Manager, Strategic Engagement

**Ongoing full-time opportunity??????**:

- **Clerk grade 11/12 with salary ranging from $134,411 to $155,445 plus employers’ contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading**:

- **We are located in Parramatta with offices across the state and offer flexible working arrangement**:

- **We encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from diverse cultural backgrounds and people living with disability to apply**

**About the Department of Education**
The Department of Education is the largest provider of public education in Australia with responsibility for delivering high-quality public education to two-thirds of the NSW student population.

For more information about the Department of Education, please visit NSW Department of Education

**About the Early Childhood Outcomes Division**
The Early Childhood Outcomes Division leads the delivery of the Early Years Commitment program, including comprehensive investments in the critical first 5 years of life for every child - in child development and in early education and care, making investments that support families and the community now, as well as investing in long term reforms for the future. Key initiatives will include supporting families with young children to access the services they need to support their own prosperity and wellbeing, valuing and growing the early childhood education and care sector and investing in early childhood teachers and educators.

**About the Role**:
As the Manager you’ll be able to mentor and grow a team in the Sector & Community Readiness team which is part of the ECO Reform Office.
The team provides expertise in stakeholder engagement and change management to engage the sector and community on program design and support them to adopt and embrace new service delivery models. The team will work closely with ECO Division workstreams to coordinate, monitor, plan and deliver consultation activities to streamline engagement across the early childhood education reform program.

**Key responsibilities of the role will include but are not limited to**:

- oversee and coordinate program-wide planning activities for Sector & Community Readiness to drive the outcomes from the Early Years Commitment and other reforms.
- manage the governance and secretariat of advisory group engagements, including developing agendas, terms of reference, structure and memberships, to ensure effective planning and processes.
- manage and coordinate Sector & Community Readiness events with key stakeholder groups, including service providers and the community
- develop key relationships among internal and external stakeholders to ensure intentional and effective engagements for the division.?
- develop reporting for Sector & Community Readiness to enable an overarching view of?program-wide sector and community readiness activities, including workstream inter-dependencies. This includes developing new reports and maintaining current reporting.
- excellent leadership, communication and presentation skills
- excellent interpersonal and relationship management skills and experience
- experience with being a central?touch point on governance, assurance, and reporting
- experience in managing complex and sensitive issues
- experience working in a large and complex organisation

**Benefits**
- 35-hour week with flexible working conditions
- Flex leave entitlements and accrued time off
- Supportive and collaborative team culture

**Key knowledge and experience**
- Knowledge of and commitment to implementing the Department’s?Aboriginal Education Policy?and upholding the?Department’s Partnership Agreement with the NSW AECG?and to ensure quality outcomes for Aboriginal people.

**Essential requirements of the role**
- This is a child-related role. As a condition of employment, you will be required to provide a Working with Children Check (WWCC) Clearance number and complete a National Criminal Record Check. Visit the website for more information.
- Tertiary qualifications in a relevant discipline, or demonstrated equivalent knowledge and/or experience

**To Apply**:
Attach your resume (maximum of 4 pages) and a cover letter (maximum of 1 page) outlining how you meet the essential requirements and focus capabilities of this role.

**Closing date:?12th April at 11:59pm**

A talent pool may be created through this recruitment process. A talent pool is a group of applicants who have been assessed and identified as suitable for this role, and who may be considered for a range of similar roles, including temporary, term or ongoing roles, over the next 18 months.