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• Commission on Excellence and Innovation in Health (CEIH) – Cancer Data & Intelligence (CANDI)
• Salary: $127,859 – MAS3 – Full Time / Term Contract Up to 12 months

Overview:

• The Cancer Data & Intelligence (CANDI) Platform is a bold, statewide transformation program reshaping how cancer care is delivered in South Australia. By unifying cancer-related data from both public and private providers into a single, enterprise-scale platform, CANDI will unlock real-time insights, smarter clinical decision-making, and evidence-based improvements in cancer outcomes for all South Australians.
• As the CANDI Technical Lead, you will provide strategic technical leadership for this landmark program. You will set the technical vision, architecture, and standards for the CANDI Platform, ensuring solutions are secure, scalable, and aligned with health sector and government requirements. Your leadership will directly influence the quality, reliability, and sustainability of the platform that underpins statewide cancer care transformation.
• Working in close partnership with the CANDI Clinical Business Lead and CANDI Program Manager, you will ensure that technical solutions align seamlessly with clinical needs, operational realities, and delivery governance. Together, you will enable the delivery of a robust, enterprise-grade data platform that supports clinical decision-making and delivers real value across the cancer care ecosystem.
• You will join the Commission on Excellence and Innovation in Health (CEIH) – a team that values innovation, collaboration, transparency, knowledge sharing, and respect. Here, you will help shape technical solutions that truly make a difference.

About You:

You are an experienced technology leader who thrives at the intersection of data, healthcare, and large-scale transformation. You bring:

• A proven ability to define and lead technical strategy, architecture, and standards for complex, enterprise-scale data platforms.
• Strong capability translating clinical and business requirements into secure, scalable technical solutions appropriate for sensitive health data.
• Deep experience delivering cloud-based data and analytics platforms within government or highly regulated environments.
• Strong product and platform thinking, balancing innovation with governance, security, and operational sustainability.
• Demonstrated experience leading multidisciplinary technical teams across architecture, data engineering, analytics, AI, DevOps, and security.
• A track record of establishing and maintaining enterprise-grade data integration, quality, governance, privacy, and security frameworks.
• Experience working within, or alongside, the South Australian health system, including an understanding of digital health governance, compliance, and stakeholder environments.

About Us:

The Commission on Excellence and Innovation in Health provides leadership and advice on clinical best practice with a focus on maximising health outcomes for patients, improving care and safety, monitoring performance, championing evidence-based practice and clinical innovation, and supporting clinical collaboration.

The Commission brings together expertise from clinicians, consumers, health partners, and other stakeholders to maximise health outcomes for patients.

We are committed to making workplace adjustments to provide a positive and supportive work environment. You are encouraged to let us know if you have any support or access requirements during the recruitment process and beyond to ensure you can perform at your best.

The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working, including part-time arrangements. Applicants are encouraged to discuss flexible working arrangements for this role.

Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and appropriate immunisation requirements.

We strongly encourage applications from people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, culturally diverse backgrounds, members of the LGBTIQA+SB community and people who live with disability and/or neurodivergence.

Job ref: 930556

Criminal History Screening Requirement

• A ‘National Police Certificate’ NPC (also known as a ‘Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check’ NCCHC) for employment involving no contact with vulnerable groups is required for this position (general employment).
• A DHS Working with Children Check (WWCC) is required for this position.

Immunisation Risk for this position is Category C (minimal patient contact)

SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.

Enquiries

Katherine Enderling
Program Director, Cancer Data and Intelligence
Phone: 08 8226 0883
E-mail: Katherine.Enderling@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date

Friday, 27 February 2026 – 05:00 PM

Attachments

• 930556 - CANDI Technical Lead - Commission on Excellence and Innovation in Health - Role Description.pdf
• Australian applicant guidelines
• International applicant guidelines