• Job reference number: 00009VXG
• Clerk Grade 9/10
  
• Salary range $116,211 – $128,061 + 15% Field Allowance, 11% superannuation and leave loading
• Work in a volunteer-based agency supporting communities of NSW
• Utilise your professional HR expertise to support our members
• Full time temporary roles up to 30 June 2024 with possible extension or to be made ongoing  
•  7 roles x Flexible across NSW (Ideally in Rhodes, Tamworth, Dubbo, Goulburn, Goonellabah, Wagga Wagga, Metford and/or Wollongong)

About the opportunity

The NSW SES is currently expanding with the creation of Strategic People & Development Partners to support NSW SES members across our seven Zones. You will be reporting to the Senior Manager Strategic People and Development Partner and have a passion for people and culture including supporting, developing, and engaging our members to be their best.

More about the opportunity:

• You will provide high level value-add expertise to NSW SES members in a range of complex, strategic people and development activities and programs.
• You will build partnerships with senior leaders, managers, unit commanders and members across NSW SES.
• You will provide leadership, guidance, support, coaching and advice in people and development activities in things such as, change management, recruitment, member experience, workforce planning, employee and volunteer legislative, policy and Award compliance.
• If you love working in people, culture and development and providing expert leadership, advice, support and coaching to the workforce across the end-to-end P&D experience, this may be the role for you!

About the NSW SES

Our Mission: NSW SES saving lives and creating safer communities.

Our Vision: A trusted volunteer-based emergency service, working together to deliver excellence in community preparedness and emergency response.

The NSW SES serves the NSW community as the lead agency for floods, storms, and tsunamis as specified by the State Emergency Service Act 1989. We are recognised as the most versatile and widely used emergency service organisation in NSW.  Our volunteers are highly skilled, experienced, and well- trained in the wide variety of roles they perform.

Each NSW SES Unit is as unique and varied as the community it serves, reflecting the vast mix of risks faced and roles required in the diverse locations and communities across the state. In addition to flood, storm and tsunami, our Service provides specialist capabilities that include general land rescue, vertical rescue, road crash rescue, and alpine and remote area search and rescue.  The NSW SES responded to over 64,000 requests for assistance from the community over the 2021-22 year.

The NSW SES has over 10,000 volunteer members, including reserves, and a
full-time equivalent workforce of over 370.  There are 262 volunteer Units across the State and our volunteer Units are either local, community-based Units, State-wide or regional Units established to provide specialist capabilities. They are varied and unique in their capabilities, designed to address specific risks to communities of NSW.

About you

To be successful in this role you will have:

• Excellent collaboration and communication skills with people at all levels, including our members – both paid staff and volunteers!
• Demonstrated problem-solving skills, attention to detail, with the ability to critically analyse complex people issues, take ownership of complex problems, identify creative solutions, and see them through to completion.
• Experience in managing complexities associated with working in a volunteering organisation and/or a genuine understanding of volunteers and their contribution to the service
• You who either have thorough knowledge of AIIMS principles and processes, and/or have a willingness to obtain competence within 12 months.
• The ability to work approximately a night each fortnight and weekends at times, to engage with our volunteer teams.

What we can offer you 

• You will enjoy a 35-hour work week – you can do that over 4 days or a 9-day fortnight too if you like. We will also consider reduced hours if you need to work slightly less hours.
• You can enjoy a hybrid work environment, time in the office and time working from home.
• Our work is meaningful and rewarding. The NSW SES’s mission is saving lives and creating safer communities and you can be an important part of our work.
• We have attractive leave entitlements including parental, sick, flex and recreation leave
• We care about our members. We have Mental Health & Wellbeing programs and services to support our members. We offer Operational and Leadership training and development opportunities to support our members professional development.

You Belong Here

• We care about people as individuals and are committed to diversity, inclusion, and new ways of working. We encourage applications from people of any age, gender, ethnicity, cultural background, faith, disability, sexual orientation or gender identity.
• We want our people to reflect the diverse community we serve and are committed to creating an inclusive and flexible workplace. We want to know what this looks like for you so we can support your success at work.
• If you have a disability, we want to support you to access adjustments in recruitment processes and in the workplace, so you can demonstrate your skills and capabilities to meet the requirements of the job. If you feel you may require an adjustment during the recruitment process, please contact Hays at [email protected]

How to apply 

Your application should include as separate attachments:

• A cover letter (maximum of one page) briefly responding to the essential requirements and your interest in the role; 
• Responses to each of the targeted questions (maximum of one page per answer); and
• An up-to-date resume of no more than four pages detailing your skills and experience relevant to the role

Targeted Questions

1. Tell us about a time you exercised your professional judgement to coach a manager into implementing an effective, innovative and/or practical solution that addressed a people management gap, risk or opportunity. What steps did you take, what was the result and what did you learn to apply for next time.
2. What do you think are the most important skills and qualities of a strategic people partner? Tell us about time when you have demonstrated these in your work?

Want to know more?

If you want to find out more about these exciting opportunities, please contact Marlena Hawkins on [email protected] using the subject line: Strategic People and Development Partners - Flexible Location enquiry via EthicalJobs.

If you have any questions about the recruitment process or would like to discuss reasonable adjustments, please contact Rosie Sluman at [email protected].

The role description is available here. 

Talent Pool

A talent pool may be created through this recruitment process. A talent pool is a group of candidates who have undergone an assessment process and have been identified as suitable for this role or similar roles for a period of 18 months. Being part of a talent pool means that you may be considered for ongoing or temporary employment for a range of similar roles. This offers exciting opportunities for you to gain a wide range of experiences to build your public service career.

For more information on how to apply for a role in the NSW Public Sector please click here.