- Excellent professional development opportunities with great staff benefits.
- Immerse yourself in a wide variety of projects across multiple platforms.
- Be a part of the College's exciting move to co-education.
About the Position
A new opportunity has arisen for a full-time Data & Analytics Manager role to deliver and maintain the College's reporting capabilities, data integrations, and analytics outputs across operational and academic functions.
This is a hands-on management role that combines strong technical analytics skills with the ability to work across teams and translate business questions into clear, reliable data solutions. The role sits within the ICT team and reports to the Director of ICT.
The College is in the early stages of a multi-year migration from its legacy Student Information System (Synergetic / SQL Server) to Microsoft Dynamics 365. This will reshape the College’s data landscape, moving from traditional relational databases to Dataverse as the primary data layer. The Data & Analytics Manager will work with ICT leadership and the project team, to design and build the future-state reporting and analytics layer as part of this programme.
The successful candidate will be equally comfortable building a Power BI semantic model, writing SQL queries against legacy databases, and working with stakeholders to scope reporting requirements.
Further details about this position can be obtained by contacting Mr Dan Collins, Director of ICT at dcollins2@newington.nsw.edu.au.
About You
It would be expected that the successful candidate will have:
- Advanced Power BI skills, including semantic model design, DAX, paginated reports, row-level security, and Power BI service administration.
- Solid SQL fundamentals, with experience querying relational databases and the ability to support legacy reporting during the transition from Synergetic.
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Dataverse concepts: data modelling, entity relationships, and how Dataverse integrates with the broader Power Platform.
- Experience building and maintaining data integrations and automated workflows (e.g. Power Automate, Data Factory, or similar).
- Demonstrated ability to work across multiple business functions, translating diverse operational requirements into coherent data models and reporting outputs.
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain data insights and technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
- A data governance mindset — someone who instinctively thinks about data quality, naming conventions, security, documentation, and lifecycle management.
- Willingness to learn and engage with academic reporting domains (assessment, compliance, learning analytics), supported by an experienced team member.
- Understand and adhere to the College’s Child Safeguarding policies and practices.
- Contribute to the continuous improvement of Child Safeguarding at Newington.
Desirable criteria:
- Experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365 (any module) and an understanding of how Dynamics data structures relate to reporting requirements.
- Familiarity with Azure data services (Data Factory, Azure SQL, Synapse/Fabric) and modern data platform architectures.
- Experience in education, or in a similarly complex multi-departmental organisation (health, government, NFP) where analytics serves diverse operational stakeholders.
- Understanding of academic operational domains: assessment frameworks, NESA compliance, or student information systems.
- Experience with change management in a data or analytics context, particularly platform migrations.
- Familiarity with Power Query (M), Excel-based data preparation, or Crystal Reports (relevant during the Synergetic transition period).
- Interest in AI-augmented analytics tools, including Copilot in Power BI or natural language querying.
About the College
Newington College is a school bustling with opportunity and rigour. We aim to teach students to think critically, stretch their learning and approach life with curiosity and open-mindedness. That also applies to everyone who works here - from teachers and grounds staff to the finance and admissions teams.
What else sets us apart? We strive to create a culture underpinned by our diverse and inclusive community – students, parents, carers, staff, alumni and our neighbours. The College is supported by a strong sense of integrity, respect, honesty, fairness and responsibility. Collaboration and support are also key, so we ensure all staff have the resources available to make the most of every opportunity.
Founded in 1863 by the Uniting Church, Newington College is an ELC to Year 12 school in Sydney’s humming inner west and the north shore. From 2026, the College began our exciting move to co-education, welcoming girls into Kindergarten and Year 5. The College has more than two thousand students across five vibrant campuses and is a member of the GPS Association of NSW. Our mission is to empower students to develop great hearts, inspired minds and strong wings, ready to make a positive contribution to society and the future.
If our approach appeals to you – and if you think you could help us achieve our goals – we’d like to hear from you.
Further information about the College, its programs and its strategic plans are available on the College website: www.newington.nsw.edu.au.
Newington's Commitment to Child Protection
The College is a ‘Child Safe Organisation' committed to ensuring the safety, welfare and wellbeing of all children and young people at the College and is dedicated to protecting them from abuse and harm. All children and young people who come to Newington have a right to feel and be safe.
Successful applicants will be subject to employment screening processes with the Office of the Children’s Guardian and will be required to provide a current Working with Children registration number.
To Apply:
To be considered, applicant must:
- be eligible to work in Australia that means holding appropriate and current visa or be Australian citizen
- submit their application in a PDF formatted document containing an updated resume and cover letter. The entire document should not exceed 6 pages
- apply electronically via this SEEK page or Newington Career page: https://www.newington.nsw.edu.au/about-newington/careers/
- apply as soon as possible, as interviews may be conducted upon receipt of applications, not necessarily following the application closing date.
- Applications close on Friday, 17 July 2026.