Executive Officer

Division: Corporate Services
- Location: Parramatta, NSW, AU, 2150
- Req ID: 72690

**Executive Officer**

**Location**: Parramatta (hybrid working)

**Employment type**:Ongoing full time (35hpw)

**Salary**:Clerk Grade 9/10 ($125,693- $138,510 pa), plus employer’s contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading

**Your role**

As the Executive Officer, Communication Branch you will support the Office of the Executive Director, Communication Branch, Corporate Services and provide a range of secretariat, communication and information coordination services to support consistent messaging, knowledge sharing and capability development across the branch.

**What you’ll do**

Specifically, you will:

- Coordinate the delivery of high quality and professional executive, information and administrative services.
- Exercise discretion, judgement, initiative and confidentiality to support the executive’s achievement of organisational objectives.
- Work with the executive on initiatives to make the branch more effective and efficient.
- Draft and edit high-quality professional documentation including ministerial and executive briefing notes, business cases, reporting documents and other matters as required.
- Develop, maintain and update templates, business and various technical documents, identifying opportunities for continuous improvement.
- Foster positive working relationships with key internal and external stakeholders to enable the executive to function effectively across stakeholder groups and to facilitate the flow of business information.

**What we’re looking for**
- Carries a high level of autonomy.
- Maintains a degree of independence to develop a suitable approach in managing the workload, as well as that of supervised staff, and provision of advice and recommendations as well as input to the development of relevant systems, frameworks, team planning and projects.
- Determines own actions undertaken, within government and legislative policies, and for ensuring quality control in the implementation of own
- Ensures recommendations are based on sound evidence, but at times may be required to use their judgment under pressure or in the absence of complete information or as a source of expert advice to internal stakeholders across the Department as well as externally to Ministerial level.
- As necessary, consults with management on a suitable course of action in matters that are sensitive, high-risk or business-critical, or for those issues that have far reaching implications.

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**What We Offer**

We offer a variety of benefits, including:

- A challenging and rewarding career
- Flexible, autonomous work environment
- Competitive pay and conditions
- Training and development opportunities to build and maintain capabilities
- Health & Wellbeing and Employee Assistance Programs.

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**We do work that really matters**

Working for the Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) provides lots of opportunities to make a real difference. We collaborate with other agencies and community partners, to improve lives and realise the potential of children, adults, families and communities. We're focused on breaking, rather than managing, disadvantage. It’s work that really matters.

**Are you ready to join us?**

Click apply, attach a cover letter (maximum 2 pages) outlining how you meet the requirements of the role as well as an up-to-date résumé (maximum 5 pages).

**Applications close**Wednesday 5th March 2025 at 11:59pm AEST.

**Got a question?**

Visit Recruitment adjustments on the DCJ website to learn more.

**Inclusion and Diversity lies at the heart of how we recruit**

We continue to hire great people with a wide variety of skills, experience and backgrounds. This includes people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, women, people identifying as LGBTIQ+, culturally and linguistically diverse people, carers and other diversity groups.

To find out what DCJ are doing to build an inclusive and diverse workforce, visit Inclusion and diversity on the DCJ website.

**Other Information**

A talent pool may be created for future ongoing and temporary roles and is valid for a period of up to 18 months.

For more information visit Your recruitment journey on the DCJ website.