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Data fellowship applications now open
Data fellowship applications now open
13 July 2018
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Applications for the next round of fellowships open 5 November and close 3 December 2018.
What is a data fellowship?
A
data fellowship (https://beta.dta.gov.au/help-and-advice/learning-and-development/data-
fellowship-program) is a 3 month full-time work placement with the CSIRO
(https://www.csiro.au/)’s data-innovation group Data61 (https://www.data61.csiro.au/en/Who-
we-are).
We select high-performing people to step outside their day jobs and create prototypes that
improve or completely redesign our approach to real-life problems.
Who is it for?
Only Australian Public Service employees within Commonwealth entities can apply for this
round of data fellowships.
They should be interested in building data skills within their agency and be happy to share
their knowledge and expertise with colleagues.
Past projects
Former participants in our Data Fellowship Program have carried out a variety of data-related
projects using a range of techniques.
Some of these projects include:
machine learning to detect offensive material during forensic investigations to protect
staff wellbeing
empirical modeling to identify and target biosecurity risks at Australian airports
longitudinal network analysis to see how policy affects how government buys products
and services
Find out what other
projects people have worked on (https://beta.dta.gov.au/help-and-
advice/learning-and-development/data-fellowship-program/past-data-fellows-and-their-work)
in the past.
How to apply
You can
apply online
(https://ausdta.recruiterbox.com/jobs/774bd746e1db46b796fcb7eea5fc9c7a).
You’ll need to make sure you:
have approval from your agency’s
data champion (https://data.gov.au/dataset/list-of-
data-champions) or a senior executive (SES Band 1 equivalent or above)
can start your project within 3 months of the application closing date
In your application you’ll need to include:
the name of your data champion or senior executive
the name of your current supervisor
your preferred placement start date and location
details of your data-related project proposal and technical skillset
your up-to-date resume
R
ead about how we select participants (https://beta.dta.gov.au/help-and-advice/learning-and-
development/data-fellowship-program#how-we-select-participants).
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