Analytics and Research in Government Reviews

Promotion rounds happen annually, and require a presentation on a project you worked on, and an interview. There are 3 levels to progress as an analyst.

Very supportive working environment. Worked on a small team that was very close-knit. Lots of meetings/events that brought the whole agency together. Quite a flat structure with an open-planned office for all workers, including senior staff.

All sort of age and ethnicity and hobbies and gender I really liked my team.

Data exploration, data validation, queries to data warehouses, building pipelines for machine learning models.

My manager is a really good mentor, and wants what's best for me. We have one on one meetings fortnightly where I'm comfortable with raising concerns, most recently emphasizing the need for more people capacity. We are recognised by managers at a branch level during weekly branch standups, and less frequently at a business group level.

Good location right opposite Parliament. Not overly swish but that's government for you. Dress code is business casual most days, with casual Fridays.

The best interview I had and felt seen and very easy to get along with.

As internship pay goes, it's pretty good. Govt departments have to pay at least living wage, which is more than can be said for plenty of places.

On-the-job training and plenty of cross-agency internship events for learning/training too.

Standard 40-hour working week. Very flexible and understanding.

Not prominent, but does happen in the background slowly becoming business as usual: separate organic waste for compost, consider if you really need to print. Could do more, e.g., encourage active transport or working from home, report organisational emissions prominently.