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• Key strategic and high-level operational role within the office of the Deputy Secretary Corporate Services
• Temporary full-time opportunity until end of August 2025
• Office location - Parramatta, Newcastle, Orange or other NSW office location by negotiation.
• Salary relative to experience and ranges from $139,787.00 to $161,663.00 + super

The role

The Executive Officer is a diverse role providing support for strategic projects as well as overseeing executive and ministerial correspondence activity. Providing strategic and operational advice to the senior leadership team, you will coordinate information from sources across the department whilst identifying sensitive policy/management issues, emergent trends and assessing any implications. As an approachable key contact within the office, you are often the first point of contact with the office regarding any enquiries or policy/management issues. Another important focus of the role is to lead and further develop the office administration staff to provide support across Corporate Services.

For more information read the full Role Description: Executive Officer

What you will bring to the role

• Proven leadership qualities, including the ability to motivate and inspire others to achieve shared goals.
• Demonstrated flexibility and adaptability to thrive in a fast-paced and complex work environment.
• A solution focussed mindset
• A focus on delivery and continual improvement of policy and processes - ensuring high-quality outcomes are delivered
• The ability to effectively involve stakeholders throughout a process, fostering collaboration and buy-in

What is an essential requirement:

• Relevant tertiary qualifications and/or proven experience delivering policy outcomes, strategic planning, or performance improvement within a complex, sensitive, high-volume environment.

Join us

Apply online with your resume and cover letter. Applications close Wednesday 20 November at 11.55pm. Contact Kate Macdougall  kate.macdougall@dpie.nsw.gov.au or on 0417 972 127 for further details.

We encourage and support applications from people with disability. Please reach out to us to discuss any accommodations or adjustments that may be needed during the recruitment process, ensuring that you have every opportunity to showcase your talent, skills, and potential. Contact the Talent Team via talent.acquisition@dpie.nsw.gov.au or (02) 63637676​ - HR Support, option 3, DPHI People Advisory, option 1 and reference 'Request an Adjustment - Job Title and Reference Number'.

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