Housing Appeals Committee Member

3 months ago


Sydney, Australia NSW Department of Communities and Justice Full time

Division: Homes NSW- Location: Sydney, NSW, AU, 2000- Req ID: 68991**Committee Member, Housing Appeals Committee (HAC)**

**Burwood/Statewide Locations **_(flexible)_**

**Your role**

The NSW Housing Appeals Committee (HAC) is an independent agency which deals with appeals from people who are unhappy with decision made by social housing providers (also referred to as public, community housing and Aboriginal community housing providers) in NSW.

The Member role is a Ministerial appointment and is accountable to the Minister for Housing. As a committee member your role will be to consider appeals and formulate decisions/findings as a committee member.

**What you’ll do**

Actively participating in making decisions, the member will also contribute to the identification of systemic issues related to policymaking. Each member will bring the benefit of their expertise, skills and qualifications to the committee to ensure that appellants have access to a fair and merit-based system of review.

This member will operate in a fair, non-biased and ethical manner, participate actively in Committee discussions to determine the outcome and assist the Presiding chair in creating an informal, non-adversarial and accessible environment for hearings.

Members must be available for up to two full hearing days each month to six weeks and three scheduled training days each year. Hearings are usually held on online over MS Teams; however, members must be able to attend in-person hearings at the Burwood HAC office when required.

**What we’re looking for**

Successful applicants will have:

- an interest in broader social, affordable and private sector housing issues in NSW
- experience in hearing processes and deliberations
- an understanding in policy and the ability to interpret policy
- experience in interviewing high needs clients
- have high-level analytical, interpersonal and communication skills
- a strong sense of fairness and an awareness of cross-cultural issues
- the ability to exercise impartial judgement
- the ability to make fair, balanced and equitable decisions.

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**What We Offer**

**Are you ready to join us?**

Click apply, attach a cover letter (maximum 2 pages) outlining how you meet the requirements of the role as well as an up-to-date résumé (maximum 5 pages).

**Applications close **22 September 2024 at 11:59pm AEST.

**Got a question?**

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.

For more information visit Your recruitment journey on the DCJ website.



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