If you work with reports, systems, dashboards, process maps or messy information, it is easy to talk yourself out of NSW Government data roles before you have even opened the ad. The titles can sound highly specialised. But the work underneath them is often much more familiar: understand the problem, get the right information, make a defensible recommendation and help people use it.
This shortlist is for people who can show that kind of evidence. It includes data governance, technical business analysis, intelligence, testing and portfolio work across education, regulation, transport and policing.
The roles were open when checked on 19 July 2026. Closing dates can move and vacancies can close early, so use the official job ad as the final source before you apply.
In this guide
- Senior Data Governance Analyst, Department of Education
- Senior Technical Business Analyst, Valuation NSW
- Senior Business Analyst, Liquor & Gaming NSW
- Data Analytics & Intelligence Analyst, Greyhound Welfare and Integrity Commission
- Senior Data Analyst, NSW Fair Trading
- Test Analyst, Transport for NSW
- Senior Project Officer, Senior Policy Officer and Senior Analyst Talent Pool, NSW Resources
- Senior Portfolio Analyst, NSW Police Force
- How to compare the roles
- A quick application check
What these roles have in common
The title matters less than the evidence you can prove. Across this group, panels are looking for people who can turn unclear or competing information into something useful: a decision, a framework, a tested solution, a clear report or a workable plan.
That means your strongest examples may not be labelled “data” at all. You may have improved a reporting process, checked the quality of a system migration, mapped a workflow, worked through competing priorities, explained a complex issue to non-technical stakeholders or identified a risk before it became a bigger problem. Those examples are often more valuable than a list of software names with no result behind them.
How to compare the roles
Start with the decision the role is there to support. The intelligence role needs analysis that shapes investigations and compliance action. The business-analysis roles need someone who can turn ambiguity into a delivery path. The portfolio and talent-pool roles need judgement across competing priorities, evidence and senior advice.
That gives you a better way to choose where to spend time. Look for the role where you can tell the clearest story about the problem, the evidence you used, the people you influenced and the result. A familiar title matters less than a credible example that meets the work in front of the panel.
A quick application check
Before applying, read the document requirements closely and identify the one or two examples that carry the most weight. Then make the outcome of each example concrete. What changed because of your analysis, recommendation, test, framework or piece of advice? That is the part that helps a panel understand your level.
Senior Data Governance Analyst
Department of Education | Parramatta | $133,348–$146,945 plus super | Closes 27 July 2026
Application: View official job ad · View Full Application Guide
This is not a reporting-only role. The Department of Education needs someone who can strengthen the way information is managed, shared and protected across the organisation. The work includes governance frameworks, privacy and information-management practices, and influencing senior stakeholders without having formal people-management responsibility.
Application requirements: CV of up to five pages, a two-page cover letter and responses to targeted question(s) within the cover letter.
What to highlight: A strong application would show more than technical data knowledge. Use an example where you translated a governance, privacy, assurance or compliance issue into a practical process that other people could follow. If you have worked across BAU and project work at the same time, show how you kept the work moving while still bringing stakeholders with you.
Senior Technical Business Analyst
Valuation NSW, Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure | NSW location negotiable | $133,348–$146,945 plus super | Closes 27 July 2026
Application: View official job ad · View Full Application Guide
This temporary role runs to August 2027 and sits at the intersection of business, technology and public service delivery. The work covers enterprise technology solutions across PEGA, spatial, cloud and data environments, with a focus on requirements gathering, process mapping, integration and practical delivery.
Application requirements: CV and cover letter.
Essential role requirement: Tertiary qualifications in IT, business analysis or a related discipline, or equivalent experience.
What to highlight: Pick an example where the brief was unclear or the stakeholders wanted different things. Explain how you drew out requirements, mapped the process, identified an integration or data-flow issue, and helped the team move toward a workable solution. The panel will want to see that you can explain technical decisions to people who do not live in the technical detail every day.
Senior Business Analyst
Liquor & Gaming NSW | Sydney | Clerk Grade 9/10, $129,464–$142,665 plus super | Closes 27 July 2026
Application: View official job ad · View Full Application Guide
The Strategic Projects Office needs a business analyst who can help shape an initiative from the early idea through to implementation. The role is heavy on discovery, stakeholder workshops, current and future-state process analysis, options assessment and traceability from requirements through to testing and implementation.
Application requirements: CV and cover letter.
What to highlight: This is a good role for someone who has helped a team make a strategic change less vague. Show the panel how you turned stakeholder input into clear requirements, exposed dependencies or risks, and gave decision-makers a realistic view of the options. A generic claim that you are a “strong communicator” will not do much here. A clear before-and-after example will.
Data Analytics & Intelligence Analyst
Greyhound Welfare and Integrity Commission | Sydney | Clerk Grade 7/8, $116,981–$129,492 plus super | Closes 27 July 2026
Application: View official job ad · View Full Application Guide
This role uses data and intelligence to support investigations, compliance activity and operational decisions in a regulatory setting. You would be working with information from multiple sources, looking for patterns, trends, risks and associations, then producing clear intelligence products, reports, graphs and trend analysis.
