About the Role
Play a part in making NSW a better place to work, live, and travel by working in an organization based on purpose, structure, and process. Contribute diligently to operations to make a meaningful impact on the community and economy.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the primary interface between Transport and portfolio Ministerial Offices, acting as the key relationship manager for Ministerial staff, Department Liaison Officers, and Transport.
- Ensure proactive engagement, clear communication, streamlined, and customer-focused operations, and high-quality, timely outputs.
- Support Transport’s Ministers, the Secretary, and senior management by coordinating and facilitating well-researched, concise, and astute advice on complex issues within tight timeframes.
- Identify and refer urgent, sensitive, and confidential issues for action.
- Contribute to the Government and Parliamentary Services branch by facilitating cross-team collaboration and working closely with stakeholders.
- Establish a consistent approach, identify and initiate continuous improvement opportunities, and support knowledge sharing across the branch.
- Coordinate complex and sensitive briefing materials, reports, and parliamentary products for Ministerial Offices and the Secretary, ensuring accuracy and compliance.
- Manage incoming requests, triage them efficiently, and keep systems updated and processes streamlined.
- Provide strategic advice to senior executives and Ministerial Offices on urgent or politically sensitive issues, including risk identification and mitigation.
- Build strong stakeholder relationships through clear communication and proactive engagement.
- Maintain cooperative and productive working relationships with key internal and external contacts to achieve a strategic approach to all requests.
- Provide proactive advice and information from across Transport and its agencies.
Requirements
- Strong understanding of State Government systems, policies, and practices, including the workings of a Ministerial Office, Parliament, and Machinery of Government.
- Demonstrated ability to critically analyze complex information.
- Demonstrated ability to communicate in plain English.
- Demonstrated ability to meet strict deadlines.
- Excellent written, authoring, and verbal communication skills.
- Proven ability to draft clear, professional, well-crafted customer responses.
- Proven ability to collaborate effectively with internal stakeholders and SMEs.
- Relevant tertiary qualifications or demonstrated, relevant, equivalent professional experience in Government Services or Ministerial Services.
Skills
- Relationship building
- Clear communication
- Proactive communication
- Handling sensitive and confidential matters
- Diplomacy
- Accuracy
- Stakeholder engagement
- Critical analysis
- Plain English communication
- Meeting strict deadlines
- Written communication
- Authoring
- Verbal communication
- Drafting customer responses
- Collaboration
Location
- Macquarie Park
- Regional location
Work Type
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Hybrid
Education Level
- Relevant tertiary qualifications or demonstrated, relevant, equivalent professional experience
Benefits
- Award-winning flexible and hybrid work options
About the Company
- Transport for NSW provides a safe, integrated, and efficient transport system.
- We connect people, communities, and industry every day.
- Our workforce is as diverse as the community we serve.
Equal Opportunity
- Aboriginal people and people living with disability are supported throughout the recruitment process and at work, and we encourage you to apply.
- Visit Supporting Aboriginal people or Supporting people with disability for more info or speak to your talent team member to arrange any adjustments to how you interact with us.
