Senior Policy Officer

• Salary: $113,002 - $136,747 (Plus Superannuation)
• Ongoing role
• Usual hours of work: Full time (flexibility may be available)
• Usual work location: 121 Exhibition Street, Melbourne (flexibility may be available)

The Role

Reporting to the Manager, Ministerial Coordination and Advice, this position supports the department's governance and ministerial operations. It provides authoritative advice on administrative policy and supports the delivery of ministerial functions, ensuring alignment with departmental obligations, protocols and procedures.

Main accountabilities:

• Provide authoritative advice to the department on administrative policy and guidelines related to Government and Parliamentary Services business functions.
• Provide project coordination support to the PAEC Project Manager by managing timelines, communication, overseeing project documentation and administrative project tasks.
• Coordinate the department's intergovernmental relations responsibilities and maintain effective communication with central agencies.
• Support business continuity across Government and Parliamentary Services functions by maintaining processes, procedures and assisting with continuity planning during periods of disruption or high demand.

The Team

The position of Senior Policy Officer forms a part of the Strategy, Performance and Governance branch within the Corporate Services group.

The Corporate Services group consists of specialist functions including strategic communications, finance, investment and procurement, performance and governance, legal and legislation, people and culture, information technology and workplace services and emergency management.

About You

The successful candidate will ideally have the following skills and experience:

• Technical experience: Demonstrated expertise in implementing, interpreting and providing advice on policies, guidelines and protocols, with a proven ability to manage ministerial requests, maintain high documentation standards and provide effective support during ministerial transition periods.
• Planning and organising: Sets clearly defined objectives and priorities and operate accordingly, reviewing and adjusting as required; identifies processes, tasks and resources required to achieve a goal; establishes systems and procedures to guide work and track progress; recognises actual and potential barriers and finds effective ways to deal with them.
• Influence and negotiation: Gains agreement to proposals and ideas; builds behind- the- scenes support for ideas to ensure buy-in and ownership; uses chains of indirect influence to achieve outcomes, for example, ‘gets A to show B so B will tell C'; involves experts or other third parties to strengthen a case.

Further Information

For a confidential discussion, please contact Mardi Solomon, Director, Government and Parliamentary Services on 0429293503 or mardi.solomon@ecodev.vic.gov.au

The Department is committed to creating and maintaining a child safe organisation. We have zero tolerance of child abuse and are committed to taking the necessary steps to protect children from harm by adopting a preventative, proactive and participatory approach to child safety in accordance with the Child Safe Standards.

Successful candidates will be required to undergo a National Police Records Check prior to commencing employment with the Department. For further information on the position, please refer to the attached position description.

Please note: We are committed to inclusive recruitment. If you require an adjustment to participate in any stage of the recruitment process or have a particular requirement to be communicated with by either telephone or email only, please notify the DJSIR Talent Acquisition Team on 0472 875 685, or via email at recruitment@ecodev.vic.gov.au with the position number in the subject line.

How to Apply

Please click the ‘Apply Now' button. As part of the application process, you will need to provide a copy of your resume and a cover letter addressing the key selection criteria outlined in the position description.

Applications close at 23:59pm on 9 December 2025.