Geoscience Australia values the lands, water and sky as we work to deepen a shared understanding of Country and Earth. We respect First Nations peoples and their enduring connection, contribution and obligations to Country. Reflecting on our shared history, we are committed to listen and learn.
About us
Geoscience Australia is Australia's pre-eminent public sector geoscience organisation. We are the nation's trusted advisor on the geology and geography of Australia. We apply science and technology to describe and understand the Earth for the benefit of Australia. We apply our diverse professional expertise, our deep and trusted knowledge, our national-scale Earth observation infrastructure and our strong partnerships, to the opportunities and challenges that face our nation.
Our culture
Our strength lies in our people, including our diversity in backgrounds, skills and experiences, and the way we work together to respond to the emerging needs of our work. We value diversity in gender, backgrounds, culture, and experiences of our employees and are committed to providing an inclusive workplace culture that ensures everyone has equal opportunity to contribute, participate and progress. Applications from people who reflect this diversity are encouraged.
Our workplace is committed to the health, safety and wellbeing of our employees and offers a variety of flexible working arrangements to enhance flexibility, including remote working arrangements.
What we can offer you
When you work at Geoscience Australia you will have access to a range of benefits and the opportunity to experience a workplace culture that truly values and promotes diversity, inclusion, equity and belonging. To learn more about our competitive salary, free onsite parking, generous flexible working arrangements and the role you can play in growing our culture click here.
Our team - Mineral Resources Advice and Promotion
Within the Mineral Resources Advice and Promotion (MRAP) team we make authoritative mineral resources assessments and provide specialist technical advice to government to support national priorities and actions, such as the Future Made in Australia Act, the national strategies for critical minerals, battery minerals and green metals, the Resourcing Australia's Prosperity initiative and the Australian Critical Minerals Research & Development Hub. We use our mineral resources expertise and data to support the implementation of policy and regulation and to provide high-quality publications and publicly available data. We also utilise our specialists advice and knowledge to support the attraction of investment into Australia's mining sector, promoting Australian Government actions and policies domestically and internationally, including support for Austrade, the Critical Minerals Office and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
Our team - Strategy and Analysis
The Strategy and Analysis Directorate develops mineral intelligence and builds strategic capabilities to support delivery of the Australian Government's 35-year Resourcing Australia's Prosperity initiative, led by Geoscience Australia, and the Australian Critical Minerals Research & Development Hub. We provide high-quality strategic analysis, insights and advice to inform national priorities such as the Future Made in Australia Act and the Critical Minerals Strategy. Our team applies specialist expertise to identify short-, medium- and long-term opportunities for developing Australia's critical mineral resources. A key current focus is leading the development of an enhanced industry intelligence capability and a new database to improve how Geoscience Australia monitors trends in the resources sector and delivers timely, high-quality advice to government. Collaboration is core to how we work. We partner closely across Geoscience Australia and support external agencies including the Department of Industry, Science and Resources, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and the Treasury.
The key duties of the position include:
Role 1 - Mineral Commodity Specialist
As a Mineral Commodity Specialist, you will be based at Geoscience Australia as part of a high-performing, rapid response team that must be able to cooperatively react quickly to requests for advice, anticipate trends and proactively provide mineral resources data and information to stakeholders, as well as concurrently managing a range of short-term and long-term deadlines.
In this role you will: Contribute to the provision of detailed, expert technical advice and interpretation on a range of mineral commodities to support decision-making in government.
Contribute to mineral resource publications and other products to inform government, industry, investors and other stakeholders.
Research, interpret, assess and record industry and other reports on Australian mineral resource estimations in the national database; carry out quality assurance activities to ensure accuracy and currency.
Contribute to the promotion of Geoscience Australia's work to support the attraction of investment into Australia's minerals sector.
Support the Director, Assistant Directors, Branch Head and other senior staff and contribute to the strategic direction of the section.
Use your expertise to foster innovation and contribute to the successful delivery of priority projects across MEG (e.g. the Resourcing Australia's Prosperity initiative).
Develop and broaden your own expert knowledge across a range of mineral sectors, including exploration, commodity and market trends, legislation and regulation regimes, and the Australian Government's objectives for critical minerals, green metals and environmental, social and governance (ESG) standards.
Contribute to the communication of mineral resource and promotion matters with a range of internal and external stakeholders; represent the organisation at external meetings Required skills, knowledge , experience and/or qualifications Intellectual curiosity and rigour; attention to detail; good judgement; awareness of domestic and global events; a willingness to become a leading expert in the field of national resource assessment.
The capability to develop and apply your growing specialist expertise to the provision of authoritative advice and/or products on matters that require considerable interpretation and analysis.
Well-developed written skills including the ability to translate complex technical information for a range of different audiences.
Well-developed data literacy backed by sound research and data-analysis skills, with the ability to interpret information and identify key issues to inform decision-making.
Proficiency and experience with using relational databases and geographic information systems.
Ability to build and sustain effective working relationships with a network of key people internally and externally, including Australian state and federal government partners, particularly in support of the section's domestic and international investment attraction activities.
The capability to meet challenges, adapt to changing or uncertain circumstances, be proactive in rescheduling and re-scoping work priorities, and maintain effective performance.
Ability and interest to both learn from and develop others, sharing and growing your expertise to build organisational capability.
A commitment to fostering a positive and inclusive culture in your team and workplace.
A tertiary qualification in a relevant field and/or experience in the mining industry will be looked upon favourably. Role 2 - Data Analyst - Mineral Industry Intelligence
As a Data Analyst - Mineral Industry Intelligence, you will be part of a small, specialised team responsible for gathering, analysing and disseminating resource sector industry intelligence across the entire minerals value chain, in support of divisional priorities. You will play an integral role in ongoing work to design and maintain a new Geoscience Australia industry intelligence database. You will be responsible for ongoing sourcing of industry intelligence data, QA/QC and data analysis. Working with others within the team and across the division, you will analyse industry intelligence data to draw out new insights on trends and developments within the resources industry and contribute to high-quality publications and efficient advice to government.
In this role you will: Investigate new sources of industry intelligence to improve monitoring of trends and developments in the resources industry and enable new insights.
Build and manage data pipelines and workflows for the Industry Intelligence Oracle database, and interlinked databases, including data capture, data management, data sourcing, and data quality assurance to enable regular (e.g. monthly) systematic updates.
Contribute industry intelligence data, analysis, research and insights to support the provision of detailed, expert technical advice, and to support commodity-focussed publications, to inform government, industry, investors and other stakeholders.
Contribute to the communication of mineral resource and promotion matters with a range of internal and external stakeholders; represent the organisation at external meetings.
Work closely with the Divisional Information Systems team and Divisional Mineral Commodity Specialists to ensure database interoperability and integrated advice.
