Data Asset Management Coordinator

Data Asset Management Coordinator

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

• Ongoing/Permanent


• Location: Parramatta


• Salary starting from $ 133,348 to $146,945 + Super + flex leaves

About the role

We are seeking an experienced Data Asset Management Coordinator to lead the coordination and governance of a longitudinal linked data asset. This role is responsible for managing complex projects, coordinating data linkage activities, and working collaboratively with stakeholders across government, research organisations, and technical teams to ensure high-quality, secure, and compliant data management.

You will play a pivotal role in bringing together diverse stakeholders—including academic researchers, data custodians, technical specialists, and policy teams—to deliver strategic outcomes while ensuring robust governance, legislative compliance, and effective project management.

This is an exciting opportunity for a confident project coordinator who thrives in a complex environment, exercises sound judgement, and knows when to independently resolve issues and when to escalate critical risks to senior leadership.

For further information please click here  to view the role description

About you -

You are an organised and confident project professional with strong stakeholder engagement skills and experience working within complex governance environments. You can effectively coordinate multiple workstreams, manage competing priorities, and communicate with a broad range of technical and non-technical stakeholders.

You will demonstrate:

• Experience coordinating complex projects involving multiple stakeholders and competing priorities.


• Strong project management skills, including planning, budgeting, scheduling, reporting, and risk management.


• Experience working with sensitive, identifiable, or linked data within robust governance frameworks.


• Knowledge of data governance, data asset management, privacy legislation, and data sharing arrangements.


• Excellent written communication skills with experience preparing executive briefs, reports, governance papers, and correspondence.


• Strong relationship management, negotiation, and communication skills.


• Experience working collaboratively with technical teams, researchers, and business stakeholders.


• The ability to work independently, exercise sound judgement, and confidently escalate significant risks or issues when appropriate.


• A continuous improvement mindset with experience designing or improving business processes and governance mechanisms.

• 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

• A valid clearance to work with children (Working with Children Check for paid employment).


• Demonstrated understanding of and commitment to the value of public education.

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 and answering the targeted question

Describe a time when you coordinated the management of a data asset involving multiple data custodians or external stakeholders. How did you manage governance requirements, competing priorities, and ensure compliance with legislative or policy requirements?

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.

This is a child-related role. As a condition of employment, you will be required to provide a valid Working with Children Check (WWCC) Clearance number (for paid employment). Visit the website for more information.

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 : Sunday 16th August 2026 at 11:59pm.

For role enquiries please contact Kelda McBain at [email protected] and for recruitment process enquiries please contact Rajalakshmi Subramanian - [email protected]

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.