**Job description**:
**APS4 Policy Analyst**
- ** 12 month contract with extension**:
- ** City Location**:
- ** $42ph + Super**
**About the Team**
This Division services, analytics, data management, pricing and data governance across the Agency and to key stakeholders.
The division and Scheme Actuary are responsible for critical reporting outputs including the Annual Financial Sustainability Report.
They use data science methods, participant and sector engagement and qualitative research to better understand the relationship between funding and outcomes, where the policy component of the work is exploring the implementation of this work, including how this evidence should be used by participants and other scheme stakeholders.
**About the Role**
The APS4 Policy Analyst is a project-based position, supporting the provision of policy analysis and
recommendations within an assigned IEP project area. Advice will be based on document review,
stakeholder consultation, existing policies, and legislation. The position will have a considerable level of contact with internal stakeholders from across the portfolio, and may have some external stakeholder engagement responsibilities, such as coordinating meetings and workshops.
**Responsibilities may include but are not limited to**:
- Analysing and interpreting legislation, policies, reports, strategies, and program/project plans,
- Conducting desktop research to inform policy and strategy design,
- Coordinating and liaising with internal procurement teams and external suppliers,
- Contributing to briefings, reports, business cases and other executive material,
- Developing materials, agendas and PowerPoint presentations for meetings and workshops.
**Key skills required for role/s**:
- Conceptual and analytical skills, with demonstrated ability to understand and synthesise information from a range of strategic, academic, policy or legislative sources,
- Strong stakeholder relationship management and interpersonal skills.
**Desirable skills to have for the role/s**:
- Relevant social sciences undergraduate or postgraduate qualification (e.g. political science, public policy, economics, sociology, communications) and familiarity with key concepts in qualitative research
- Experience working or studying in an interdisciplinary context, demonstrating the ability to acquire working knowledge of complex concepts from fields such as statistics, econometrics and health economics,
- Understanding of current policy trends and debates relevant to the disability sector, the NDIS and/or social policy in Australia.
**Security**
The following essential checks/clearances are required to perform the role:
- Pre-Engagement Check - this is a mandatory pre-employment security screening process. All employees and contractors of Agency must undertake a Pre-Engagement Check. This check is undertaken for any individual who will have non-public access to agency resources (information, buildings, systems, assets, staff, and customers)
**How to apply**
Note: You may be required to provide evidence of your COVID-19 vaccination status.