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Senior Policy & Projects Officer
Location – Parramatta, Hybrid flexible work arrangements are supported
Multiple ongoing and temporary roles across multiple Branches
$129,464.00 pa - $142,665.00 pa, plus employer's contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading
About Us
The Women, Family and Community Safety Directorate leads the development, implementation and monitoring of domestic and family violence (
Senior Policy & Projects Officer
Location – Parramatta, Hybrid flexible work arrangements are supported
Employment type - Multiple ongoing and temporary roles across multiple Branches
Salary - $129,464.00 pa - $142,665.00 pa, plus employer's contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading
About Us
The Women, Family and Community Safety Directorate leads the development, implementation and monitoring of domestic and family violence (DFV) policies, programs and reforms across the Department of Communities and Justice.
The DFV Systems Reform branch in WFCS is responsible for policy and reform to our DFV response service systems, including:
- evaluating and optimising our existing DFV program and service responses and developing new response service models where needed
- investigating, optimising and reforming DFV responses across the justice system, specialist support services for DFV victim-survivors and inter-agency DFV responses such as Safer Pathway
- improving key service enablers, including information sharing, risk assessment and referrals.
About The Roles /What You'll Do
We are recruiting for Senior Policy and Project Officers with a range of skills and expertise to support a program of reform to the DFV service system.
We are looking for people with significant experience in policy and reform development and implementation, project management and program management.
The program of work over the next few years will involve:
- undertaking cross-agency, systems reforms to support a more integrated, whole-of-Government response to DFV through the Safer Pathway program
- providing strategic program management and support for a state-wide DFV program to ensure best practice service delivery
- testing, refining and implementing the CARAS to ensure victim-survivors receive a safe and consistent response across the NSW service sector
- further develop and enhance DV Notify in collaboration with varied stakeholders using a human-centred and design thinking approach
- consideration of information sharing provisions, including a feasibility study for the establishment of a Central Information Point or other mechanism to support information sharing
- research to inform the design of new or reformed service offerings, including consideration of specialist DFV services for children and young people.
The Multiple ongoing and temporary roles will be across Domestic and Family Violence Systems Reform branch in the Women, Family and Community Safety (WFCS) Directorate in the following teams:
Safer Pathway
This team supports the delivery of a state-wide domestic and family violence (DFV) service and leads several cross-agency projects to enhance the Safer Pathway system.
DV Notify
This team is focused on the design, development and implementation of a new digital service that improves victim-survivor safety. The team also identifies others digital enablers to strengthen a DFV response system that is victim-centred, trauma-informed and culturally safe.
DFV Services Strategy
This team is focused on strategy and reform of the DFV service system, including innovations to better respond to children and young people as victims in their own right.
DFV Information Sharing
This team is focused on information sharing to keep perpetrators in view and accountable, and support victim-survivors and keep them safe, while respecting people's right to privacy.
Common Approach to Risk and Safety (CARAS)
The CARAS is a risk assessment framework to improve the ability of all workforces to identify DFV risk and provide an appropriate response. This team is focused on the development, design and implementation this important reform work.
This recruitment will also be used to fill a temporary role in the Intergovernmental Relations team in the DFSV Strategy and Investment branch of the WFCS Directorate. This team supports the directorate to fulfill national and state-level obligations to end gender-based violence, through supporting the delivery of National Cabinet tasks, strategic projects, and priority research.
This is an exciting opportunity to join our teams as we work to enhance the DFV service system to improve the safety and wellbeing of victim-survivors
Essential Requirements
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.
About You
We are looking for passionate, self-motivated and collaborative candidates, who bring strong skills and experience in:
- systems thinking, policy development, reform and implementation
- project management
- program management
- design thinking
To apply directly via the DCJ Careers site click here. Search for the job and click the 'Apply now' button.
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.
Apply now and join Australia's top public sector employer where we will support you and provide an exciting and flexible working environment
Are you ready to join us?
Requirements
Click apply, attach an up-to-date résumé (maximum 5 pages) and a cover letter (maximum 2 pages) addressing the 1 targeted question below with a brief outline on how you meet the requirements of the role:
Targeted Question 1
Briefly outline your experience in developing and/or implementing a complex policy and/or program reform, including how you determined the issues, developed solutions and managed the stakeholders.
Applications close Thursday, 18 September 2025 @ 11:59 pm AEST.
Got a question?
For more information about the role or what it's like to work for DCJ, please contact the hiring manager Sarah Dobinson on 0487 731 236 or at sarah.dobinson@dcj.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 call Anjy Fayad on 02 9765 3042 or via anjy.fayad@dcj.nsw.gov.au
Visit Recruitment adjustments on the DCJ website to learn more.
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.
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