Ageing and Disability Commissioner

2 weeks ago

Parramatta, Australia NSW Department of Communities and Justice Full time

Division: N/A- Location: Parramatta, NSW, AU, 2150- Req ID: 67581**Ageing and Disability Commissioner**
- **Ongoing - hybrid and flexible arrangements available**:

- **Parramatta, NSW**:

- **$306,487 - $342,641 total remuneration payable**

**Your role**

As the Ageing and Disability Commissioner, you will be responsible for setting the vision and strategic direction for the Ageing and Disability Commission (ADC). As a statutory officer appointed by the Governor of NSW under the Ageing and Disability Commissioner Act 2019, you will be responsible for ensuring the agency’s vision and strategic direction ensures the delivery of its legislative responsibility - to promote the rights of and safeguard adults with a disability and older people from abuse, neglect, and exploitation.

**What you’ll do**

You will lead a diverse team, leading and driving the delivery of strategies and reforms that strengthen the Government’s commitment to better protect adults with disability and older people from abuse, neglect and exploitation in their family, home and community.

You will also:

- **Drive** strategic business planning and decision making to ensure the efficacy or service delivery in line with legislative requirements.
- **Build** and maintain key relationships to ensure the government’s commitments are delivered on in a coordinated, efficient, and timely way, with consideration to competing political, budgetary, and other interests and priorities.
- **Deliver **advice and recommendations to the government on issues relevant to the abuse, neglect or exploitation of adults with disability and older persons to inform policy development.
- **Direct **the development and implementation of strategies, policies, and business plans that foster a culture of continuous improvement and improve service delivery across the agency.
- **Manage **resources, processes, functions, and staff to ensure the delivery of quality outcomes for adults with a disability and older people.
- **Lead **investigations into allegations of abuse, neglect, or exploitation.
- **Oversee **the development and delivery of awareness-building campaigns to educate the community about how to identify, respond to, and prevent the abuse, neglect, and exploitation of adults with a disability and older people.
- **Develop** the ADC as a high performing and effective organisation.

**What we’re looking for**
- Passion and interest in promoting the rights of adults with a disability and older people, and safeguarding them from abuse, neglect and exploitation in their family, home and community.
- Proven experience in leading an agency or large business unit at an executive level, delivering quality services in a complex client environment.
- Demonstrated ability to manage complex and sensitive issues in a dynamic business environment with competing priorities.

Download the role description.

**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.

Want more information? Visit our website to see more information on Working for us.

**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?**

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 **Sunday 30 June 2023 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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