Employment Type: Temporary, up to 12 months

Location:  Parramatta

Agency overview

The Department of Planning & Environment is the lead NSW Government agency in planning for a growing NSW. The Department is going through an exciting period of organisational and operational change.

The Department’s vision – “Planning for growing NSW: inspiring strong communities, protecting our environment” – provides the benchmark for our partnership and leadership approach to engaging and working collaboratively with key State and Local Government, community and industry stakeholders to deliver better outcomes in the areas of planning, local government and the environment.

The NSW Office of Environment and Heritage aims to enrich life in NSW by helping the community to conserve and enjoy our environment and heritage.

About the Role:

Joining the strategy team, you will develop operational policies, strategies and framework proposals to support internal and external stakeholders to effectively protect manage and celebrate our heritage.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Researching and developing operational policies, strategies and frameworks.
• Coordinating project management documentation; and regular reporting and auditing.
• Drafting and presenting high level advice, submissions, briefing papers and correspondence.
• Effectively engaging internal and external stakeholders.
• Evaluating and preparing advice on relevant national and international treaties, policies, conventions and research.
• Developing, planning and co-managing strategic and high priority heritage management projects.
• Effectively documenting policies and procedures.
• Implementing effective policy development and program management.

Essential requirements:

• Tertiary qualifications or sound experience in heritage, Aboriginal cultural heritage or relevant field.
• Knowledge of current heritage issues including Aboriginal, non-Aboriginal and shared heritage conservation principles, issues and trends.

To be successful in the role, ideally you will have:

Along with the essential requirements you will have significant experience in the development and implementation of operation policy that delivers good heritage outcomes.  You will also have a working knowledge of relevant heritage legislation including the Heritage Act 1977, Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 and National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974.  Proven experience in communicating complex projects and policy matters to varied audiences and in stakeholder engagement will also be useful in this role.    

Please read the following documents prior to preparing your application:

• Role Description
• Application Guide
• Applying for a role in the NSW Public Sector

Job Notes:

A Recruitment Pool may be established for future temporary and ongoing roles with similar focus capabilities. The Recruitment Pool may be available to hiring managers from DPE and other NSW Public Sector agencies over a 12-month period.  

To Apply: 

Complete all the questions in the online application. Two of the questions will require you to provide specific examples from your experience (4000-character limit per question). These questions are shown below. Do not address these in your cover letter

Q1 Describe a time when your manager asked you to do something that you thought was inappropriate. How did you respond? 

Q2 Describe a time you were working on a project and had difficulty in obtaining cooperation from a group outside your team that was essential to its completion. How did you go about obtaining the group’s assistance? What was the outcome?

The information provided in your application needs to show how you meet the focus capabilities and other essential requirements of the role. (Refer to the role description for details about the capabilities and the associated behavioural indicators. The role description also lists the essential role requirements.)

Our commitment to diversity:

The Department of Planning and Environment values diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We welcome and encourage applications from people of all ages and genders, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, culturally and linguistically diverse groups and those with a disability.

Applications Close: 11:59PM on Tuesday 5th March 2019

Should you require further information about the role please contact; Alice Brandjes, Senior Team Leader Strategy on (02) 98738560. If you have any enquiries regarding the recruitment process please contact Mark Russell, Recruitment Business Partner on 02 9585 6851.