Manager Workforce Modelling

At the NSW Department of Education, we educate and inspire lifelong learners – from early childhood, through schooling to vocational education and training.

• Full-time ongoing employment opportunity in a vibrant and supportive team
• Based in Parramatta with flexible working arrangements available
• Remuneration of $149,739 - $173,174 plus super & leave loading

About the role

The role is responsible for the development, application, and communication of modelling, projections, and analytics to support strategic workforce planning and decision-making across the Department. This involves identification, understanding, and evaluation of available data, preparing, analysing, and interpreting large and complex datasets, as well as developing and maintaining models. 

The Manager will work collaboratively across business units to inform workforce resourcing, monitor trends, and support planning activities that underpin high-quality education delivery across NSW public schools.

For further information please click here to view the role description.

 About you

• Expertise in workforce modelling and analysis, with the ability to maintain and improve workforce models (such as entitlement and supply/demand models) to produce reliable, auditable, and engaging stakeholder outcomes.
• Strong project and team management skills, capable of leading multiple direct reports across several projects simultaneously while improving systems and processes for transparency and reproducibility.
• Ability to provide strategic advice using complex human resources data and analysis, synthesising this information into evidence-based, persuasive recommendations for school workforce programs and initiatives.
• Proactive risk management and problem-solving, including responding promptly to emerging issues with strategic insights and linking modelling outputs to financial and operational impacts.
• Commitment to continuous improvement and collaborative culture, demonstrated by supporting professional learning, innovation, and developing clear work plans with defined deliverables and success indicators.
• Knowledge of and commitment to implementing the Department’s Aboriginal Education Policy and upholding the Department’s Partnership Agreement with the NSW AECG and to ensure quality outcomes for Aboriginal people.

Essential requirements of the role

• Demonstrated understanding of and commitment to the value of public education.
• Tertiary qualifications in a relevant discipline (e.g. data science, statistics, economics, computer science, mathematics, public policy) and/or demonstrated equivalent experience.
• At least 3 years of experience coding in Python to create data pipelines and analysis using libraries such as Numpy and Pandas or equivalent.

Benefits

• Flexible working arrangements
• 35 hour working week
• Competitive, salary sacrificing, employer’s contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading
• Flex Leave entitlements, generous holidays & leave conditions
• Opportunities for advancement and mobility across the Department to support your career growth

How to apply

Attach a resume (maximum 5 pages) and a cover letter (maximum 2 pages) outlining how you meet the requirements and capabilities of this role.

Applicants are encouraged to prepare their application materials independently. The selection panel values authentic and personally written responses that reflect your own experience, insights and alignment with the Department’s values and priorities.

Please refer to the Applicant’s Guide to Applying to assist you with your application.

If you are an existing Education Support Staff (corporate staff) with the NSW Department of Education, click here for instructions on how to submit your application.

All other applicants please submit your application by clicking ‘Apply Now’.

Note: the selection process will include a range of assessment techniques to assist in determining your suitability for the role. Successful candidates will be required to undertake pre-employment screening for this role which includes a National Criminal History Check.

As a condition of employment, successful candidates not currently employed by the Department must provide a valid Working with Children Check (WWCC) clearance number. Renewal is not required after the WWCC expires, as long as you remain in a non–child-related role. Employer obligations only apply while the WWCC is valid.

Candidates must have Australian work rights (citizens, permanent residents, New Zealand citizens or a valid work visa). Ongoing (permanent) roles are open to Australian citizens and permanent residents and New Zealand citizens, while temporary roles welcome applicants with a visa. 

Closing date:  Tues 26th of May 2026 at 11:59pm.

For role enquiries please contact Ed Dunlop, Director, People Data and Analytics at edward.dunlop2@det.nsw.edu.au; and for recruitment process enquiries please contact Alexis Katombe at alexispaul.katombe@det.nsw.edu.au

We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, including but not limited to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, people of any age or gender, people from culturally and linguistically diverse groups and/or from the LGBTQIA+ community, veterans, refugees, people with disability, people with sensory differences, and neurodiverse people. If we can make some adjustments to our recruitment/interview process to better help you shine, please reach out to the contact person for this recruitment, details listed above. For more information, visit the NSW Department of Education’s Diversity, equity and inclusion webpage.

A recruitment pool may be created through this recruitment process. A recruitment pool is a group of applicants who have been assessed and identified as suitable for this role, and who may be considered for a range of similar roles, including temporary, term or ongoing roles, over the next 18 months.