Policy Officer

3 weeks ago

Sydney, Australia NSW Government -Department of Customer Service Full time

**Policy Advisor**
**Policy & Strategy, Better Regulation Division**
**(NSW Fair Trading)**
**Department of Customer Service**

We are looking for a driven and passionate person wanting to work on policy and law reform across a diverse range of consumer protection, building and industry regulation issues.
If you have an interest in public policy and want to make a real difference by working on issues that will help improve people’s lives and help businesses in NSW, please come and join us

These roles are policy roles (they are not customer service or administrative roles) but we are keen to hear from you if you have relevant experience that could transfer to policy, including but not limited to any of the following:

- behavioural science
- data analysis
- operational roles in a regulatory environment
- law
- social research
- economic analysis
- government / industry liaison

**Details are as follows**:
**Salary**:Clerk Grade 7/8, commencing at $101,947 plus superannuation and leave loading
**Duration**:ongoing (permanent) opportunity

**About Policy & Strategy branch**

We are a strategic policy hub responsible for delivering law reform and strategic policy across the broad range of legislative areas covered by NSW Fair Trading at both State and National level.

Our Branch tackles complex challenges facing all citizens and businesses across NSW, such as:

- Balancing the benefits of new ways of doing business, such as short-term rentals, with fair housing supply levels.
- Transforming safety standards in building and construction to ensure people live in trustworthy, safe and resilient buildings.
- Keeping pace with shifts in how people live, when over 50% of people in greater Sydney will be living in apartments.
- Maximising the potential of using technology to make it easier for people to do business and access services.
- Boosting economic growth by helping consumers to enforce their rights and improving consumer confidence in the goods and services they use every day.

**About the Role - Policy Officer**

The role of Policy Officer sits within the Real Estate & Housing Team, Policy and Strategy branch of the Better Regulation Division. This team is currently leading work on the Government's election commitments to reform tenancy law.

**Let’s talk about you To be considered for this role, we are looking for**:

- strong research, critical thinking and analytical skills
- strong written and oral communication and stakeholder engagement skills
- ability and/or experience in writing briefing notes, discussion papers and having input into the development of submissions to the Minister and Cabinet
- a collaborative nature and enjoys working in a team

**So what’s next?**

Salary Grade 7/8, with the base salary for this role starting at $101947 base plus superannuation

**Closing Date: Monday 7th August 2023 [9:59am]**

**Working at Department of Customer Service**

The Department of Customer Service (DCS) is a great place to work Our values of accountability, trust, service, and integrity drive our initiatives and culture. We support innovative programs in areas as broad as digital government, consumer protection and major public works. We are an inclusive organisation that celebrates diversity and flexible work practices and believe our people are our greatest asset.

Visit our Careers site to find out what it means to work for us.

**You Belong Here**

We are committed to diversity, inclusion, and new ways of working.

We have 8 million+ reasons to care and want our employees to represent the communities that we serve.

You can view our full diversity and inclusion statement here.

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