Policy Manager, System Improvements

The State Insurance Regulatory Authority (SIRA) are looking for a Policy Manager to join our team! 

Benefits

•  Fantastic ongoing clerk grade 11/12 opportunity.
•  Salary range: $139,787 – $161,663 + super, commensurate with experience.
•  Genuinely flexible working arrangements.
•  Flexible working arrangements with state of the art offices in the Sydney CBD and Gosford.
•  Excellent career development and learning development opportunities.

 About Us

This is an exciting opportunity to work in the State Insurance Regulatory Authority which is the regulator of three statutory insurance schemes in NSW – Workers Compensation, CTP and Home Building Compensation, and also has some regulatory functions in other NSW insurance schemes including the Lifetime Care and Support and Dust Diseases schemes. 

Understand more about SIRA – here.

About the role 

Reporting to the Director, Scheme Design, Policy and Performance, you will lead a small team in the Workers Compensation policy and scheme design area. The team engages across government (within NSW and nationally) to develop, manage and implement a range of complex policy initiatives in the NSW workers compensation scheme. 

 Your responsibilities will include:

•  Lead and undertake research, analysis and review of complex policy issues.  
•  Provide expert and timely advice and information to inform relevant stakeholders including Ministers and/or senior leaders and support policy directions. 
•  Lead and manage a team and/or project teams to support the Agency in meeting policy commitments and/or roll-out of significant policy initiatives.  
•  Develop and implement strategies for the monitoring and evaluation of all policy initiatives to identify risks and issues. 
•  Lead and facilitate stakeholder engagement, consultation and negotiation on policy issues applying best practice methodologies to identify and develop solutions and make recommendations. 
•  Oversee the preparation of reports, briefs and correspondence to inform or respond to Agency and/or Government requests. 
•  Lead and drive activities to align resources to deliver priorities and a positive customer experience. 
•  Maintain awareness of relevant issues, policy obligations, insights, challenges, industry trends and practices and opportunities to in order to identify, pursue, evaluate, recommend and deliver innovative solutions that optimise outcomes.  

For more information on the role and its accountabilities, click 

here to view the role description. 

About you:

•  A leader who will mentor and engage their team while maintaining a great employee experience. 
•  An analytical thinker who can think outside the box to solve complex problems. 
•  A flexible worker who can adjust their capabilities to suit a variety of situations & stakeholders. 
•  The go to person for reading and interpreting legislation. 
•  Thrives around people, working towards collaborative relationships with internal and external stakeholders. 
•  A strong background in public policy, preferably in the regulatory space. 

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: Thursday 2nd May 2024 [at 9.59am]

 What we need from you:

To start your journey towards becoming our Policy Manager, 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. 

Visit the Capability Application Tool to prepare for the recruitment process by accessing practice application and interview questions based on the focus capabilities listed in the role description.

 Belong in our diverse and inclusive workplace:

 The strength of our workforce lies in its diversity and embracing difference, while the key to our success is leveraging the contributions of employees with different backgrounds and perspectives.

 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 **********@customerservice.nsw.gov.au or 02 9494 8***.

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