Assistant Policy Officer

We have an exciting opportunity for an Assistant Policy Officers to join the Motor Accidents Insurance Regulation Division at the State Insurance Regulatory Authority (SIRA). As an Assistant Policy Officer, you will have the opportunity to work in a modern and dynamic regulatory environment on scheme design, policy and reform initiatives to deliver the best outcomes for people who are injured, as well as policy holders, while ensuring a fair and sustainable motor accidents scheme in NSW.

**Benefits**
- Fantastic ongoing clerk grade 5/6 opportunity.
- Salary range: $87,493 - $96,540 + superannuation, commensurate with experience.
- Genuinely flexible working arrangements.
- State of the art office in Sydney’s CBD.
- Wellbeing programs and resources available.
- Excellent career development and learning development opportunities.

**About Us**

SIRA regulates three statutory insurance schemes in NSW - CTP, Workers Compensation, and Home Building Compensation. It also has some regulatory functions in other NSW insurance schemes including the Lifetime Care and Support and Dust Diseases schemes. Understand more about SIRA here.

SIRA sits within the Department of Customer Service (DCS), which is transforming the way NSW Government agencies interact with customers. We are passionate about putting the customer at the centre of everything we do and adopting new technologies to make government work better. DCS is a service provider and regulator, focusing on delivering first-class customer service, digital transformation and regulatory reform to create better outcomes for the people of NSW.

This is an exciting opportunity to work in SIRA’s CTP Scheme Design, Policy and Performance Directorate. Working across policy teams and reporting to the Policy Manager, you will support projects to deliver scheme design, policy and reform initiatives. The team engages across government (within NSW and nationally) to develop, manage and implement a range of complex policy issues in the CTP scheme.

**Your responsibilities will include**:

- Supporting the development and delivery of proposals for legislative and other reform to benefit people injured in motor accidents and CTP policy holders across NSW.
- Contributing to the development of medico-legal policy.
- Contributing to implementation of the recommendations of the Statutory Review of the Motor Accident Injuries Act 2017 and the options of the Review of Legal Support for Injured People in the NSW CTP Scheme.
- Contributing to research and critically analysing information to clearly define policy problems and inform development of policy options.
- Contributing to delivery of policy projects.
- Providing analysis and advice to support organisational and Government policy initiatives and commitments.
- Supporting engagement with stakeholders on reform proposals.
- Collating information for reporting, monitoring and evaluation purposes.
- Progressing work and tasks independently but also collaborating with the team to deliver outcomes.

**About you**:

- An analytical thinker who can critically review information and think outside the box to help solve complex problems.
- Highly organised, with strong skills in research, writing, project management and attention to detail.
- A high level of personal motivation and an ability to adjust capabilities to suit a variety of stakeholders and organisational needs.
- A good understanding of public policy including policy development, implementation and evaluation.
- A proactive person who can work independently to manage competing priorities with tight deadlines.
- Enjoy working collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders.

If you want to be part of this forward thinking, innovative team that thrives in challenging the status quo, we would love to hear from you

**Closing date: Thursday, 24 November [at 10:59AM]**

**What we need from you**:
A talent pool may be created from this recruitment process to fill future ongoing and temporary opportunities.

**Our Commitment to Diversity, Inclusion & Flexibility**

We are committed to diversity, inclusion, and new ways of working.

We understand that there are different ways of getting the job done and offer flexible working arrangements where and when possible.