Company description:

Department of Communities and Justice

Job description:

Senior Policy & Projects Officer

Location - Parramatta - flexible working locations within NSW

Employment type - Temporary full-time role for up to 3 years

Salary - $125,693.00 pa - $138,510.00 pa, plus employer's contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading

Your role

In this role, you'll develop and support the implementation of innovative domestic, family and sexual violence (DFSV) primary prevention policies, plans and programs. You'll provide specialist policy advice and high-level analysis on issues and strategies. As a project lead for many interesting and connected pieces of work, you'll lead the work end to end. You'll be able to work in partnership with our key stakeholders, including across our department, with other NSW government partners, peak bodies, non-government service providers and advocacy groups.

What you'll do

As part of a small team, this role plans and undertakes policy initiatives, manages research, establishes professional learning networks and drives procurement, tenders and grants across a range of projects. It provides advice on policy and governance issues and contributes to detailed briefing notes, Cabinet minutes and correspondence, requiring advanced writing skills. It represents the agency at meetings and forums, and drives constructive collaboration across diverse projects, jurisdictions and stakeholders.

Each day sees a variety of tasks, from writing to researching, to procurement and contract management and stakeholder liaison and consultation, all in support of delivering the Strategy's program of work.

The DFSV Primary Prevention team is responsible for coordinating across government, jurisdictions and sectors to drive the implementation of the recently released Pathways to Prevention: NSW Strategy for the Prevention of Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence 2024-2028. This Strategy represents a major investment by Government to centrally coordinate a program of whole of population-level work to address the gendered drivers of violence that consistently predict its occurrence against women. Initiatives will expand place-based programs of work across high-impact settings where we live, work, play and learn.

It's a newly established small team, and we seek a diversity of backgrounds, experiences, skills and perspectives to contribute to a wide-ranging program of work.

What we're looking for

Our ideal candidate will best succeed with this experience:

• You can demonstrate experience in managing projects end to end to deliver reforms and change and you know how to evaluate impact.
• You can demonstrate experience in providing high-level policy advice in any sector, including recommendations for policy and program reform, where there are complex issues and multiple viewpoints.
• You are experienced in providing advice on sensitive issues within tight timeframes.
• You have a sound understanding and interest in domestic, family and sexual violence policy issues. You're comfortable and effective in communicating with a range of stakeholders, including community organisations and senior representatives of government, given the diversity of communication channels we work with. You understand and can adapt to the differing styles that need to be employed

Download the role description.

Our team is based mostly in Sydney, but we hire the right skills from anywhere in NSW for people who want to work for NSW. Please talk to us about where you might be able to do this work.

We focus on hiring people who share our commitment and goals of inclusion, collaboration, adaptability, courage and integrity. If you meet the essential requirements and the role resonates with you, please apply - you do not need to meet every desired requirement for us to want to talk to you.

What we offer

We offer a variety of benefits, including:

• A challenging and rewarding career
• Flexible, autonomous work environment
• Competitive pay and conditions
• Training and development opportunities to build and maintain capabilities
• Health & Wellbeing and Employee Assistance Programs.

Want more information? Visit our website to see more information on Working for us.

We do work that really matters

Working for the Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) provides lots of opportunities to make a real difference. We collaborate with other agencies and community partners, to improve lives and realise the potential of children, adults, families and communities. We're focused on breaking, rather than managing, disadvantage. It's work that really matters.

Apply now and join Australia's top public sector employer where we will support you and provide an exciting and flexible working environment!

Are you ready to join us?

Click apply, and:

1. Attach a cover letter that outlines how you meet the Key Accountabilities listed in the role description (maximum 2 pages).
2. Attach as an up-to-date résumé (maximum 5 pages).
3. Answer the two targeted questions (word limit of 250 words for each).

You must complete all three steps for your application to progress.

Targeted question 1:

Describe a time that you encountered real resistance to adopting a policy initiative you had developed. Outline the resistance, how you addressed it and the final outcome.

Targeted question 2:

Describe a time when you needed to coordinate a diverse range of stakeholders in a unique business context. What approach did you take to join up their ideas, how did you drive buy-in to your solution and what was the feedback, impact and outcome?

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To apply directly via the DCJ Careers site click here. Search for the job and click the ‘Apply now' button.

Applications close Monday, 5 May 2025 at 11:59 pm AEST.

Got a question?

For more information about the role or what it's like to work for DCJ, please contact the hiring manager Siobhan Brahe on 0437 555 460 or at [email protected]

If you've got a question about applying or would benefit from an adjustment in the recruitment process to help you perform at your best (including an alternate way of submitting your application), please call Anjy Fayad on 02 9765 3042 or via [email protected]

Visit Recruitment adjustments on the DCJ website to learn more.

Inclusion and Diversity lies at the heart of how we recruit

We continue to hire great people with a wide variety of skills, experience and backgrounds. This includes people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, women, people identifying as LGBTIQ+, culturally and linguistically diverse people, carers and other diversity groups.

To find out what DCJ are doing to build an inclusive and diverse workforce, visit Inclusion and diversity on the DCJ website.

Other Information

A talent pool may be created for future ongoing and temporary roles and is valid for a period of up to 18 months.

For more information visit Your recruitment journey on the DCJ website.

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