Job Summary
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- Job posted on: 1st Aug 2024
- Regional NSW > Tweed Heads
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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.
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.
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.
Other experience, knowledge, and skills we would like you to have:
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.
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