Policy and Project Officer

**Policy and Project Officer**
- **Leverage your project coordination, analytical and communication skills in an integral role**:

- **Join a world-class organisation and make a difference to the people of NSW**:

- **Be part of a unique, supportive and high performing team**

**Support the Gateway assurance process under NSW Gateway Policy and **Recurrent Expenditure Assurance Framework (REAF).**
- **Employment Type**:Ongoing
- ** Flexible Working: Enjoy flexible hybrid working**:

- ** **Office Location**: 52 Martin Place, Sydney
- ** Classification / Grade / Band: Clerk Grade 7/8**:

- ** **Hours Per Week: 35 hours**:

- ** **Flex Leave: Earn flex leave of up to 24 days per year. **Bank extra work hours and you may be able to take this leave in addition to your annual leave and personal leave entitlements
- ** Remuneration: $101,947 - $112,849;** plus Superannuation and Leave Loading
- ** Additional Benefits: Salary Packaging and Fitness Passport available**:

- ** **Applications Close: Monday 23 January 202 at 9:59 am**

**About the Opportunity**
- Join a highly collaborative, flexible, and inclusive team in a progressive organisation._

As a** Policy and Project Officer**, you will support Government investment decisions and risk management in the development and delivery of projects and programs in order to successfully achieve outcomes.

You will develop Gateway policies, procedures, and process documents, and assist Gateway review managers to coordinate REAF gateway meetings, projects and associated reporting activities. This role may also include seasonal involvement in the Annual Appropriation Management, and the Financial Management Policy Administration responsibilities.

**About You**
- Ideally, you will embody these attributes:_
- ** You are passionate about the role. **You have an insatiable level of curiosity and ability to learn.
- ** You are committed to customer service. **You take a customer-centric approach when delivering outcomes.
- ** You can deliver. **You can achieve objectives independently and identify critical issues proactively and bring to your manager’s early attention.

**About the Team**
- The _**_Financial & Operations Group (FOG) _**_provides financial reporting and analysis for the key stakeholders of the State, including citizens and government, and stewards the Sector in financial management, accounting policy, and risk to ensure sound governance, assurance and regulatory frameworks that support financial control, effective decision making and delivery of high quality and timely financial information._
- The _**_Financial Management Legislation, Policy and Administration_**_ team is responsible for stewardship of the Financial Management Framework which applies to the NSW public sector. This includes implementation of the Government Sector Finance Act 2018, oversight of Treasury Performance and Financial Management Framework, as well as development, implementation and administration of policies and guidelines that improve financial management capability and performance across the sector. This includes administration of the State’s appropriation framework and coordination of the Gateway Assurance process under the Recurrent Expenditure Assurance Framework._

**About NSW Treasury**
- NSW Treasury is the NSW Government’s principal whole-of-government financial and economic adviser. _

Treasury provides advice to inform budget decision-making; manages the State’s principal financial assets and liabilities; identifies opportunities for economic reform, monitors and forecasts the economy and state revenues, monitors the performance of its commercial agencies; advises on performance and financial management policies; and supports the development of policy advice and implementation of programs focused on energy, climate-change mitigation and adaptation, and the transformation to a new low-cost, clean-energy economy.

Our State is made up of diverse communities with different needs. Treasury assists the Government to serve these communities by supporting the design and delivery of policies supporting reforms to maintain a strong and competitive economy. It is essential that we understand and involve these communities in delivering our work.

**Talent Pool**

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

**How to Apply**

**Please first review the “essential requirements” outlined in this **role description** to ensure you are a fit for this role.**

A PDF of this role description is available for download via the job advertisement on the I Work for NSW website.
- An **up-to-date resume** detailing your knowledge, skills, and experience in relation to the role.

You may be asked to undertake further