Electorate Officer

3 days ago

Sydney, Australia NSW Legislative Assembly Full time

Temporary full-time for up to 6 months 5 days per week
- $81,156 - $92,307 per annum (depending on skills and experience), plus an all-incidence allowance of $7,634 per annum, an employer's contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading
- Based in the Penrith Electorate Office

**About us**
The Penrith Electorate Office is the point of contact for constituents and local community groups to engage with the Member for Penrith regarding state government services and responsibilities.

**About the position**
The position holder will be the initial point of contact for all constituent enquiries. Administrative functions are central to this role to support the Member, and to ensure the efficient operation of the electorate office. The role is working three days per week with flexibility and may require some additional short-term relief work.

Local knowledge is highly desirable but not essential.

Skills required include social media, media monitoring, designing ads for publication and drafting statements for posting online.
- Position Description
- Parliament of New South Wales website
- NSW Parliament pre-employment requirements

**How to apply**
Your covering letter [maximum one page] which outlines your experience against the role accountabilities, as described in the position description.
- Your **up-to-date resume** [maximum three pages] which clearly details your skills and experience as relevant to this position, and
- Your **response** [maximum two pages] to the **selection criteria**below.

Your resume and response to the following selection criteria will be the initial assessment method used to determine your suitability for this position compared to other applicants.** Applications that do not include a response to the selection criteria cannot be comparatively assessed and are unlikely to progress to the next stage of assessment.**

**Selection Criteria**
- Excellent oral communication and interpersonal skills including the ability to hear from and liaise with community groups, government and non-government organisations, and the media.
- Excellent writing skills including the ability to prepare correspondence, briefing notes, submissions, speeches, newsletters and media releases.
- Demonstrated superior organisational skills to work effectively under pressure and manage competing priorities and deadlines.
- Demonstrated capacity to exercise sound judgement and ability to perform at a high standard under limited supervision and within a team environment.
- An interest in, and understanding of, the Australian political context and Australian parliamentary procedures and processes.
- Good word processing/keyboard/ computer and social media skills for working in an office environment.
- Demonstrated research and analytical skills including the ability to analyse policy and legislation.

Electronic attachments must be MS Word compatible or in pdf format.

**Technical assistance**: Should you encounter any technical problems, please contact ‘I work for NSW’ helpdesk 1800 562 679 (Monday - Friday).

**Job Reference: 0000AUZ4**

**CLOSING DATE: Sunday, 9 February 2025 [11.59pm]

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