Assistant Policy Officer

Location – Parramatta
Employment type – Temporary full-time up to 12 months with a possibility of extension or conversion to ongoing
Grade – Clerk Grade 5/6
Salary – $99,398 pa - $110,271 pa plus employers to superannuation and annual leave loading

Your role

The Assistant Policy Officer plays a key role in supporting the organisation’s policy development and implementation efforts. The position is responsible for preparing policy documents such as discussion papers, briefs, and submissions, and for providing timely, research-based advice to inform decision-making. This role contributes directly to shaping and delivering policy initiatives that align with the organisation’s strategic priorities and commitments.

What you’ll do

The Child and Family Strategy branch leads the development of system-level solutions to improve outcomes for children, young people, families, and communities. This work involves close collaboration across DCJ, other government departments (such as Health and Education), and intra/inter-jurisdictional partners to identify client needs, assess system performance, and align with government priorities.

Your day-to-day activities will consistently contribute to better outcomes for the communities we serve.

Prepare discussion papers, briefs and submissions, to contribute to the development and delivery of policy and project initiatives.
Prepare and maintain documentation for reporting, monitoring and evaluation purposes.
Communicate with key stakeholders and coordinate working groups, committee meetings, and stakeholder consultations to support engagement.
Undertake research and collate information for providing advice within tight timeframes.
Monitor shared inboxes
Provide Secretariat support for a range of interjurisdictional meetings.

What we’re looking for

The ideal candidate will have a solid understanding of public policy, work well under pressure, and demonstrate strong attention to detail. Experience in whole-of-government governance and secretariat support is desirable.

In addition to meeting the essential requirements, the successful candidate must be able to:

Communicate effectively
Self-manage
Deliver results, and
Be flexible to work with continuously changing priorities.

Download the role description.

To apply directly via the DCJ Careers site click here. Search for the job and click the ‘Apply now’ button.

We focus on hiring people who share our commitment and goals of inclusion, collaboration, adaptability, courage and integrity. If you meet the essential requirements and the role resonates with you, please apply – you do not need to meet every desired requirement for us to want to talk to you.

What We Offer

We offer a variety of benefits, including:

A challenging and rewarding career

Flexible, autonomous work environment

Competitive pay and conditions

Training and development opportunities to build and maintain capabilities

Health & Wellbeing and Employee Assistance Programs.

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We do work that really matters

Working for the Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) provides lots of opportunities to make a real difference. We collaborate with other agencies and community partners, to improve lives and realise the potential of children, adults, families and communities. We're focused on breaking, rather than managing, disadvantage. It’s work that really matters.

Apply now and join Australia’s top public sector employer where we will support you and provide an exciting and flexible working environment!

Are you ready to join us?

Click apply, attach a cover letter (maximum 2 pages) outlining how you meet the requirements of the role as well as an up-to-date resume (maximum 3 pages).

Applications close Wednesday, 6 August 2025 at 11:59pm AEST.

Got a question?

For more information about the role or what it’s like to work for DCJ, please contact the hiring manager, Stacey Romeo via email at stacey.romeo@dcj.nsw.gov.au

If you’ve got a question about applying or would benefit from an adjustment in the recruitment process to help you perform at your best (including an alternate method submission of the application), please call Poppy Sgro on 02 9765 3929 or email at poppy.sgro@dcj.nsw.gov.au

Visit Recruitment adjustments on the DCJ website to learn more.

Inclusion and Diversity lies at the heart of how we recruit

We continue to hire great people with a wide variety of skills, experience and backgrounds. This includes people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, women, people identifying as LGBTIQ+, culturally and linguistically diverse people, carers and other diversity groups.

To find out what DCJ are doing to build an inclusive and diverse workforce, visit Inclusion and diversity on the DCJ website.

Other Information

A talent pool may be created for future ongoing and temporary roles and is valid for a period of up to 18 months.

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