Impress employers and recruiters.
Choose from hundreds of resume examples.
Impress employers and recruiters.
Choose from hundreds of resume examples.
Tailor your resume to this Senior Government Relations Officer role.
Rezi rewrites your resume against Sydney Opera House's job description. Free.
Tailor your resume to this Senior Government Relations Officer role.
Rezi rewrites your resume against Sydney Opera House's job description. Free.
Don't guess if your resume is good enough.
See how it scores against the Senior Government Relations Officer posting at Sydney Opera House — free, in seconds.
Don't guess if your resume is good enough.
See how it scores against the Senior Government Relations Officer posting at Sydney Opera House — free, in seconds.
About the Role
The Senior Government Relations Officer plays a key role in delivering government relations initiatives through effective project coordination, stakeholder engagement, and strategic advocacy. This position provides high-quality advice, briefings, and reporting, while building strong relationships across government and key sectors. The role also identifies and pursues funding opportunities to support organisational priorities and promotes the Opera House’s social, cultural, and economic impact within the community.
Responsibilities
- Deliver government relations initiatives through effective project coordination, stakeholder engagement, and strategic advocacy.
- Provide high-quality advice, briefings, and reporting.
- Build strong relationships across government and key sectors.
- Identify and pursue funding opportunities to support organisational priorities.
- Promote the Opera House’s social, cultural, and economic impact within the community.
Requirements
- Relevant tertiary qualifications in communications, government policy, arts administration, or a related field, or equivalent skills and experience gained through work and other pathways.
- Strong organisational, prioritisation, and time management skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and work independently.
- Experience working in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment, delivering high-quality outcomes in a complex stakeholder setting.
- Well-developed research, analytical, and problem-solving skills, with strong attention to detail and sound judgement.
- High-level written communication skills, with experience in preparing complex written material in a government environment an advantage.
- Demonstrated superior oral, persuasive, negotiation, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to develop and maintain a network of internal and external stakeholders.
- Demonstrated knowledge of the workings of Government, including the role of Ministers, their offices and agencies, as well as Government and Parliamentary protocols and procedures.
- Existing Australian work rights.
- Satisfactory National Police Check.
- Satisfactory Pre-Employment Health Assessment.
Skills
- Organisational skills
- Prioritisation skills
- Time management skills
- Research skills
- Analytical skills
- Problem-solving skills
- Attention to detail
- Sound judgement
- Written communication skills
- Oral communication skills
- Persuasive skills
- Negotiation skills
- Interpersonal skills
- Stakeholder engagement
Location
- Sydney
Work Type
- Full Time
- Temporary (6 months)
Experience Level
- Senior
Education Level
- Relevant tertiary qualifications in communications, government policy, arts administration, or a related field, or equivalent skills and experience gained through work and other pathways.
Salary/Compensations
- Base salary of $121,946 per annum plus 12% Superannuation Contributions
Benefits
- 10% off onsite food and beverage outlets
- 5 weeks’ annual leave
- Access to salary packaging
- Discounted health insurance
- Access to professional development programs
- Staff engagement initiatives
- Staff community groups
- Fitness Passport
- Complimentary wellbeing programs
- Working for an organisation with a 6 STAR Green Performance rating
- Working for an organisation committed to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
- Complimentary tickets to shows
About the Company
- The Sydney Opera House occupies a unique place in the cultural landscape as a globally recognised icon, one of the world’s busiest performing arts centres, the nation’s premier tourism destination, and a World Heritage masterpiece.
- The organisation is driven by a team of passionate and dedicated people.
- The Opera House is a living work of art, a place of possibility and wonder.
- The organisation's ambition is to be Everyone’s House, focused on four themes: Everyone feels welcome here, We better understand and connect with the community, We are future-ready, and We lead and inspire positive change.
- The organisation is committed to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and is the world’s first arts organisation to join the UN’s Global Compact.
Equal Opportunity
- The Opera House is an inclusive employer that recognises everyone is unique and welcomes you for who you are.
- Adjustments to the recruitment process can be discussed.
- Applications are welcomed and encouraged from First Nations people.
- Applications are welcomed and encouraged from people of all genders, people who are d/Deaf and/or with disability, from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, neurodiverse, refugees and the LGBTQIA+ community.