Principal Analyst Insurance Monitor

**IPART - Insurance Monitor - Principal Analyst, Insurance Monitor - IPART Officer G**
- 3-year temporary role in an independent, strategic agency of the NSW Government
- Play a leadership role and help build a new team tackling an important consumer protection initiative
- Central Sydney location, with flexible working conditions and hybrid working options

**About the role**

This is an exciting opportunity to join a new team and make your contribution in an emerging area of consumer protection newly added to IPART’s portfolio. As Insurance Monitor, we will monitor insurers’ pricing and conduct during the transition from the emergency services levy (ESL) to a new model for funding the State’s emergency services so that the community can have confidence that insurers will remove the ESL from premiums over the transition period.

The Principal Analyst, Insurance Monitor will play a key leadership role, inspiring a team to deliver detailed economic/financial analysis, strategic policy advice, research and analysis on complex technical issues. You will work with a range of skilled professionals, draw together various perspectives, and coordinate a team of analysts on complex projects to deliver research and technical analysis. You will drive the delivery of high-quality presentations and reports which translate technical complexity into practical recommendations and insights.

The salary range for the position is $157,088 - $169,170 per annum + superannuation and annual leave loading.

You can read the role description here

**About the team**

**About you**

We are looking for confident leaders who thrive on delivering outcomes in tight timeframes in novel contexts. You will be comfortable operating autonomously and inspiring your team, highly efficient at time management, capable of addressing multiple priorities and grappling with unforeseen issues. You will lead your team to translate technically complex information when explaining recommendations and decisions to stakeholders.

We would highly value previous experience working within the insurance industry, government or relevant advisory roles.

**About us**

The Independent Pricing & Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) makes the people of NSW better off through its independent decisions and advice. We help people get safe and reliable services at a fair price.

IPART undertakes independent regulatory functions in the water, transport, local government and energy sectors in NSW. We also undertake reviews and investigations into a wide range of economic and policy issues. In June 2024, IPART was appointed as the Insurance Monitor under the Emergency Services Levy Insurance Monitor Act 2024 (The Act).

Our organisational values are:

- Integrity and courage - we are willing to make the difficult decisions
- Curiosity and openness - we seek out and develop new ideas that will improve our work
- Respect and inclusion - we bring together diverse experiences and skills to generate better solutions
- Making a difference - we pursue better outcomes for the people of NSW

If your values align with ours, we want to talk to you

For more information go to Work at IPART | IPART (nsw.gov.au)

Applications should include:

- a cover letter (maximum 2 pages) that addresses the requirements detailed in the Role Description
- a resume (maximum 5 pages) which clearly details your skills and experience as relevant to this
- a response to the following Target Questions (300-word limit).

How have you managed competing stakeholder expectations to deliver a project successfully?

**Our commitment to diversity, inclusion & flexibility**

**Additional information**
- This recruitment process will include pre-employment screening.
- This recruitment activity may result in the creation of a talent pool to fill other ongoing and temporary vacancies for similar roles within IPART. Placement in the talent pool remains valid for 18 months.