Manager Ministerial & Parliamentary Services

Manager Ministerial and Parliamentary Services – SafeWork NSW

Grade: Clerk Grade 11/12

Salary Range: $139,787 - $161,663+ superannuation and leaveloading

Location: Parramatta

Term: Ongoing

Applications Close: Monday 12th February 2024 (9:59AM)

About the team

An exciting ongoing opportunity has arisen for a Manager Ministerial, Parliamentary Coordination, Reporting to the Director Policy, Strategy and Governance Directorate, within SafeWork NSW.

SafeWork NSW is the state’s work, health and safety regulator. We focus on preventing harm and improving the health and safety landscape in NSW workplaces. We work with the NSW community to reduce work related fatalities, serious injuries and illnesses and make it easier to do business safely.

You will lead a team and oversee the delivery of high quality and timely analysis and advice to ensure a consistent approach to executive, ministerial and parliamentary correspondence and requests.

Your responsibilities will include

• Effective oversight and coordination of SafeWork’s executive, ministerial and parliamentary support including - correspondence, media requests, budget estimates, standing order 52s
• Coordination of responses to Cabinet Submissions
• Oversight of a team to ensure quality and accurate information is provided to the executive and the Minister.

About you

To be successful in this role you will have:

• Extensive knowledge of Ministerial and Parliamentary processes and thrive in working in a complex high volume, legislative environment with competing priorities and short turnaround times
• Demonstrated experience leading and developing a team through change while fostering a performance-based culture and strong sense of integrity, professionalism, accountability and collaboration with an emphasis on quality and customer-oriented service
• Demonstrated ability to quickly develop constructive relationships across Departmental Executive teams, Ministers Offices, and other Government Agencies
• Exceptional communication, interpersonal and negotiation skills and proven experience in facilitating and building positive relationships across a range of regulatory functions to develop critical business knowledge and influence.
• Ability to quickly understand complex information and identity issues and communicate this clearly, to a variety of audiences.

What we need from you

To start your journey towards joining our team 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.

Salary Grade 11/12, with the base salary for this role startingat $ base plus superannuation

Click Here to access the Role Description. For enquiries relating to recruitment pleasecontact Tayla Gibbs via ***********@customerservice.nsw.gov.au.

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Closing Date: 12th February 2024 (9:59AM)

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