Economic Advisor

Ongoing full time role
- Hybrid work model - Parramatta based. We are very open to considering people from other locations
- Salary ranges from $134,411 to $155,445, plus employers' contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading
- We encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from diverse cultural backgrounds and people living with disability to apply

**Early Childhood Outcomes Division**
With a commitment of $15.9 billion over 10 years, the goal is to give every child in NSW the very best start in life and set them up for future prosperity. This landmark investment comes on top of existing and sustained commitments to promoting quality, accessible and affordable early learning in NSW.

The Early Childhood Outcomes Division leads the delivery of the Early Years Commitment program, including comprehensive investments in the critical first 5 years of life for every child - in child development and in early education and care, making investments that support families and the community now, as well as investing in long term reforms for the future. Key initiatives will include supporting families with young children to access the services they need to support their own prosperity and wellbeing; valuing and growing the early childhood education and care sector and investing in early childhood teachers and educators.

**Who we're looking for**
This roles presents an exciting opportunity to work across our early childhood teams where we are committed to delivering outcomes across a broad range of reform areas to improve the quality of early childhood education programs, to build a sustainable workforce, and to increase the affordability of early childhood education and care in NSW. The teams are focused on policy development, service design, delivering programs, with a particular focus on data, information and insights. We have a strong focus on engaging with families, communities and the sector to support children to learn and grow in their early years and beyond. We are looking for innovative, outcomes-focused people who thrive in fast-paced, dynamic environments.

We're looking for passionate and driven team players from all walks of life from the private, public and not-for-profit sectors to join a forward-thinking team committed to delivering early childhood outcomes. It is critical that we build a team that is as diverse as the community we serve and we encourage people with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from diverse cultural backgrounds and people living with disability to apply.

If you are looking for a fulfilling career that will make a positive difference to communities across the state and help prepare young people for rewarding lives, then a role in our team is for you.

**About the role**
The Childcare and Economic Opportunities Fund (the Fund) is designed to provide supply side interventions into the Early Childhood Education and Care Sector to reduce the barriers to workforce participation through improving the affordability and access of childcare. The Principal Commercial and Market Advisor will lead work to develop insights into the operation of the ECEC market in NSW, to inform the investment priorities of the Fund and build on economic modelling showing the relationship between availability and cost of childcare with workforce participation. The role leads economic analysis to inform policy and funding decisions, the design and management of the Directorate's commercial and market advisory strategy and coordinates performance reporting for the early childhood education sector.

**Key functions of the role will include**:

- Leading complex economic analysis and market monitoring
- Being the key representative at major committees and forums
- Providing advice on areas or risk, and possible mitigation strategies
- Modelling the impact of reforms and policy proposals to support decision making

**About you**
To be successful in this role, you will have:

- Appropriate tertiary qualifications in a relevant discipline such as economics, education, business, management or social sciences, and/or equivalent knowledge and experience
- Strong economic and commercial data analytical skills and excellent written and presentation skills to communicate complex ideas to a range of audiences
- Ability to act independently to plan, lead and organise the work of the team to deliver high quality support to the Directorate to achieve agreed objectives and performance targets
- Experience in managing complex and sensitive issues
- Hold a valid clearance to work with children (Working with Children Check).
- Knowledge of and commitment to implementing the Department's Aboriginal Education Policy and upholding the Department's Partnership Agreement with the NSW AECG and to ensure quality outcomes for Aboriginal people

**Benefits**
- **flexible working conditions**, with a 35-hour week and generous leave entitlements that give you unrivalled work-life balance
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