Senior Executive Assistant

Senior Executive Assistant

• Join Destination NSW, the champion and voice for the visitor economy within the NSW Government
• Clerk Grade 9/10 position with a salary range $129,464 - $142,665 per annum plus superannuation
• Ongoing role located in The Rocks, Sydney (5 days per week onsite required)

About the role

This role provides high-level executive and administrative support to the Chief Executive Officer, ensuring the smooth and efficient running of a busy and dynamic office. You will manage the CEO's schedule, correspondence and key communications, coordinate meetings and engagements, and act as the first point of contact for a wide range of stakeholders. The position plays an important role in keeping priorities on track and ensuring the CEO is well prepared for upcoming commitments.

You will also prepare and review important documents, including briefings, reports and submissions, often dealing with complex or sensitive information. The role involves maintaining productive relationships across government, industry and partner organisations, while contributing to improvements in office systems and processes. To succeed, you will need strong judgement, excellent organisational skills and the ability to balance competing deadlines with professionalism, discretion and attention to detail.

About Destination NSW

Destination NSW is the champion and voice for the visitor economy within the NSW Government. Spearheading a whole-of-government approach to visitor economy growth, Destination NSW influences and shapes the visitor economy through strategic research, policy and thought leadership, stakeholder engagement and consultation, commercial partnerships and investment in visitor experiences, business support, marketing and events. Destination NSW is also the major investor in Business Events Sydney (BESydney) for the purpose of securing more international and domestic conventions, incentive travel reward programs, corporate events and exhibitions.

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About You

You have demonstrated experience supporting senior executives and are confident managing complex diaries, inboxes and competing priorities with accuracy and foresight. You are comfortable acting as a key point of contact, assessing and actioning requests, and ensuring urgent or sensitive matters are handled promptly and appropriately. You bring strong judgement to reviewing and preparing briefings, submissions and correspondence, and you have the ability to maintain positive relationships with a wide range of stakeholders while supporting the smooth and efficient running of the Chief Executive's office.

You have a solid understanding of how government operates at federal, state and local levels, and experience working with politically sensitive and confidential issues. Your written, organisational and coordination skills are well developed, and you are comfortable planning your work with minimal guidance. You bring experience providing secretariat support to committees, and you are confident leading and supporting a small team when required.

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

How to Apply

Your application must include a cover letter (maximum 2 pages) and an up-to-date resume (maximum 5 pages) that details your capabilities and experience in relation to the above role. Applications must be submitted via our recruitment portal; applications will not be accepted by email.

Please note the Department has an office closure from 12pm Wednesday 24 December 2025 to Friday 9 January 2026 (inclusive). Recruitment will recommence on Monday 12 January 2026 and candidates will receive an update on their application from this date onward. In addition, our system will be unavailable for applications on Wednesday 24 December and Thursday 25 December 2025.

Closing Date: Tuesday 13 January 2026 [10.00AM]

Contact: Sally McRae, Talent Acquisition Partner via

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.

We believe diversity across our department allows us to be a true reflection of NSW citizens. We are a respectful workplace committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. If you do require an adjustment during the recruitment process, please notify us on your application form.

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.