Principal Strategy Manager

12 hours ago


Sydney Western Suburbs, Australia NSW Aboriginal Strategy Policy Engagement Full time

**_Together we shape thriving communities, public spaces, places and economies._**
- **Lead a dedicated team focusing on bettering outcomes with and for Aboriginal peoples across the state**:

- **Aboriginal targeted opportunity, Ongoing full-time**:

- **Office location -**Parramatta with hybrid working supported**:

- **Salary relative to experience and ranges from $145,378.00 to $168,130.00 + super**

**What’s in it for me?**
Join our team for a **deadly culture** with dynamic collaboration and **genuine long-term career support**. We offer **flexibility in work arrangements**, diverse and fulfilling assignments, and prioritise **work/life balance**and wellbeing with initiatives like flex leave and access to support programs. Additionally, we are committed to **fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace** where everyone feels welcome, respected, and empowered to succeed.

**This is a targeted role under GSE Rule 26 and Aboriginal people are encouraged to apply.**

**The role**
In this position, you’ll lead strategic initiatives designed to improve outcomes for Aboriginal communities across NSW, providing expert cultural advice and overseeing projects aligned to key departmental priorities. You’ll guide project teams through each phase of the process, creating business cases, setting up governance structures, allocating resources, and monitoring progress to ensure each initiative is completed on time and within budget. By implementing effective evaluation frameworks and risk management practices, you’ll help build a portfolio of impactful projects that drive measurable success in collaboration with Aboriginal communities and entities.

A central challenge in this role is fostering trust and productive partnerships with diverse Aboriginal stakeholders, while navigating a high-demand workload with often limited resources. You'll act as a cultural advisor, supporting stakeholders in adopting Aboriginal perspectives and cultural protocols, particularly when issues are complex or politically sensitive. By bridging departmental objectives with community needs, you’ll help ensure Aboriginal perspectives are fully integrated and that strategies are impactful, sustainable, and respectful of cultural integrity.

We have an exciting opportunity in our **Prosperity** branch:
Our prosperity unit drives the design of achievable and measurable strategies with delivery partners to stimulate innovation and connect service for the benefit of building prosperous Aboriginal Communities.

For more information read the full Role Description**:Principal Strategy Manager**

**What you will bring to the role**
- Provide expert cultural advice and information to stakeholders on emerging issues
- Manage stakeholder relationships through effective communication, negotiation and issues management
- Guide and manage a team to deliver all key project milestones and outcomes
- Oversee research, reporting and data analysis to enhance decision-making and credibility of the department

**What is an essential requirement**:

- Tertiary qualifications in a relevant discipline and/or demonstrated equivalent experience.

**About us**
The Aboriginal Strategy, Policy and Engagement (ASPE) division focuses on bettering outcomes with and for Aboriginal peoples, communities and entities (our partners) in NSW. ASPE centralises the Department’s coordination of Aboriginal outcomes to maximise the prosperity of our partners through approaches that unify our approach and representations whilst supporting cultural rights and interests expressed by the communities we seek to serve.

We are an inclusive and accessible workplace, where your individual contributions are valued, and where everyone is encouraged to feel a sense of connection and belonging. DPHI supports various employee affinity groups, practices flexible working, offers job share and workplace adjustments.

**Join us**

**Applications close Friday 24**th** January 2025 at 11:55PM**
- A recruitment pool may be created for ongoing and temporary opportunities of the same role or role type that may become available over the next 18 months._



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