Data Analyst – Workforce Modelling and Simulation – Department of Defence
📌 Vacancy Fact Sheet
- Reference Number: VN-0770738
- Agency: Department of Defence
- Job Title: Data Analyst – Workforce Modelling and Simulation
- Position Number: ADFHQ/03499/26
- Classification: Executive Level 1
- Closing Date: Sunday 26 July 2026
- Job Type: Full-Time, Ongoing
- Location: Brindabella Business Park ACT
- Future Merit Locations: Brindabella Business Park
- Salary: $124,393 – $140,315
- Office Arrangement: On Site (Defence is committed to supporting workplace)
About Department of Defence
The WMS Directorate of approximately 20 staff, sits within Workforce Design (WD) Branch of
Military Workforce Design Division. WMS is an integrated team of ADF and APS staff with diverse
levels of skills and experience. The position reports to the Director of WMS, an ADF Officer level
06, and leads a small team of two APS data analysts. The Directorate partners with Services and
Domains to assess and support their readiness to deliver Government-directed workforce growth.
Our Ideal Candidate
You will be a data-focused leader with proven expertise in data modelling and
transformation. Leading a small team of specialists, using your well-developed stakeholder
engagement skills and sound strategic thinking, you will set clear priorities, provide strategic
direction, and foster a collaborative, high-performance culture. Your ability to translate complex
data into clear, actionable insights for Senior decision-makers is essential.
As a highly organised and outcome-driven leader, you will effectively manage risks, dependencies,
and competing priorities. You will also engage with numerous stakeholders and drive continuous
improvement to achieve measurable outcomes. Your ability to adapt quickly to changing divisional
priorities in a dynamic environment will be key to our shared success. Experience with Defence
systems and workforce planning principles will be highly regarded.
Duties
- The Role
- The Workforce Modelling and Simulation (WMS) Directorate uses advanced modelling and
- simulation to design an ADF workforce demand profile that is affordable, achievable, sustainable,
- and integrated with approved capability requirements across all planning timeframes. This
- includes analysing capacity and risk across the workforce pipeline—from recruitment through
- initial military and employment training, to workforce integration. The goal is to enable units to
- absorb increasing numbers of trainees and sustainably build workforce capacity.
- Key outputs include workforce inflow (recruitment) and training requirements, as well as workforce
- criticality assessments across all ADF Job Families. In this role, you will deliver data-driven
- support to outputs through advanced data modelling and management. Using Defence enterprise
- data, you will lead and collaborate with technical teams to transform and validate data, generating
- actionable insights that inform strategic workforce planning and track ADF workforce growth
- against directed targets.
Eligibility / Notes
- Security Clearance:
- Applicants must be able to obtain and maintain a security clearance at Negative Vetting Level 1.
How to Apply
Position Contact Simon Coates, 02 5109 6313
Agency Recruitment Site https://defencecareers.nga.net.au/?jati=BE289B77-D4ED-128E-30A2-ED1BAAC9
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