Senior Research Officer

Bureau of Crime Statistics & Research

Senior Research Officer, Bureau of Crime Statistics & Research - 00001UQ

Departmental Professional Officer Grade III
Sydney CBD, Permanent Full-Time

Salary range: $88,076 - $96,217 p.a.
Total Remuneration Package valued up to: $106,416 p.a.

The Senior Research Officer is responsible for undertaking research into crime and criminal justice issues and for evaluating the impact of criminal justice programs on crime and re-offending.

Selection Criteria:

Tertiary qualifications in social or behavioural sciences, with an honours degree or higher;

Demonstrated understanding of multivariate statistical analyses;

Experience with statistical software packages (e.g. SPSS, SAS, Stata) and experience working with large datasets;

Ability to write research reports to a standard suitable for peer-review publications;

Ability to plan and organise work to meet deadlines for concurrent projects;

Good oral and written communication skills, including the ability to communicate concepts to a non-technical audience.

An eligibility list may be created to fill future permanent, temporary, full-time or part-time vacancies as they arise.

Applications addressing the selection criteria must be lodged online at www.jobs.nsw.gov.au by 11.59pm on Sunday 22 September 2013.