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The Opportunity

• Join a high performing, collaborative team in a flexible/hybrid environment
• Support CSIRO Strategy & Insights solve issues of national significance
• Create impact! Inform decision-making & development of new initiatives

Play a pivotal role to ensure the CSIRO Strategy is successfully executed! As Senior Strategy & Market Analyst, you will play a lead role in scoping, project managing and delivering market and business insight to CSIRO leaders undertaking strategy and planning projects.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone with a strong business strategy, market analysis skills and excellent communication and report writing skills. You will thrive in this position if you are comfortable leading and facilitating discussions, and an enthusiastic and motivated team player.

This is a significant position, reporting into the Strategy Function which sits within the Office of the Chief Executive. The group delivers a range of services related to strategy, planning, program, and performance management to CSIRO leaders including the Board and the Executive Team.  

Your duties will include:

• Liaising with clients to determine their strategy development process, identifying market and business research needs, tailoring solutions, and delivering critical reports of varying size and scale.  
• Under limited direction, using technical expertise to lead projects and leveraging available resources to achieve results.
• Quickly gathering, understanding, analysing, and synthesising information from disparate sources into detailed, logical, evidence-based insights and conclusions that guide strategy conversations.
• Succinctly and professionally communicating complex business, scientific and technical concepts to clients. Providing briefing and advise to senior executives.
• Working collaboratively with colleagues within the team, the business unit and across CSIRO to reach objectives. Establishing networks with other teams and professionals in their field.
• Communicating openly, effectively and respectfully with all staff, clients and suppliers in the interests of good business practice, collaboration and enhancement of CSIRO’s reputation.

Location: CSIRO Sites in Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney or Brisbane
Salary: AU $105,806 - $114,500 plus up to 15.4% superannuation
Tenure: Specified term of 2 years
Reference: 91029

To be considered you will need:

• A degree in a relevant discipline such as Science, Engineering, Business or Relations, Economics, Finance, or related fields.
• Professional experience in business, government, science, or innovation related activities.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and ability to facilitate conversations.
• Practice in using market research and business analysis tools to rapidly source, evaluate, synthesis and analyse a broad range of business, technical and economic data to form relevant business insights.
• Skilled in developing and/or applying business analysis and strategic analysis frameworks (i.e., value chain analysis).
• Experience generating professional quality reports (PowerPoint and Word) and deliverables that clearly communicate key insights to a senior executive-level audience.
  Strong project management and stakeholder management skills in end-to-end project delivery.  

For full details about this role please review the Position Description

Eligibility

Applications for this position are open to Australian/New Zealand Citizens, Australian Permanent Residents or you must either hold, or be able to obtain, a valid working visa for the duration of the specified term. Appointment to this role is subject to provision of a national police check and may be subject to other security/medical/character requirements.

Flexible Working Arrangements

We work flexibly at CSIRO, offering a range of options for how, when and where you work. 

Diversity and Inclusion

We are working hard to recruit people representing the diversity across our society, and ensure that all our people feel supported to do their best work and feel empowered to let their ideas flourish. 

About CSIRO

At CSIRO Australia's national science agency, we solve the greatest challenges through innovative science and technology. We put the safety and wellbeing of our people above all else and earn trust everywhere because we only deal in facts. We collaborate widely and generously and deliver solutions with real impact. 

CSIRO is committed to values-based leadership to inspire performance and unlock the potential of our people.

Join us and start creating tomorrow today!

How to Apply

Please apply on-line and provide a cover letter and CV that best demonstrate your motivation and ability to meet the requirements of this role.

Applications Close

22 January 2023, 11:00pm AEDT