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Policy and Engagement Specialist

Remote: 
Full Remote
Contract: 
Full time
Experience: 
Mid-level (2-5 years)
Work from: 
Australia

Offer summary

Qualifications:

Australian Citizen with Baseline Clearance, Experience as a Policy and Engagement Specialist, Strong understanding of government processes, Ability to deliver across multiple agencies, Strong written communication skills.

Key responsabilities:

  • Lead the development of policy advice for the Taskforce.
  • Monitor strategic developments in trade simplification.
  • Build relationships with stakeholders and agencies.
  • Organize meetings and provide secretariat support.
  • Support planning through reporting and risk identification.
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Softtestpays is a leading technology and digital talent specialist, with a genuine dedication to candidate, contractor and client service. With operations spanning Australia, we connect thousands of talented people with great jobs every year, providing rewarding opportunities in the best organisations. We partner with our clients across Australia to co-design creative and agile sourcing strategies, to attract skilled talent locally, Candidates come to us because they know we will do everything we can to help them land their dream job – and our contractors are loyal because their dedicated Contractor Care Consultant makes doing business easy. We pride ourselves on operating with the highest ethical standards, and advocate diversity in the workplace. We are proud to be a member of Australian Computer Society – an association dedicated to maintaining an industry-specific ethical code of conduct. We also support Females in IT and Telecommunications, the Australian Network on Disability, and the Project Management Institute. Softtestpays is a Digital talent provider in Australian Digital Industry from 2009 serving Federal, state and private vendors workforce solutions company. Softtestpays become DISP supplier in 2021
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Job description

Australian citizens with Baseline Clearance only respond.

  • Contract start 26 June 2023 to 30 September 2023, extensions until 22 December 2023.
  • Australian Citizen, Baseline Clearance, Canberra, Sydney, Darwin, Brisbane, Adelaide, Hobart, Melbourne, Perth, Offsite role.

Send your responses to jobs@softtestpays.com

Overview


The opportunity

The STS Taskforce seeks to engage experienced Policy & Engagement Specialist within the Simplified Trade System (STS) Taskforce.

Duties:

  • Lead the coordination and development of briefing products, policy advice and talking points for Taskforce Executive, to inform and influence government deliberations and outcomes.
  • Use knowledge of Government policy agenda to influence trade simplification objectives and monitor strategic developments across Government.
  • Develop, sustain and leverage productive relationships with Government agencies, industry organisations and business.
  • Develop engagement plans, organise meetings and provide high-quality secretariat support for STS to connect with industry and Government stakeholders.
  • Support planning and reporting through preparation of status updates and identification of any compliance and risk issues that may affect the long-term goals of the Taskforce.

Desirable:

  • An existing network of federal government agency contacts in the area of digital economy, transformation and data policy
  • Strong stakeholder engagement skills with an understanding of government processes and experience representing the government in inter-agency and external engagements
  • Strong written communication skills and the ability to craft high quality briefs, talking points and meeting notes with little direction
  • Flexible, adaptable and resilient to working in a highly contested environment and able to re-prioritise work at a moments notice

Every application requires to address selection criteria as part of application submission.

Essential Criteria

1. Demonstrated experience working as a Policy and Engagement Specialist, ideally within government.

2. Proven ability to deliver requirements and aligns with organisational constraints of multiple agencies/entities.

3. Strong communication skills, with the ability to translate between business and technical terminology.

Required profile

Experience

Level of experience: Mid-level (2-5 years)
Industry :
Human Resources, Staffing & Recruiting
Spoken language(s):
English
Check out the description to know which languages are mandatory.

Hard Skills

Policy DevelopmentRisk ManagementMeeting FacilitationStakeholder Engagement

Other Skills

  • Relationship Management
  • Verbal Communication Skills
  • Adaptability
  • Progress Reporting
  • Resilience
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