{"id":39718,"date":"2023-10-20T15:04:04","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:04:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/startupsmart.test\/2023\/10\/20\/victoria-launches-search-for-its-first-data-centre-head-startupsmart\/"},"modified":"2023-10-20T15:04:04","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:04:04","slug":"victoria-launches-search-for-its-first-data-centre-head-startupsmart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/uncategorized\/victoria-launches-search-for-its-first-data-centre-head-startupsmart\/","title":{"rendered":"Victoria launches search for its first data centre head – StartupSmart"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Victoria has begun the process of building its new data centre, searching for the person who will build and then run the office.<\/p>\n

The Victorian Centre for Data Insights, announced\u00a0in November, has been set up as a business unit within the Department of Premier and Cabinet. It will\u00a0\u201cbe up and running in the coming months\u201d, according to the department.<\/span><\/p>\n

One of the key focuses of the agency will be improving how government deals with family violence, though it will develop a broad remit in\u00a0helping transform the way government uses data to inform policy making and service design on issues that cut across portfolios and are of whole-of-government significance.<\/p>\n

It will be responsible for building data analytics capability across the state\u00a0government, working with existing pockets of excellence within departments and supporting a data-driven culture.<\/p>\n

DPC has published a job ad looking for someone to fill the role of director, data insights\/chief data officer<\/a>, which sits at an EO2 level. The ad states the centre will:<\/p>\n