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Senior Policy Officer

The State Insurance Regulatory Authority (SIRA) is looking for a Senior Policy Officer to join one of our policy teams!

Benefits

• Full-time, ongoing clerk grade 9/10 opportunity.
• Salary range: $120,859– $133,183+ super, commensurate with experience.
• Work on high-priority legislative policy projects
• Excellent career development and learning development opportunities.
• Outstanding team and organisational culture.
• Flexible working arrangements.
• Wellbeing programs and resources available.
• State of the art offices.

About Us

This is an exciting opportunity to work in our State Insurance Regulatory Authority (SIRA) which regulates three statutory insurance schemes in NSW. This role sits in the Home Building Compensation Regulation Directorate which is responsible for compulsory consumer-protection insurance in the residential building industry (the ‘home building compensation scheme’).

Understand more about SIRA – here. 

Your responsibilities will include:

•  Monitor, research, analyse and review emerging policy and legislative issues.
•  Prepare advice for the SIRA Chief Executive, Minister and Cabinet where required, including data-driven insights.
•  Prepare briefs, submissions, reports and correspondence.
•  Manage or participate in projects.
•  Grow relationships in SIRA and across government, with other jurisdictions and stakeholders.

For more information on the role and its accountabilities, click here to view the role description.

About you:

•  A background in public policy or related fields (such as behavioural science, law, social research, economics or government / industry liaison).
•  An excellent writer. You can readily distil complex ideas into plain English.
•  Good interpersonal communication. You enjoy collaborating with colleagues and engaging with stakeholders.
•  Innately curious. You are an analytical thinker who can use data to solve complex problems.
•  Are committed to learning a new subject area and building legislative policy skills.

If you want to be part of this forward thinking, innovative team that thrive in challenging the status quo, we would love to hear from you!

Closing date: Monday 22nd April 2024 [at 9.59am]

What we need from you:

To start your journey towards becoming our Senior Policy Officer, please click on the link below and attach your resume (max 5 pages) and cover letter (max 2 pages).

In your cover letter please share your motivation for applying for this position and your relevant skills.

A talent pool may be created from this recruitment process to fill future ongoing and temporary opportunities. 

For any enquiries regarding the recruitment process, please contact Emma Corke, Talent Acquisition Advisor on 02 9372 9167 or emma.corke@customerservice.nsw.gov.au

You Belong Here

We are committed to diversity, inclusion, and new ways of working.

We have 8 million+ reasons to care and want our employees to represent the communities that we serve. 

You can view our full diversity and inclusion statement here.

We want you to bring your best self to this application process. If you feel you may require an adjustment during the recruitment process, please contact our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion team via emma.corke@customerservice.nsw.gov.au or 02 9494 8351.

Visit our Careers site to find out what it means to work for us.