• Industry leading training with ongoing career development and support
• Generous leave entitlements including flex leave
• Diverse and inclusive organisation
• Ongoing Full-Time
• Location: Sydney Metro, Redfern (relocating to Parramatta early 2022) and remote working
• Clerk Grade 9/10, Salary ($113,343 - $124,901), plus employer’s contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading

 Agency overview

 The Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) is the lead agency under the Stronger Communities Cluster. DCJ works to enable everyone's right to access justice and help for families through early intervention and inclusion, with benefits for the whole community. Stronger Communities is focussed on achieving safe, just, inclusive and resilient communities by providing services that are effective and responsive to community needs. For the first time, the creation of DCJ and Stronger Communities provides an opportunity to focus on prevention and early intervention across both the social welfare and justice systems.

The Aboriginal Strategy Coordination and Evaluation unit where this role is located works to deliver the systems change needed to create trust and leadership in our communities and improve quality of life outcomes for Aboriginal children and families.

About the role

The role of Senior Program Officer provides strategic program management services across a large-scale strategic program or a range of smaller programs which directly contribute to better outcomes for individuals, families, groups and communities.

This role is in the Aboriginal Strategy – Child and Family team and provides policy and practice advice from a cultural perspective to department stakeholders. The Senior Program Officer is responsible for strategic program development, implementation and coordination across the Children and Family project portfolio with stakeholders from a range of department business areas.

Key functions include supporting the design and delivery of services to Aboriginal children and families, and supporting the redesign of DCJ approach to Aboriginal people.

The role reports to the Manager Aboriginal Strategy – Child and Family in the Strategy Policy Commissioning Partnerships division and is accountable for delivery to:

• Aboriginal stakeholders
• community organisations and peak groups
• department executive
• cross divisional clients and public facing services staff

 For further information on the role, click here to download the Supplementary Information.

 Essential requirements of the role

• Tertiary qualifications in a related discipline and/or equivalent knowledge, skills and experience with demonstrated commitment to ongoing professional development.
• “It is an essential requirement of the role that successful applicants will have had their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine by 1 December 2021 and their second dose by 17 January 2022.”

About you

In addition to meeting the essential requirements, the successful candidate must demonstrate strong capabilities in:

• Developing business relationship between central office function and department clients by acting as a central liaison point for strategic engagements across organisational divisions to improve outcomes for Aboriginal children and families
• Ensuring that program planning incorporates cultural considerations and program delivery supports department goals
• Assisting clients in the development of project plans and program logic to deliver systems change
• Leading the analysis and consolidation of relevant information to support strategic policy development and implementation
• Coordination and implementation of new and existing services and/or business processes.

Applying for the role

 When applying you will need to:

1. Submit a cover letter (maximum 2 pages) outlining how you meet the requirements and capabilities of this role
2. Answer two target questions (300 word limit) 
   1. Provide an example of how you have coordinated a program of work to support reform or systems change process
   2. Describe a time when you have worked with Aboriginal people, in organisations or communities, to solve an issue. What was the result?
3. Attach an up-to-date resume (maximum of 5 pages)

For role enquiries please contact Paul Sabatier on 02 9716 2191 or via email at: [email protected] using the subject line: Senior Program Officer enquiry via EthicalJobs.  

If you experience technical difficulties when submitting your application, please contact our team on (02) 9765 3042.

 Appointments are subject to reference checks. Some roles may also require the following checks/ clearances:

• National Criminal History Record Check in accordance with the Disability Inclusion Act 2014
• Working with Children Check clearance in accordance with the Child Protection (Working with Children) Act 2012

IMPORTANT

To ensure recruitment at the Department of Communities and Justice continues without interruption during the COVID-19 pandemic, some interviews and assessments may be performed using alternative methods.

This may include video interviewing, telephone interviewing and online assessments. If you are successful following review of your application, you may need to perform assessments and/or interviews via online platforms using a PC, laptop or smart phone. By doing so, we will be adhering to the strict social distancing advice currently in place. 

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. People with disabilities who meet the selection criteria are encouraged to apply; and where required, DCJ will implement reasonable adjustment consistent with industry standard. This position is open to flexible working and jobshare arrangements for suitable candidates.

At DCJ we endeavour to make roles flexible. While this role is advertised as full time, we will consider requests to undertake the work on a flexible part-time or job share basis. Further, the position is location agnostic – applications are encouraged from regional areas. Occasional travel to Sydney to co-locate with the team; however, all operational skills support employees to work from DCJ Regional Offices.

If you require an adjustment within the recruitment process, please contact 02 9765 3042 or via email at [email protected] and advise us of your preferred method of communication.

If you are looking for more information about workplace adjustments at DCJ, please visit our Careers site. 

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

 Thank you for your interest in this role. We look forward to receiving your application.

A position description is attached.