Senior Executive Officer

Department of Communities and Justice; New South Wales; Hybrid; AUD 139,000 - 162,000; Full time

Job summary

A government agency in Australia seeks a Senior Executive Officer to provide executive support and manage communications. This role involves leading a team, preparing strategic reports, addressing issues, and ensuring operational objectives are met. The ideal candidate will have extensive management experience, strong negotiation skills, and the ability to work autonomously. The position offers a hybrid working arrangement and a salary of $139,787 to $161,663 with additional benefits.

Benefits

Flexible, autonomous work environment

Training and development opportunities

Health & Wellbeing programs

Qualifications

• Substantial and extensive senior administrative experience.
• Ability to work independently and show initiative.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-level executive and project support services.
• Lead and manage a team to deliver quality support.
• Prepare and manage high-level communications and correspondence.

Skills

Strong management and leadership experience

Excellent planning and organisational skills

High-level consultation and negotiation skills

Job description

Senior Executive Officer

Major Program Delivery, Infrastructure & Asset

Location : Parramatta CBD (Hybrid working arrangement)

Employment type : Ongoing, Full-time (35 hours per week)

Salary : Clerk Grade 11 / 12 $139,787 to $161,663 plus employers’ contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading

Your role

The Senior Executive Officer provides a range of high-level executive, secretariat, and project support services to Major Program Delivery Executive Director including providing strategic advice, managing communications and implementing strategies to support the achievement of the organisation’s strategic and operational objectives.

What you’ll do

As part of the Major Program Delivery Executive Office in the Infrastructure and Asset division, you will lead and manage a team and ensure their understanding of the priorities of the organisation to enable delivery of high quality support and advice consistent with government and operational objectives.

In addition you will :

• Prepare, manage and review the provision of high level communications and correspondence including briefings, reports, submissions and notes to ensure the comprehensiveness, accuracy, and timeliness of written information
• Act as the Executive point of contact, liaise with stakeholders and action requests to coordinate communication and proactively ensure responses meet deadlines
• Implement, monitor and report on strategic, operational and project plans to inform decision making and support achievement of organisational objectives
• Research and prepare strategic advice, information and reports on diverse and complex policy, planning and operational matters to facilitate informed decision making and planning
• Provide issues management and support, responding to emerging issues to ensure effective resolution with minimal risk to the organisation
• Lead and / or contribute to projects to support the achievement of organisation level strategic and operational objectives

Develop and oversee the implementation and evaluation of administrative practices, systems and procedures to optimise efficiency and support the achievement of quality outcomes.

What we’re looking for

Alongside your strong management and leadership experience you will need good knowledge of departmental processes, policy and programs, with confidence to act as a senior adviser to the Executive Director.

You’ll know how to anticipate and address contentious issues and provide accurate advice on complex matters and legislation, often within tight timeframes, given the need to collect and assimilate information from a variety of different sources, whilst maintaining confidentiality and exercising diplomacy.

You will have substantial and extensive senior administrative experience. Excellent planning and organisational skills, and a demonstrated ability to determine long term planning, set priorities and meet deadlines.

The ability to work independently, show initiative and problem solve across a broad range of issues and demonstrate excellent written and verbal communication skills and high-level consultation and negotiation skills.

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.

Are you ready to join us?

Applications close Tuesday 27 February 2024 at 11 : 59pm AEDT.

Got a question?

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.

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.

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