Data Analyst

PURPOSE OF THE POSITION
You will turn ChildFund Australia’s supporter and program data into trusted information that teams rely on to raise funds, understand performance and make informed decisions. Working in the Data Insights team, you will also deliver recurring reporting and campaign data, while owning key data quality, validation and reconciliation processes.
KEY DUTIES
Reporting and campaign data
Delivery, validation and monitoring of recurring reporting
Prepare campaign data selections and produce forecasts to support next-year planning
Build, maintain and improve Power BI reports and dashboards and action change requests from teams
Validate reporting outputs and investigate discrepancies before information is distributed to stakeholders.
Data quality and reconciliation
Own repeatable data quality rules and reconciliation processes
Investigate exceptions and work with data owners to resolve them
Match and reconcile supporter records across systems and support data cleanup
Identify data anomalies such as invalid or automated sign-ups
Working with teams
Gather requirements directly with stakeholders and turn them into clear, well-scoped data products
Explain data, trends and limitations in plain language so teams can make informed decisions
Write user guides and technical documentation so what you build can be used, supported and handed over
Ways of working
Keep all code, report logic and definitions in source control and documented, so no data product depends on one person's knowledge
Handle supporter and personal information securely and in line with ChildFund's privacy obligations
Manage your work with the team, raising risks and blockers early
QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE
Strong SQL skills, including writing and debugging multi-step transformation queries
Experience building Power BI reports, including data modelling and DAX
Demonstrated accuracy: reconciling figures, validating outputs and tracing discrepancies back to source
Experience gathering requirements from non-technical stakeholders and delivering against them
Tertiary qualification in a relevant discipline or equivalent practical experience
DESIRABLE
Experience with Microsoft Fabric, Databricks, Spark or another lakehouse platform
Experience working with Salesforce data (objects, relationships, reporting)
Experience using Git or another version control system
Experience with not-for-profit fundraising data
Experience with international development program or MEL data
ChildFund Australia believes in a global community where children are safe and can reach their full potential. We take extensive steps to safeguard children in any work done by our people, i.e., our staff, volunteers and interns, supporters, partners, board members, ambassadors and suppliers. We strive to keep children safe through child safe practices, and rigorously ensure we prevent, oppose, and combat all exploitation and abuse of children and vulnerable people.
As part of this commitment, all people working with us will undergo relevant background checks before joining ChildFund Australia. Staff will acquire the knowledge and skills needed to understand our Child Safeguarding and PSEAH policies & procedures, promote strong safeguarding practices, and conduct themselves consistent with these policies

Employment type
Full Time

Work arrangement
No