• Permanent, full time 38 hours per week
• Base location: Lewisham, flexible within any of the Society's main metropolitan or regional offices across NSW
• SCHCADS Award, Level 3, hourly rates range from $30.49 to $32.70 depending on qualifications and experience
• Generous salary packaging benefits
• The role offers an opportunity to work with an experienced team who are able to mentor and support your development.
• The role is ideal for someone with strong verbal and written communications skills with experience and/or interest in developing organisational policies that support the delivery of Vinnies' social services.

What we do

The St Vincent de Paul Society is a leading provider of community support services and has been assisting people experiencing disadvantage in NSW for more than 130 years. Our people reach out to the most vulnerable in our community through our Conferences, Special Works and Vinnies shops. The Society's mission is to shape a more just and compassionate society by offering a 'hands up' approach to people in need respecting their dignity, sharing our hope and encouraging them to take control of their own destiny.

About the Team

This position is part of the Governance, Safeguarding and Risk Team that is within the Strategy and Governance Directorate. This team is responsible for supporting good governance practices throughout the Society; provision of State Council and Board secretariat services; ensuring compliance with legal and regulatory requirements; leading the development of organisational policy; safeguarding functions; and developing and implementing the Society's enterprise Risk Management Framework.

The Role

The Services Policy Officer will provide policy advice and undertake key projects relating to organisational governance, including review and updates of existing organisational policies, development of new policies, and management of stakeholder consultations.

The role will:

• Support the maintenance of the organisation-wide policy register, particularly in respect of policies relating to Vinnies Services.
• Review organisational policy to determine if it is fit for purpose, and supports the Society's compliance obligations, particularly in respect of policies relating to Vinnies Services.
• Conduct research to support the development of organisational policy, particularly in respect of policies relating to Vinnies Services.
• Support a wide and diverse range of internal stakeholders in the development and implementation of policies relating to Vinnies Services.

This role will report to the Director, Governance, Safeguarding and Risk. Please click here for a copy of the Position Description.

To be successful in this role, you will need:

• Relevant tertiary qualification/s and/or experience in research, policy development and implementation.
• Experience in writing and implementing organisational policy in a social services context.
• High level interpersonal and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong analytical capacity, verbal and written communication skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent time management and organisational skills.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills including the ability to develop reports, briefing papers and other documents accurately and in short time frames.
• High-level understanding of current issues facing the not for profit industry and incorporated not for profit organisations.

Come and join our team!

We believe our employees are key to our success and in return we offer:

• Job satisfaction working as part of a team making a difference to people's lives in an organisation that cares about people.
• Generous salary packaging benefits to employees where a portion of take-home pay is tax-free.
• In addition to excellent learning and development programs, as a large purpose driven organisation we provide opportunities to grow your career across a range of teams and services.
• Supportive, friendly and values driven team environment and culture.

Prior to an offer of employment, preferred candidates will be required to complete the pre-employment checks including reference checks, a Police check, Working with Children check, Health Declaration and/or a medical check, Right to work in Australia check. The Society is committed to being a Child Safe organisation, further information can be found in the Society's commitment to Safeguarding Children & Young People.

If you have questions about this role, please email Nazli Munir (Director, Governance, Safeguarding and Risk) on [email protected], quoting: Services Policy Officer/ VIN1823 enquiry via EthicalJobs.

St Vincent de Paul Society (NSW) is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and is committed to engaging a diverse workforce. The Society strongly encourages applications from people from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background, people with disability, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds and mature aged applicants.