Manager Compliance

**_Together we shape thriving communities, public spaces, places and economies._**
- **Lead the operational management of compliance and reporting functions in Office of Local Government**:

- **Aboriginal targeted opportunity, ongoing full-time role**:

- **Office location - Parramatta or Nowra with other NSW Office locations negotiable**:

- **Clerk Grade 11/12, Salary relative to experience and ranges from $145,378 to $168,130 + super + annual leave loading**

**What’s in it for me?**
Join our team for a **fantastic culture** with dynamic collaboration and **genuine long-term career support**. We offer **flexibility in work arrangements**, diverse and fulfilling assignments, and prioritise **work/life balance** and wellbeing with initiatives like flex leave and access to support programs. Additionally, we are committed to **fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace** where everyone feels welcome, respected, and empowered to succeed.

The Office of Local Government (OLG) is a small, yet diverse agency of professionals invested in creating healthy and prosperous communities across NSW. Through the development of policy, programs, strong relationships, engagement and intervention, OLG is a driver of reform and uplift across the state, with a purpose of fostering a strong and sustainable local government sector.

In early 2025 OLG is undergoing a period of growth. There’s never been a better time to join a diverse, welcoming and fulfilling agency that helps build healthy and prosperous communities across NSW.

**This is a targeted role under GSE Rule 26 and Aboriginal people are encouraged to apply.**

**The role**
As the **Manager Compliance and Interventions**, you’ll support the Office of Local Government’s (OLG) regulatory and intervention functions, ensuring the effective monitoring of local councils’ performance and overseeing key processes that ensure local councils meet their regulatory obligations.

You’ll be instrumental in leading the creation of risk-based compliance frameworks to help councils meet reporting and compliance requirements, and will oversee the preparation and management of intervention processes. A key aspect of this role will be building and maintaining strong working relationships with key stakeholders, ensuring smooth coordination between councils, state agencies and other partners.

This is an exciting opportunity which enables you to drive improvements and shape the future of the local government sector in NSW.

For more information read the full Role Description: Manager Compliance and Interventions

**About you**

To succeed in the role, you will need:

- A proven track record in leading teams, managing compliance functions, and delivering strategic initiatives.
- Extensive experience in risk management and developing compliance frameworks and tools.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to critically assess urgent issues with sensitivity.
- Exceptional stakeholder engagement skills to foster collaboration amongst diverse stakeholder groups.
- A background in local government, public administration, or a related field, with a sound understanding of government mechanisms.

**About us**
The Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure (DPHI) improves the liveability and prosperity of NSW. To achieve this, we: create vibrant, productive spaces and precincts; manage lands, assets and property effectively and deliver affordable and diverse housing. We strive to be a high-performing, world-class public service organisation that celebrates and reflects the full diversity of the community we serve and builds the cultural capability of our department to improve outcomes with and for Aboriginal people, communities and entities.

We are an inclusive and accessible workplace, where your individual contributions are valued, and where everyone is encouraged to feel a sense of connection and belonging. DPHI supports various employee affinity groups, practices flexible working, offers job share and workplace adjustments.

As part of DPHI, the Office of Local Government (OLG) is the NSW Government’s frontline interface with councils, their 50,000 employees, and their elected officials across the state. Its goal is to build a strong, responsible and sustainable local government sector, with its purpose to ensure councils all over NSW can continue to effectively deliver infrastructure, services and civic leadership to their communities.

**Join us**

Applications close **Wednesday 5**th** March 2025 at 11:55PM,**
- A recruitment pool may be created for ongoing and temporary opportunities of the same role or role type that may become available over the next 18 months._