Northern Rivers Housing (NRH) has provided community housing in northern New South Wales since 1984. We manage close to 1,000 affordable and social housing properties from our offices in Lismore, Grafton, and Tweed Heads. We believe that everyone has the right to live in safe, comfortable, and affordable housing.

Our Values:

• Respect: We are a people-centred organisation, respecting the diversity and different needs of the individuals we work with.
• Social Responsibility: We support people with housing needs, striving for equality and fairness in housing outcomes.
• Professionalism: We work with integrity to provide quality, innovative services and are accountable for our decisions and actions.
• Safety and Wellbeing: We are committed to a work environment that values health, safety, and well-being.

Our Benefits:

Remuneration: competitive salaries, above-award wages, and salary packaging, which can add up to an additional $15,900 in tax-free pay per year, plus other tax savings.

Learning and development: ongoing professional development including targeted opportunities, career plans and support such as achieving formal qualifications, networking, internal promotions, reflective practice and succession planning.

Leave: enhanced leave provisions, including Ceremonial leave and gifted days off between Christmas and New Year.

Flexibility: flexible and supportive working environment including family-friendly working hours.

Safety and Wellbeing: we believe it’s important to create a happy, healthy work environment where one can leave at the end of the day and look forward to returning the next. Our Employee Assistance Program (EAP), provides a free and confidential counseling service with local providers and 24/7 support.

About the Role:

We are looking for someone who can support our Executive Management Team in the development and review of company-wide policies, procedures, and work instructions to assist Northern Rivers Housing in meeting quality standards.

The Policy Officer will audit the existing policy framework and conduct gap analysis to inform and guide the implementation of updated operational policies. A key focus involves assessing policy issues, thinking creatively, and researching solutions including working with key internal stakeholders to ensure effective policy design.

To be successful in this role, you will have the ability to work within the legislative parameters and regulatory reforms relevant to affordable and social housing.

You'll be joining a dynamic and forward-focused organisation that values a creative and collaborative approach to transformation.

This is a project based role to be filled for a 6-month period working up to 4 days per week and classified at a Level 5 under the Social, Community, Home Care, and Disability Services Industry Award.

About You:

• Demonstrated experience in providing high-level verbal and written advice that is comprehensive and considers the needs of the business.
• Previous experience working to regulatory and legislated requirements.
• Highly motivated, and outcome-oriented, with the capacity to respond to competing priorities.
• Well developed analytical skills.
• High attention to detail and the ability to input data into multiple systems.
• Well-developed computer skills, including proficiency with MS Office Programs and the ability to adapt and learn internal IT systems.
• A current driver’s licence, satisfactory police check, and a Working with Children Check (WWCC).

Other experience, knowledge, and skills we would like you to have:

• Previous policy development in the Not-for-Profit or Social Housing sectors is highly desirable.

A position description is attached.

The NSW Government contracts NRH to deliver essential services to vulnerable people. In accordance with NRH's duty to provide and maintain a workplace where known hazards are mitigated wherever possible, in an effort to safeguard the health of our employees and their families; our residents (clients) and visitors; and the community at large from COVID-19, this position will require the incumbent to be fully vaccinated.

This is a fixed term, part-time position (4 days per week) with the option to be based in any of our offices including Tweed Heads, NSW, Grafton, NSW or Lismore, NSW or the option to work remotely.

For further information, please contact Sarah Parrish, Human Resources Advisor on 0490 410 904 or email [email protected], using the subject line: Policy Officer - Lismore / Grafton / Tweed Heads enquiry via EthicalJobs

We will be shortlisting applications as they are received so please apply as soon as possible.

We partner with our local Aboriginal Community and welcome applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians.

Thank you in advance for your application, please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.