ABOUT THE ROLES

The Aboriginal Affairs Group at the Premier’s Department holds the responsibility for significant initiatives across NSW. We are looking to engage highly professional and experienced executives to undertake critical roles in delivering meaningful change and the NSW Government’s commitments to Aboriginal communities.
We are looking for demonstrated leadership capabilities and cultural confidence to continue to deliver on our commitment to Aboriginal communities in NSW. 7 newly created Director opportunities are available to lead the government initiatives across three branches.
The roles across the 3 branches include:
Reform and Innovation works in genuine partnership with Aboriginal peoples and communities to shape policies and reforms that reflect their needs and aspirations. The branch plays a key role in delivering the NSW Government’s commitments under Closing the Gap and advancing Aboriginal land and cultural heritage reform.

Role descriptions for the opportunities available in Reform and Innovation are:

• Director, Aboriginal Cultural Heritage and Land Strategy (Identified)
• Director, Transformation (Identified)
• Director, Partnerships and Governance

Community Partnerships work with communities to achieve local aspirations and priorities. We facilitate local governance models for Aboriginal self-governance. This can take many forms, such as local decision making and our support for regional alliances. Communities determine what is the best model to suit local needs. We collaborate across government to help drive Aboriginal community-led change. This includes supporting community infrastructure programs and community disaster and emergency management. A particular focus of our work is with the 61 discrete Aboriginal communities across NSW.

Role descriptions for the opportunities available in Community Partnerships are:

• Director, Partnerships Northern NSW (Identified)
• Director, Partnerships Southern & Western NSW (Identified)

Role descriptions for the opportunities available in Truth & Healing are:

• Director, Healing (Identified)
• Director, Program Development (Identified

Aboriginal identified positions are developed where Aboriginal identity, cultural knowledge or connections are a genuine aspect of the role. Positions are specifically noted under the provisions of the NSW Anti-discrimination Act (1977) for Aboriginal people who meet the following criteria:

• is of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander descent, and
• identifies as an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person, and
• is accepted as such by the Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander communit