Manager Correspondence and Briefings (Job Share)

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• Job share opportunity (up to 3 days a week) for up to 12 months
• Working days are Thursday, Friday, and the possibility of a third day.
• All DRNSW office locations will be considered.
• Salary from $139K pa to $161K pa (pro rata) plus super

The Mining, Exploration and Geoscience (MEG) Correspondence & Briefings team are looking for a Manager Correspondence & Briefings to undertake a Job Share opportunity (up to 3 days a week) for up to 12 months.

Working closely with your Job Share partner, but with full responsibility on the days you work, you’ll be responsible for managing and coordinating a high-pressure, high-volume environment, coordinating the flow of information between MEG, the Office of the Secretary, and the Ministers office.

You’ll also:

• Lead and direct the team with the coordination, preparation, and delivery of the full range of parliamentary and ministerial material to ensure they meet the required standards in terms of accuracy and style requirements.
• Coordinate the distribution of various requests to relevant branches, review the accuracy and quality of responses provided, and make recommendations.
• Distribute weekly reports.
• Build and maintain collaborative relationships with key stakeholders, facilitating engagement and proactively working to meet standards and timeframes.
• Provide advice and support to senior executives and managers to consistently interpret and improve on the quality and timeliness of materials.
• Evaluate and review complex, sensitive or emerging issues to contribute to group, departmental or ministerial requests for advice.
• Monitor and maintain quality assurance measures, protocols and process guides to ensure high standards.
• Identify and contribute to the evaluation of, and changes to, systems, procedures, and processes to optimise efficiency and to support the continual improvement of services.
• Support direct reports by maintaining a regular meeting schedule and daily interactions in Microsoft Teams and Outlook.

You’ll need to be someone with the experience, skills, and knowledge to ensure:

• quality and timely coordination of MEG’s Correspondence and Briefings to the Minister, Secretary and CEO.
• expert coordination, preparation, and delivery of the full range of parliamentary and ministerial material including House Folder Notes, Budget Estimates Notes and responses to Parliamentary Questions.
• smooth leadership and direction of a small team in partnership with your Job Share colleague.

Essential requirements

• Tertiary qualifications in law, communications, public policy, political science, or other relevant discipline and/or equivalent relevant experience.

Things to know about the role:

• Compliance with pre-employment probity screening is mandatory and a condition of engagement.

Sounds interesting?
If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply with an (ideally no more than one-page) cover letter outlining your suitability and interest in this role, with your resume (ideally no more than three pages) by 11.55pm, Tuesday 2 April 2024.

For further information about the role please contact Manal Haddad, Manager Correspondence and Briefings on 0488 330 *** or via ************@regional.nsw.gov.au. You can also download the Role Description.

If you require adjustments in completing your application, interviewing, completing any pre- employment testing, or otherwise participating in the recruitment process, please let us know so we can assist. Send an email to ***************@regional.nsw.gov.au and a member of the team will contact you for a confidential discussion. 

Please note:
A recruitment pool may be created for ongoing and temporary roles of the same role or role type that may become available for filling over the next eighteen months. 

About the Department of Regional NSW
Diversity and inclusion are core values of the Department of Regional NSW.  The Department of Regional NSW is a workplace where everyone is able to contribute and participate to their full potential, and we are proud to have a team that reflects the richness and complexity of the regional NSW communities we serve.  

The Department of Regional NSW brings together under one super-charged umbrella the skill, insights, expertise, and authority to shape a dynamic future for the state’s regional areas.  

• The groups within our cluster work hard to identify obstacles, map solutions and drive outcomes for the people of regional NSW 
• We are the only central government agency devoted solely to people in regional areas. With nearly 80 percent of our staff living in the community we serve, we are strategic thinkers, problem solvers, and the friend on the ground in good times and bad.
• Our evidence-based, collaborative approach is building thriving communities across regional NSW for generations to come  
• We’re here for regional NSW, for the long term