Application requirements: CV and cover letter.
Essential role requirement: A relevant tertiary qualification is listed in the ad.
What to highlight: The best example is likely one where your analysis changed what happened next. Perhaps it helped an investigation focus on the right issue, exposed a risk, improved a compliance response or gave leaders a clearer picture of a pattern they could not see before. Explain the judgement behind the analysis and the action it informed.
Senior Data Analyst
NSW Fair Trading, Department of Customer Service | Parramatta and Sydney as required | Clerk Grade 9/10, $133,348–$146,945 plus super | Closes 28 July 2026
Application: View official job ad · View Full Application Guide
NSW Fair Trading is transforming its digital and platform environment across consumer, property, strata and rental services. This 12-month role supports data transformation and migration work, including data models and datasets, validation, quality assurance, dashboards and reporting. Hybrid work is mentioned in the ad, subject to team and policy requirements.
Application requirements: The source record does not list separate document requirements. Check the official application portal before preparing your submission.
What to highlight: Show how data quality affects operations, customers and public outcomes as well as technical delivery. A useful example could involve validating data against business rules, resolving conflicting information, improving a reporting dataset or helping a delivery team measure whether a change actually worked. The ad also calls for governance, security and regulatory awareness, so connect your technical work to the impact on customers or public outcomes.
Test Analyst
Transport for NSW | Sydney | Five fixed-term full-time roles, ending 31 December 2026 or 31 March 2027 | Closes 28 July 2026
Application: View official job ad · View Full Application Guide
Transport needs people who can design, execute and manage testing across the software development lifecycle. The role is about proving that new or updated applications are ready for production, meet functional and security requirements, and have defects and results documented clearly. Flexible work options may be available.
Application requirements: The source record does not list separate document requirements. Check the official application portal before preparing your submission.
What to highlight: Use an example where quality mattered because the cost of getting it wrong was real. Explain how you planned a test approach, found or documented a defect, worked with others to resolve it, and knew the solution was ready. If you have worked in Agile and more traditional delivery environments, make that practical range clear.
Senior Project Officer, Senior Policy Officer and Senior Analyst Talent Pool
NSW Resources, Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development | NSW statewide | Clerk Grade 9/10, $133,348–$146,945 plus super | Closes 29 July 2026
Application: View official job ad · View Full Application Guide
This is a talent-pool campaign for current and anticipated vacancies over the next 18 months. It covers senior project, policy and analyst work on complex issues in the exploration and mining sector, including critical minerals, net zero transition and the sector’s economic contribution. The roles need people who can research difficult issues and turn that work into clear advice for executives and Ministers.
Application requirements: CV of approximately three to five pages and a cover letter of approximately one to two pages.
Essential role requirements: Relevant tertiary qualifications and/or extensive related experience, plus pre-employment probity screening.
What to highlight: This is the role to choose if your strongest work sits between analysis, policy and decision-making. Show how you handled a complex or contentious issue, assessed evidence and risks, and wrote advice that helped a senior audience make a decision. Do not treat a talent pool as a reason to send a generic application. The panel still needs a clear reason to put you in it.
Senior Portfolio Analyst
NSW Police Force, Technology Communication Services Command | Parramatta and Sydney Olympic Park | Clerk Grade 9/10, $133,348–$146,945 plus super | Closes 2 August 2026
Application: View official job ad · View Full Application Guide
This is a PMO role in a large, high-demand ICT environment. It combines portfolio governance, strategic advice and the practical optimisation of projects and programs. The panel is looking for someone who can help senior leaders understand priorities, interdependencies, emerging risks, value and resource use across the portfolio.
Application requirements: CV, a two-page cover letter and two targeted responses of up to 500 words each.
Essential role requirements: Work rights, vaccination requirement and security-clearance requirements are listed in the ad.
What to highlight: This is where vague project language will weaken an application. Give the panel one clear example of a portfolio or competing-work problem: what information you analysed, what trade-offs you identified, how you framed the recommendation, and what happened after senior stakeholders acted on it.
Still not sure which roles are worth your time?
This shortlist is a useful way to see what is live. The harder question is whether a role is the right move for your background, your level and the direction you actually want to take.
The Government Job Matching Report is designed for that decision. It helps you look beyond a familiar title and work out which current NSW Government roles are worth prioritising, where your evidence is strongest, and what could make an application harder before you invest hours in it.
It is particularly useful if you are changing sectors, unsure which grade makes sense, or finding roles that look interesting without being sure whether they are genuinely achievable. You come away with a clearer application priority and a better basis for deciding what to pursue.
The report gives you a practical, personal view of the roles in front of you: which ones deserve attention first, how well your experience lines up, and where you may need stronger evidence before applying. That can make it easier to focus your time on applications with a credible fit instead of trying to assess every live role alone.
The Early-bird offer closes at 11:59pm Wednesday 22 July 2026. Explore the Government Job Matching Report to see how it works and decide whether it is the right next step for your search.