Senior Project Officer (Mandatory Disease Testing), Clerk Grade 9/10

Team 3Thirty; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 133,000 - 167,000; Full time

Job summary

NSW Ombudsman in Sydney CBD is seeking a Senior Project Officer to oversee the Mandatory Disease Testing Act 2021, conducting research, reporting findings, and offering strategic advice. The role involves public reporting, evidence handling and privacy considerations, with hybrid work options and ongoing or temporary employment.

The candidate will coordinate complex investigations, communicate recommendations, and manage records with rigorous adherence to policies and vetting requirements.

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualification relevant to research, law, policy analysis or data analysis, or equivalent experience.
• Satisfactory security and related vetting, including a criminal records check.
• Signed understanding and acceptance of relevant policies.
• Two statutory declarations concerning conflicts of interest, arrests, charges and convictions, and a health declaration.

Responsibilities

• Lead projects overseeing mandatory disease testing legislation, analyse evidence and agency information, prepare public reports and advise on systemic improvements.
• Describe how you planned an oversight project, coordinated contributors and advised senior staff on emerging issues or risks.
• Explain how you identified information needed and used powers or formal processes to obtain it appropriately.
• Provide examples of improving privacy and records management while meeting state obligations.

Skills

Research

Policy analysis

Data analysis

Education

Tertiary qualification related to research/law/policy analysis or data analysis

Job description

The Senior Project Officer (Mandatory Disease Testing), Clerk Grade 9/10 role at the NSW Ombudsman monitors and reports on the operation of the Mandatory Disease Testing Act 2021. The work includes public reports, research, systemic reviews and strategic advice about emerging issues. It sits in the Public Interest Disclosures and Complaints-Handling Systems Oversight Branch and can also involve PID projects.

The position needs careful handling of evidence as well as clear public reporting. Show how you obtained information from agencies, analysed it and developed defensible recommendations. Include your approach to privacy and records management, and check the security and related vetting conditions before submitting.

Senior Project Officer (Mandatory Disease Testing), Clerk Grade 9/10 role snapshot

Role Senior Project Officer (Mandatory Disease Testing), Clerk Grade 9/10

Organisation NSW Ombudsman

Location Sydney CBD, hybrid and flexible working options

Employment Ongoing or temporary, Clerk Grade 9/10

Salary or remuneration Package up to $166,786, including salary of $133,348 to $146,945, employer superannuation contribution and annual leave loading

Application requirements for Senior Project Officer (Mandatory Disease Testing), Clerk Grade 9/10

• Covering letter, maximum two pages, highlighting your claims and identifying the role you are applying for
• CV outlining relevant skills, knowledge and experience
• Covering letter and CV combined in one document

Role conditions and qualifications

• Tertiary qualification relevant to research, law, policy analysis or data analysis, or equivalent experience
• Satisfactory security and related vetting, including a criminal records check
• Signed understanding and acceptance of relevant policies
• Two statutory declarations concerning conflicts of interest, arrests, charges and convictions, and a health declaration

Candidate evidence for Senior Project Officer (Mandatory Disease Testing), Clerk Grade 9/10

Lead projects overseeing mandatory disease testing legislation, analyse evidence and agency information, prepare public reports and advise on systemic improvements. The evidence areas below help you choose examples for that work.

Requirement or evidence area

How to demonstrate it

Complex investigations or legislative reviews Describe a review or investigation, the issues you examined and how your report explained findings about a system or legislative scheme.

Research, data analysis and recommendations Show how you evaluated internal and external evidence, tested conclusions and developed recommendations in the public interest.

Obtaining agency and stakeholder information Explain how you identified the information needed and used available powers or formal processes to obtain it appropriately.

Privacy and records systems Give an example of improving the recording, storage or retrieval of sensitive information while meeting privacy and state-records obligations.

Project leadership and strategic advice Describe how you planned an oversight project, coordinated contributors and advised senior staff on an emerging issue or risk.