Policy Officer

Department: Aboriginal Strategy; City of Parramatta; Hybrid; AUD 117,000 - 129,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work

Health & Wellbeing

Training & development

Employee Assistance Programs

Job summary

NSW Department of Communities and Justice - Homes NSW is seeking a policy and reform project support role to coordinate complex government initiatives for housing strategy and policy. You will contribute to evidence-based advice, engage stakeholders, and help deliver outcomes across multiple projects.

The role requires tertiary qualifications, strong stakeholder skills, and the ability to balance deadlines while working with cultural capability in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander contexts.

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualifications in a related discipline and/or equivalent knowledge and experience.
• Commitment to ongoing professional development.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision on multiple projects.
• Ability to balance competing deadlines on time-critical projects.
• Attention to detail and analytical capabilities.
• Knowledge of legislation and government processes relevant to Homes NSW or similar public sector environments.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to policy delivery and strategic reform initiatives.
• Support project planning, tracking actions and timelines.
• Prepare evidence-based advice and briefs for senior staff.
• Collate and analyse information to support outcomes.
• Support stakeholder engagement and maintain working relationships.
• Collaborate across Housing Strategy and Policy and Homes NSW.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Policy development

Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander文化知

Education

Tertiary qualifications

Job description

$116,981 - $129,492 a year

Casual/Temporary

Hybrid

1d ago , from Department of Communities and Justice NSW

Employment type - Temporary until June 2028

Salary - GR 7/8 $116,981 - $129,492 plus superannuation

This is a targeted recruitment. While all applicants are welcome, preference will be given to candidates who meet the established standards of the role and are of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander descent. This is because the Department acknowledges this lived experience contributes a perspective valuable to our work with this community.

Your role

The NSW Government is determined to make NSW a place where everyone has access to safe and secure housing, and where experiences of homelessness are rare, brief and non-recurring.

Homes NSW is a division of the Department of Communities and Justice. It brings together the housing and homelessness functions of the Department of Communities and Justice, the NSW Land and Housing Corporation, Aboriginal Housing Office and key worker housing functions from across government all under one roof.

You will contribute to the delivery of policy, strategy and reform initiatives by supporting project coordination, analysis and stakeholder engagement, and preparing advice and outputs to inform decision-making in line with Homes NSW priorities.

What you’ll do

• Contribute to the delivery of policy, strategy and reform initiatives, consistent with organisational priorities.
• apply strong policy development capability and strategic delivery experience in complex government environments, underpinned by cultural capability and an informed understanding of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.
• Support project planning and coordination activities, including tracking actions, timelines and deliverables.
• Prepare evidence-based advice, briefs and outputs for review by senior staff.
• Collate, analyse and synthesise information to support policy and project outcomes.
• Support stakeholder engagement, including coordinating input and maintaining working relationships.
• Work collaboratively across Housing Strategy and Policy and Homes NSW to support delivery of outcomes.

What we’re looking for

• Tertiary qualifications in a related discipline and/or equivalent knowledge, skills and experience with demonstrated commitment to ongoing professional development.
• You possess excellent stakeholder management skills
• You’re able to work with minimal supervision, on numerous projects, simultaneously.
• You’re able to balance competing deadlines on time critical projects
• You can deliver outcomes with high attention to detail.
• Experience in, or exposure to, complex policy or reform environments, including the ability to analyse information and contribute to evidence-based advice.
• Knowledge of legislation and government processes relevant to Homes NSW or similar public sector environments.

We focus on hiring people who share our commitment and goals of inclusion, collaboration, adaptability, courage and integrity. If you meet the essential requirements and the role resonates with you, please apply – you do not need to meet every desired requirement for us to want to talk to you.

What We Offer

We offer a variety of benefits, including:

• A challenging and rewarding career
• Flexible, autonomous work environment
• Competitive pay and conditions
• Training and development opportunities to build and maintain capabilities
• Health & Wellbeing and Employee Assistance Programs.

We do work that really matters

Working for the Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) provides lots of opportunities to make a real difference. We collaborate with other agencies and community partners, to improve lives and realise the potential of children, adults, families and communities. We're focused on breaking, rather than managing, disadvantage. It’s work that really matters.

Applications close Tuesday 6 October at 11:59pm AEST.

Inclusion and Diversity lies at the heart of how we recruit

We continue to hire great people with a wide variety of skills, experience and backgrounds. This includes people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, women, people identifying as LGBTIQ+, culturally and linguistically diverse people, carers and other diversity groups.

To find out what DCJ are doing to build an inclusive and diverse workforce, visit Inclusion and diversity on the DCJ website.

Other Information

A talent pool may be created for future ongoing and temporary roles and is valid for a period of up to 18 months.

For more information visit Applying for DCJ jobs on the DCJ website.

Cultural Question:

Given the overrepresentation of Aboriginal children, families and communities that intersect with DCJ services, it is important that our workforce is able to work in a culturally inclusive and sensitive manner.

In 300 words or less how have you, or how would you, work effectively with Aboriginal communities to provide DCJ services?

For more information about the role or what it’s like to work for DCJ, please contact the hiring manager Bianca Radburn at **************@homes.nsw.gov.au

If you’ve got a question about applying or would benefit from an adjustment in the recruitment process to help you perform at your best (including an alternate method submission of the application), please contact Katie Hardy at ***********@dcj.nsw.gov.au

Visit Recruitment adjustments on the DCJ website to learn more.

Thank you for your interest in this role. We look forward to receiving your application.