workforce management and employee experience. The role will enable you to provide detailed analysis and strategic recommendations related to HRIS and Payroll Data, including employee operations, compensation, benefits and workforce development. 

This role is Full-Time on a maximum term contract for 12months. 

Your day-to-day

No two days are the same; this role is diverse, with depth and breadth to cement your career, now and into the future. Areas of core responsibility include, but are not limited to:

• Collaborate with existing Data Analysts to understand business use and reporting of the data involved in this project, as well as the calculations involved in producing necessary reporting.
• Analyse and validate complex datasets to ensure they meet quality standards and business requirements.
• Perform detailed reconciliations between source data and ingested data to identify and resolve discrepancies.
• Apply mathematical and problem-solving principles to verify the accuracy and consistency of data
• Develop solutions for integrating data into a Microsoft Fabric environment, ensuring scalability and efficiency.
• Design and build robust data ingestion pipelines.
• Work with the team to optimise ingestion processes and troubleshoot technical issues related to data pipelines.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including data engineers, business analysts, and stakeholders, to understand project goals and data requirements.
• Ensure all documentation adheres to organisational and regulatory standards.

About You

You thrive in a fast-paced and engaging work environment, valuing strong partnerships, collaboration, and a commitment to excellence. As someone who takes ownership of outcomes, you embrace the complexity and challenges that come with this role, while maintaining an agile and result-driven mindset. To be successful in this role, you should possess the following skills and experiences:

• SQL and Python/Pyspark ability required
• Proven experience (10+ years) in an analytical role with experience in similar projects.
• Proven experience and understanding of data ingestion pipelines, as well as experience extracting data through APIs
• Audit knowledge and understanding of how to document a complex reconciliation, as well as work within a project framework
• High attention to detail
• High level understanding of data and experience in extracting, integrating, manipulating and displaying data from various systems using automation where possible
• Well-developed communication/presentation skills at all levels of the business
• Hold, or be willing to obtain, a valid working with children check

Benefits Include: 

• Competitive salary package
• Hybrid working conditions 
• Flexibility to travel to both Support Office locations, Brisbane CBD and Gold Coast.
• Access a 50% discount on early education and childcare fees at any G8 Education Centre.
• Exclusive access to our employee benefits program covering a wide range of discounts and promotions. 

This is a rare opportunity; if you want a diverse, challenging and personally fulfilling role, apply now! 

Please note the advertising closing date is indicative only.  G8 Education reserves the right to close the advertisement before this date is reached. Therefore, it is encouraged that you submit your application as soon as possible. 

G8 Education is a committed advocate for child protection, safety and wellbeing. We have a zero tolerance for any form of child abuse or harm. The safety and wellbeing of children will always be our priority, and all team members are expected to embrace this shared commitment. All G8 Education employees will need to hold a relevant Working with Children Check upon their commencement into the business.