Executive Officer Communication & Eng CS

Executive Officer (Communications, Engagement, and Governance)

Location: Parramatta (hybrid working, days in office negotiable)

Employment type: Ongoing Full time

Salary: Clerk Grade 9/10 ($120,859 - $133,183 pa), plus employer’s contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading

Your role

As an Executive Officer (Communications, Engagement and Governance), you will be responsible for managing and coordinating of change activities, staff engagement and leadership communication/material, as well as high-level secretariat functions and assistance with strategic initiatives to support public sector senior executive(s) in managing their operation area/directorate/division and achieving business objectives.

What you’ll do

As part of the Office of Deputy Secretary team within Corporate Services, you will work as part of a small integrated team providing high level executive support, with a focus on communications and engagement to the Deputy Secretary and the division’s leadership team. This includes:

• Coordinating and scheduling Deputy Secretary Communications, including liaising directly with other branches and divisions. This will require developing and drawing on your broad knowledge of the Corporate Services portfolio policies and priorities and how this aligns with wider Department and Government policies and priorities.
• Working with the Deputy Secretary and Office of the Deputy Secretary Manager to coordinate and implement strategic engagement objectives.
• Providing planning, logistical, and administrative support for Deputy Secretary key staff engagement forums, governance activities and secretariat function for a number of committees, and executive communications.
• Undertaking ad hoc tasks at the direction of the Office of the Deputy Secretary Manager and/or Director in response to business requirements often in compressed timeframes.
• Supporting the Office of the Deputy Secretary Team business needs, including supporting workflow, Ministerial requests, and any other aspect of the Corporate Services role.
• Establish, implement, monitor and evaluate change and communications practices, business systems and procedures to provide a support function with maximum efficiency and effectiveness.

Key challenges 

• Progressing multiple pieces of work with competing priorities and deadlines.
• Interpreting high level executive directives and implementing the respective work with a significant degree of autonomy.
• Anticipating and addressing contentious issues and providing accurate advice on complex issues often within tight timeframes, given the need to collect and analyse information from a variety of different sources.

What we’re looking for

We are looking for an individual who has:

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with internal and external stakeholders.
• Experience reviewing and preparing executive communications.
• Strong initiative and analytical skills.
• The ability to produce high quality, accurate and timely analysis, advice, and responses in a high workload and time pressured environment.
• Excellent time management, multi-tasking and organisational skills.
• The ability to work effectively in a team.

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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.

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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, attach a cover letter (maximum 2 pages) outlining how you meet the requirements of the role as well as an up-to-date résumé (maximum 5 pages).

Applications close Monday, 20th May 2024 at 11:59pm AEST.

Got a question?

For more information about the role or what it’s like to work for DCJ, please contact the hiring manager Monique Chidiac, Manager, Engagement and Strategic Issues at Monique.chidiac@dcj.nsw.gov.au

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, please call Sarah Nguyen on 02 9765 5046 or via thikimyen.nguyen@dcj.nsw.gov.au   

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.

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