Assistant Policy Officer - Centre for Population Health

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Role Title: Assistant Policy Officer
Employment Type: Full Time ? Ongoing
Role Classification: Clerk Grade 5/6
Remuneration: $83,403.00 - $92,026.00 pa plus superannuation and annual leave loading  
Hours per Week: 35
Location: North Sydney (Moving to St Leonards in 2020)
Requisition ID:  REQ54695
Closing Date: 30 July 2018 11:59pm

About this role
Are you passionate about public health? The Centre for Population Health plays a lead role tackling complex health issues, including overweight and obesity. The NSW Government is committed to addressing this health issue and aims to reduce rates of childhood overweight and obesity by five per cent by 2025. We are seeking an Assistant Policy Officer to join the small, highly-motivated team working on the state-wide program seeking to meet this ambitious goal.

Where you'll be working
The Centre for Population Health aims to promote health and to prevent morbidity and mortality caused by modifiable risk factors. The CPH portfolio encompasses: alcohol and other drugs; hepatitis B and C; sexually transmissible infections including HIV; tobacco; and obesity. The strategies used to address these issues include state-wide policy and planning, legislation and regulation, program development, resource allocation, performance monitoring, research and evaluation.
 
Programs and services funded by the CPH are delivered in government, non-government, community and clinical settings. The CPH approach is characterised by a focus on evidence-informed programmatic and system-level interventions that improve health, reduce health inequity, create healthy environments, promote community action, enable personal health-seeking and recognise the social determinants of good health.

What you'll be doing
The Assistant Policy Officer will assist to develop, implement and evaluate NSW Health policies. To be eligible, demonstrate your ability to provide advice to stakeholders, and contribute to policies, briefs, meetings papers, presentations and correspondence. This role will also undertake a range of clerical support functions and provide executive support for the CPH. Strong interpersonal and communication skills are essential, as is the ability to work across range of projects and manage competing work priorities. Familiarity with the health sector is highly desirable. 
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3. All applicants must attach a response to the two targeted questions (1-2 pages) and your CV (no more than 5 pages)
   
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For role related queries or questions contact Sarah Neill, Principal Analyst, Data and Evaluation on [email protected].
 
TARGETED QUESTIONS
 
If you do not include responses to the below questions your application will not be considered.
 

1. Describe a situation where you have had to analyse and interpret complex information, quickly evaluate impacts and determine potential actions.
2. Describe a time where you were working on multiple priorities under strict time constraints. How did you approach the situation and what was the outcome.
   

 

 

The Ministry of Health values diversity and is committed to building an inclusive workplace culture that reflects the community we serve. We encourage applications from diverse community groups including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, LGBTI, people with a disability and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

 
To be eligible for employment in these roles you must be one of the following:
?  an Australian Citizen, or
?  a permanent resident of Australia, or
?  a New Zealand citizen with a current New Zealand Passport, or
?  a citizen of another country with an appropriate visa that allows you to work in Australia
 
Note: A recruitment pool may be created through this recruitment process. A recruitment pool is 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 12 months.

You can only be offered employment in this role for the duration that your current visa allows you to work in Australia, and you can only be offered ongoing employment if you have a permanent visa that allows you to work in Australia.
 

Applications Close: 30 July 2018 11:59pm