Policy and Projects Officer

3 weeks ago


Sydney, Australia NSW Government -Strategy Policy and Commissioning Full time

**Policy and Projects Officer**

**Location - Parramatta NSW**

**Employment type - Ongoing**

**Salary - **$101,947 to $112,849 plus superannuation and leave loading**

**Your role**

This role is an opportunity for a disciplined and committed policy professional to make a difference to policy, program, and project responses to domestic, family, and sexual violence through the management of stakeholder relationships and governance.

**What you’ll do**

The Women, Family and Community Safety (WFCS) Directorate leads on policy, program and project responses relating to domestic, family, and sexual violence.

As part of the Relationships and Governance Team in WFCS you will contribute to the coordination and development of whole of government and WFCS responses to domestic, family, and sexual violence policy issues and reports.

You’ll provide Secretariat support to governance groups overseeing or advising on domestic, family, and sexual violence policy, program and project responses in NSW.

**What we’re looking for**

Essential requirements:

- Tertiary qualifications in a relevant discipline such as law, psychology, sociology or criminology or equivalent level experience.

We are ideally looking for someone who has:

- A sound understanding of NSW domestic, family, and sexual violence systems and responses.
- Sound written communication skills that can be adapted to a range of audiences.
- A proven ability to maintain positive and effective working relationships with a broad range of key stakeholders over time and across projects. This experience should be
related to domestic, family, and sexual violence policy development and service delivery or other similar complex social policy issues and settings.
- Project management and related administrative skills to support policy development and project delivery, including a proven ability to identify and manage risks effectively and maintain appropriate record keeping.
- An ability to work collaboratively and cooperatively within a small team, to be responsive to changing priorities and to work well in a fast-paced environment while maintaining a high degree of professionalism.

It is an essential requirement of the role that successful applicants are fully vaccinated and able to provide acceptable proof of vaccination status.

Download the role description.

**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?**
- Describe a time you completed a challenging task in a short timeframe. What strategies did you employ to get the task done? (_Manage Self, Display resilience and Courage and Deliver results_)
- Describe a situation where you collaborated with internal and external stakeholders to find a solution to a problem or to complete a task. How did you contribute to or encourage communication between stakeholders. (_Communicate Effectively, Think and Solve Problems_)

**Applications close 26th February 2023**

**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.

To find out what DCJ are doing to build an inclusive and diverse workforce, visit our careers site.

**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.

Due to the Covid-19 Pandemic some interviews and assessments may be performed using alternative methods. For more information visit Our Process.

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