Assistant Project Officer

**Assistant Project Officer - Brokerage and Emergency Management (Identified) (0000AR31)**:
**You. At the centre of big ideas.**:

- Do you thrive on engaging and coordinating with diverse stakeholders, driving collaboration and project success?
- You’ll be working in partnership with Aboriginal people and communities to help deliver change.
- We’re looking for experienced professionals to bring their expertise to support our community and be part of our remarkable team.
- We connect, listen, advocate, and enable Aboriginal Communities, to lead accountability and change across Government. This is a temporary Grade Clerk 5/6 role, up to 30 September 2025, based in Mascot.

**About the role.**:
The Assistant Project Officer provides administrative support, research and reports for strategies and initiatives including brokering partnerships and rapid responses to meet the needs of Aboriginal communities impacted by emergencies and unpredicted major events.

To learn more about the role please review the Role Description.
- You have demonstrated experience in project management and support services, including report and brief preparation.
- You have excellent organisational and time management skills, with the ability to prepare and coordinate agenda items, meeting papers, and scheduling of meetings to support important appointments.
- You have strong communications skills with the ability to communicate sensitively and effectively with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
- You have fundamental research and analysis skills to contribute to policy development and decision making.
- You’re a strong team player, with the ability to build and maintain collaborative working relationships.
- You’re adaptable to changing and unpredictable deadlines and work plans.

We know the value of diverse experiences. Even if you’re not sure if you meet all the requirements, we’d love to hear from you.

**This is an Identified role under the Section 14d of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 and as such Aboriginality is an essential requirement of the role.**

Aboriginal identified positions are developed where Aboriginal identity, cultural knowledge or connections are a genuine aspect of the role. Positions are specifically noted under the provisions of the NSW Anti-discrimination Act (1977) for Aboriginal people who meet the following criteria:

- is of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander descent, and
- identifies as an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person, and
- is accepted as such by the Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander community

**About the Department**:
**Connecting to Deliver from the Heart of Government**:
The Premier’s Department leads the state’s 430,000 public servants, driving collaboration and the delivery of whole-of-government priorities.
- We connect to deliver at the heart of government._

Imagine your career at the Premier’s Department and learn more about the department.

**Your career, your way.**:
We are proud of our flexible working culture, and we've been a leader of embedding flexible working practices for many years. Everyone has different needs, and our versatile work culture allows you to craft a work routine to suit you, the business and the people we serve.

**At the Premier’s Department, you get access to**:

- flexible working arrangements
- inclusive parental leave for all new parents and return to work coaching
- flex leave
- great learning and development opportunities and professional networks
- employee support services
- fitness and well-being programs
- staff-led networks including the Aboriginal Staff Advisory Committee, Diversity and Inclusion Network (DAIN), and the Young Professionals Network.

**How to apply****:

- a **resume **which clearly details your relevant skills and experience (maximum 5 pages).
- a **cover letter** addressing how you meet the requirements of the role (maximum 2 pages)

**Salary**:Clerk Grade 5/6. Package includes base salary ($93,295 - $102,941) plus employer's contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading.

**Closing date**:Sunday 24 November 2024 (11:59 PM)

**Learn more**:
To help us figure out if you’re the right person for the role, the selection process may include an interview and relevant assessments, and we expect it will take up to 6-8 weeks.

A talent pool may be created from this recruitment process. Once added to the talent pool, you may be contacted about similar ongoing and temporary roles that may become available over the next 18 months.

**Our commitment**:
The Premier’s Department acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the lands where we work and live. We pay respect to Ancestors and Elders past and present. We recognise and learn from the strengths of First Nations peoples of New South Wales and their continuing connection to, and unique cultural and spiritual relationship with, Country.