Deputy Secretary, Corporate Services

**Deputy Secretary, Corporate Services**
- **Lead the delivery of customer centric shared enabling functions and services for the Department**
- **Senior Executive Band 3**
- **Ongoing role based in Sydney CBD**

As Deputy Secretary, Corporate Services, you will be a key member of the Executive Leadership Team, driving the strategic development and delivery of a comprehensive range of enabling functions. You will provide expert advice and leadership across a diverse portfolio, including Finance, People and Capability, Legal, Governance, Risk, Audit and Compliance, Facilities, Procurement, Technology and Communications.

This role is critical to the success of the Department and Portfolio agencies, ensuring the efficient and effective delivery of our ambitious goals. You will champion a culture of high performance, innovation, and continuous improvement, while fostering strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders. You will be responsible for:

- Providing strategic and authoritative advice to the Secretary, Executive Leadership Team, and Ministers on organisational policy, governance, and delivery.
- Leading and driving initiatives to improve organisational performance, including the adoption of funding and management frameworks.
- Overseeing the delivery of shared enabling functions and services, ensuring they are customer-focused, efficient, and support the achievement of Departmental and Portfolio objectives.
- Contributing to critical planning and decision-making processes, ensuring decisions are informed by expert advice and support the achievement of strategic goals.
- Driving budgeting, corporate and business planning, and program evaluation frameworks to optimise the return on Government investments.
- Representing the Department in consultations and negotiations with key stakeholders, including other government Departments and Portfolio agencies.

To learn more about the role, please click **here** to download the role description.

**About You**:
As a seasoned executive with a proven track record in leading large and complex organisations, you excel in fostering a high-performance culture that prioritises collaboration, agility, and accountability.

Your deep understanding of corporate functions and their role in driving organisational success, coupled with your strong strategic planning and decision-making abilities, make you a highly effective leader. You possess a thorough understanding of government operations, policy landscape, and relevant statutory frameworks. Your substantial experience in leading and delivering complex projects within dynamic environments, characterised by multiple stakeholders, is essential.

Your ability to build and maintain strong relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders, combined with your exceptional problem-solving skills and leadership abilities, will position you to successfully lead our corporate functions and shape the direction of our Department.

**How to Apply**:
**Closing date**: Friday, 28th February 2025 [10.00AM]

**Working at the Department of Creative Industries, Tourism, Hospitality and Sport**

At the Department of Creative Industries, Tourism, Hospitality and Sport we bring vibrancy to NSW by growing our creative industries and workforces, driving strong visitor and night-time economies, ensuring a responsible hospitality sector, and putting arts, culture and sport at the heart of our communities.

Together we:

- create social and economic opportunities for the state
- support the creation of jobs across the creative, visitor and night-time economies
- prioritise First Nations artists, stories and culture
- ensure arts, culture and sport are at the heart of every community to be enjoyed and accessed by all
- drive visitation through events, campaigns and visitor experience development
- activate our night-time and creative economies to unlock unique precincts and community spaces
- deliver a vibrant and responsible hospitality, liquor, racing and gaming environment
- support NSW’s key Cultural Institutions to ensure access for all, enable community experiences and education and preserve the state’s diverse cultural assets and history.
- A talent pool may be created from this recruitment action for ongoing and temporary roles for this role or similar roles that may become available over the next 18 months._