Policy Officer

1 day ago

Canberra, Australia ACT Government Full time

This permanent position is in the Biodiversity Planning and Policy team. The Biodiversity Planning and Policy team has key responsibilities for policy and legislation relating to nature conservation, threatened species, fisheries, and implementation of the ACT Nature Conservation Strategy. The team has a focus on achieving landscape scale biodiversity outcomes, developing strategic policies to address current and emerging nature conservation issues, liaison across government and non-government stakeholders to foster collaboration and promote strategic outcomes, and reporting on strategic nature conservation outcomes. The Section also provides secretariat support for the work of the ACT Scientific Committee (a statutory committee established under the _Nature Conservation Act 2014_).

**Eligibility/other requirements**:We would like to hear from people with some (or all) of the following abilities:

- demonstrated experience in undertaking high-level policy and strategy development, including through research and analysis
- GIS and spatial analysis experience
- excellent interpersonal communication skills, including proven abilities to work as a team member
- well-developed oral and written communication skills including abilities for liaison, negotiation and representation of the Department and preparation of submissions, correspondence, briefings, and strategy documents.

Relevant qualifications in, and experience of nature conservation, biodiversity policy, natural resource ecology or environmental law will be well regarded.

**Note**:A Merit Pool will be established from this selection process and will be used to fill vacancies over the next 12 months.

This position is located in a workplace designed for activity-based working (ABW). Under ABW arrangements, officers do not have a designated workstation/desk. Flexible workplace options are available.

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