Who We Are

In Melbourne, water is essential to our way of life.

As caretakers for Melbourne’s water cycle, we care for water, life and land throughout Melbourne: both its people and its biodiversity.

Each time you drink from the tap, flush a toilet, run through a backyard sprinkler, or kayak down the Yarra, we’re there. Primed and ready, quietly delivering some of the world’s cleanest water for over five million residents and wildlife that call Melbourne home, just as we have for over 130 years.

If you value making it count, diving in with curiosity, and doing what’s right, you're in the right place.

About The Role

Reporting to the Manager Enterprise Insights & Optimisation this is a full time, permanent role within the Organisational Effectiveness team. As the Manager Business Insights, you will be responsible for driving the enhancement of performance reporting and visualisation, leveraging analytics to support transparent organisational performance and decision-making.

The Manager Business Insights will guide teams in performance measurement across multiple drivers, support cascaded metrics and the Management Operating System requirements, and elevate analytical capabilities across the organisation in a collaborative setting. It will leverage new and emerging technologies to implement automation and optimise processes.

• Demonstrate the value of data-driven decision-making and contribute to continuous improvement efforts.
• Use data to uncover new opportunities and create narratives that support senior leaders in making improvement recommendations.
• Help build organisational capability in delivering strategic insights.
• Enable reporting teams across Melbourne Water to utilise industry best practices, for instance by coordinating training, driving cross-portfolio data collaboration, or advising on emerging data and reporting technologies.
• Influence change across your team and organisation to accelerate strategy execution, mind-set change and accountability.
• Act to support the overall strategy –commercial, market, customer and people – while managing the impact on own team.

About You

• Tertiary degree in Information/Data Management, Engineering, Information Science or related disciplines.
• Experience in leading small technical teams.
• Maturity and judgement necessary to contribute to complex decision making
• Strong knowledge of the data analytics process, from data understanding, cleansing
• Proven and demonstrable experience working with and deriving insights from large and complex data sets via ETLs, Microsoft Excel, Power Query.
• Ability to lead change and communicate with a diverse range of stakeholders.
• High level communication, relationship management, negotiation and influencing skills.

For more information, please see the attached Position Description: G3 Role Mandate - Manager Business Insights .docx

Why Join Us

At Melbourne Water, we care about water and all life that springs from it.

Our people are fuelled by passion, and with safety at the forefront, we have an unwavering sense of purpose and are on a mission to protect every Melburnian’s way of life, one drop at a time.

We walk the talk when it comes to flexible working – but that’s not all. Our culture of purpose, safety, results, and learning permeates everything we do. We're dedicated to doing what's right, and this commitment extends to the meaningful work we do in a supportive and inclusive culture that encourages you to make the most of your talents.

Our long-standing commitment to Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging means that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, LGBTIQ+ individuals, people living with disability, mature age and young jobseekers from all cultures can apply with confidence knowing they are safe, affirmed, and celebrated.

If you’re curious, action-orientated, outcomes-focused, and care deeply for public resources, community, and the environment, we'd love to receive an application and learn if you could be a great fit.

How To Apply

Click the 'Apply Now' button below and complete our online application form.

Closing date: Thursday 20th March at 11:55pm AEST