Senior Departmental Liaison Officer, Treasurer’s Office

This temporary vacancy is only available to current NSW Treasury and NSW Public Sector employees. External candidates are encouraged to apply for our externally advertised roles.

This is a great opportunity if you are motivated by career development to further build your capabilities within a dynamic environment!

• Employment Type: Temporary
• Employment Period: 12months
• Classification / Grade / Band: Clerk Grade 9/10
• Remuneration: $120,859.44 - $133,183.44; plus Superannuation and Leave Loading
• Location: Sydney CBD, Flexible & hybrid working options available
• Applications Close: Monday, 22 January 2024 at 10:00am

Stepping into the heart of the NSW Government

You will have an invaluable opportunity to create a positive impact for the people of New South Wales. You will be challenged to provide the best outcomes possible in this role while developing and growing your own skills.

When you join Treasury, you join an organisation that is a whole-of-government financial and economic advisor. Treasury is a critical component of the government and provides advice that informs a wide range of financial, economic and policy driven work for the state of NSW.

We consider work-life balance a key feature of being employed here. You will have the flexibility to manage your work schedule around times that best suit your life outside of the workplace and in line with organisational needs.

Enrich your career with the NSW Treasury

While we are certain you will already have your own expertise to ensure success in this role, you will also continue to learn and improve your skills in core areas, including:

• co-ordinating information flows between the Minister’s Office and Treasury
• responding promptly to enquiries from key internal Treasury and wider Government stakeholders and other Ministerial offices
• developing procedures and solutions that enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of ministerial services
• maintaining communication strategies and networks within the organisation.

You will join our Executive and Ministerial Services (EMS) and will be working within the Office of The Secretary Division. Read more about your future Group and Division.

As you grow in your role at Treasury, there may be opportunities to be a subject matter expert and to be a key contact for the business group. This may lead to opportunities to move into leadership.

Transform and develop your career in a central government agency that is invested in you.

The Senior Departmental Liaison Officer (DLO) role will provide you with the opportunity to expand your network as you will have the chance to work with multiple teams, agencies, external stakeholders, and organisations to help shape your career.

Investing in you

Just some of the benefits of working with Treasury include:

• Accrue quarterly flex time for any hours worked over the standard hours, and enjoy true work life balance
• Continuous learning initiatives to invest in your career. We invite subject matter experts to share their knowledge and expertise during in-house education sessions, and online training is at your fingertips to access.
• A healthy workplace, both mentally and physically. Our Wellbeing at Treasury curriculum offers regular seminars. From opportunities to connect with colleagues to boost social connection, to seminars on creating better financial health and physical and psychological wellbeing.
• A range of leave to support you with your needs out of work including generous paid parental leave, carers leave and more.

Read more about our benefits.

Working as a Senior Departmental Liaison Officer

If you are interested in a career in government, policy, or politics, and want to expand your public sector experience, then this is the opportunity for you.

As a Senior Departmental Liaison Officer (DLO), you’ll help build and maintain a strong relationship between the Treasurer’s office and NSW Treasury.

You will work closely with the Chief of Staff and political advisers to deliver departmental outcomes, and support the NSW Government deliver on its election commitments and policy priorities. The DLO will make recommendations to the department in consultation with the Treasurer’s staff and liaise with departmental staff on sensitive or confidential issues

You will play an integral part in identifying and implementing systems improvements to enhance processes between the department and Treasurer’s office. You will facilitate the request and approval of briefing notes, advice requests, correspondence, meeting briefs, event briefs, Cabinet documents and parliamentary materials and provide strategic and tactical feedback to the department on the office’s priorities, preferences and ways of working. In particular you will be responsible for checking the quality of information and advice and using sound judgement to prioritise work that is often unpredictable, deadline-driven and of a critical nature.

Over your 12-month term, you will gain exposure to the dynamics of politics, sitting days in Parliament House, and the end-to-end policy process from ideation through to legislation. You will help the office deliver the 2024-25 NSW Budget, prepare for Budget Estimates and other high-profile committee hearings, and support priority Cabinet and ERC meetings. You will witness the progression of key policy priorities including housing reform, industrial relations, energy, major infrastructure projects and many more.

You will work across all departments in Treasury and work particularly closely with the Office of the Secretary and Deputy Secretaries. As a Treasury DLO, you will liaise with other NSW government agencies, other state and territory treasuries across Australia, and with external stakeholders from all backgrounds. You will form productive working relationships with staff in other ministerial offices, the Premier’s Department, the Cabinet Office, and officials at NSW Parliament House.

This role is primarily office-based working in the Sydney CBD where you will join a small and tight-knit DLO team in the Treasurer’s Office.

Achieve success as a Senior Departmental Liaison Officer

You will be successful in this role if you have:

• an understanding of the workings of government, including the role of Ministers, departments and agencies, the role of the Treasurer’s office, parliamentary processes, and government protocols and procedures.
• the ability to communicate and negotiate effectively with a range of stakeholders
• can exercise initiative, sound judgement, maintain confidentiality and demonstrate integrity
• high levels of accuracy, consistency and quality in service delivery
• demonstrated experience in a fast-paced, deadline-driven, and high-volume environment, and/or experience as an Executive Officer, in project management, or in high quality administrative services is desirable.

We are also committed to providing you with access to learning and development programs to help you achieve your performance objectives and career goals. Read more about how we invest in you.

Interested in working with us?

We would love to learn more about you!

We welcome applications from all ages and genders, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disabilities, LGBTQI+ and diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds.

Read the role description to learn more about the role and submit your application ONLY via the I Work for NSW jobs platform.

NSW Treasury is an accredited Disability Confident Recruiter. This means we provide a fair and equitable recruitment process to all candidates. People with a disability can apply for our jobs without experiencing barriers. We are committed to being an employer of choice for the people of New South Wales.

People with a disability are supported to access adjustments in our recruitment processes and the workplace. Please visit the following link for contact details if you have a disability and require an adjustment or assistance during the recruitment process: https://www.treasury.nsw.gov.au/about-treasury/careers-at-nsw-treasury

NSW Treasury is accredited as a Level 1 Activate Carer Employer.

We are committed to being an employer of choice for the people of NSW.

How we get to know you:

• an up-to-date resume detailing your knowledge, skills, and experience in relation to the role.
• complete several pre-screening questions as part of the application process.

Read more about what to expect in the hiring process.

Talent Pool

A talent pool may be created through this recruitment process. A talent pool represents a group of applicants who have been assessed and identified as suitable for this role or similar roles and who may be considered for a range of similar roles, including temporary, term, or ongoing roles, over the next 18 months.

Eligibility

To be eligible to apply for this opportunity at NSW Treasury, you must be a current ongoing or temporary employee within a NSW Government agency, and Australian or New Zealand citizen or permanent resident of Australia. This is not open to contingency/labour hire NSW Government employees.

NSW Treasury does not provide relocation expenses, nor can we support employer-sponsored work visas unless specifically referenced in the advertisement.

The successful candidate will be required to undergo background checks and provide confirmation of tertiary academic qualifications before commencement.

Any questions?

Visit our Careers Centre or contact our Talent Advisor Scott Walker, scott.walker@treasury.nsw.gov.au

Close of applications: 10:00 am Monday 22 January 2024

A concurrent search is also underway

Click “Apply online” below to start your application.