Last checked: 11 September 2026. Nine current roles.
Planning a night-time precinct and improving alcohol and other drugs services call for different policy experience. This current selection includes the Office of the 24-Hour Economy Commissioner, NSW Health’s clinical-governance team and roles working on digital reform, law enforcement and settlement policy.
Applications close between 13 and 23 September 2026. Start with the work you can support through a convincing example, then open the free checklist to check the documents and questions. The night-time economy and digital-policy vacancies close in the morning, so allow for their exact times.
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Value NSW puts legislation and regulatory analysis at the centre of its work, while DPHI’s environmental planning role requires a relevant degree. Applicants with experience of service reform and community consultation can compare Multicultural NSW’s Settlement team with the health-policy role.
Applicants with financial-policy experience can also consider Education’s capital-budget role, which asks for a 300-word example of working with financial systems and data. Look at the application effort as well as the subject. NSW Police asks for two separate 500-word responses. The Ministry of Health places two targeted responses within a compact cover letter, and several other roles require a resume and a cover letter with no targeted questions listed.
How To Do Well In The Application
Take one example beyond “I researched and consulted”. Explain the issue, the evidence you weighed, the options you considered, the advice you gave and what happened next. That is what helps a panel see your judgement.
Choose an example that matches the role’s balance of policy, projects and implementation, then follow the cover-letter and targeted-question instructions exactly. Our plain-English recruitment guide explains the wider recruitment process.
Current Policy And Project Officer Roles
Senior Policy Officer
Value NSW’s land-valuation responsibilities create policy questions with consequences for property owners and government decisions. This ongoing Senior Policy Officer role researches those issues and develops advice on legislation and regulatory settings. Relevant qualifications or demonstrated experience can support the essential-requirement pathway; valuation knowledge is desirable.
Application requirements
CV and cover letter. No document page limit is stated in the application instructions.
What to highlight
Explain how you analysed a policy or regulatory problem and translated the findings into practical advice for a decision-maker.
Policy & Project Officer
Special Entertainment Precincts bring councils, businesses and cultural organisations into the same planning conversation. The Policy & Project Officer helps councils establish those precincts and develops advice on night-time economy planning. The work combines research with consultation and coordination as initiatives progress into implementation.
Application requirements
Cover letter and up-to-date resume addressing relevant capabilities and experience. No document page limit is stated. Note the 10am closing time.
What to highlight
Use planning or local-government examples that show clear advice, consultation and follow-through when stakeholders have different priorities.
Senior Policy Officer
Government agencies need consistent guidance when engaging ICT and digital suppliers. This Senior Policy Officer develops the policy settings behind those decisions, researching reform options and preparing briefings for different audiences. The role suits evidence you can connect to policy implementation and practical guidance across agencies.
Application requirements
Resume and cover letter of no more than two pages explaining motivation and relevant skills and experience. Applications close at 9:59am.
What to highlight
Show how your policy analysis addressed a complex issue and how you helped stakeholders apply the resulting guidance.
Policy Officer, Clinical Governance and Systems
Alcohol and other drugs services rely on clear guidelines and clinical-governance systems. This permanent Policy Officer role supports that work through advice, stakeholder meetings and coordination with clinicians, service providers and people with lived experience. Health policy or project experience is relevant, while experience in alcohol and other drugs is desirable.
Application requirements
Resume, maximum five pages, plus a one-to-two-page cover letter explaining motivation and relevant skills and responding to two targeted questions.
What to highlight
Prepare examples of adapting communication for different stakeholders and managing competing priorities, including the effect of your decisions and what you learned.
Senior Policy Officer
Freight and rail reforms connect transport policy with the movement of goods and passengers. This Senior Policy Officer works on the Freight Policy Reform Program and related legislative initiatives, preparing advice with subject-matter experts and industry stakeholders. The advertised team attends its Sydney office Tuesday to Thursday.
Application requirements
The job ad does not list specific application documents. We recommend a two-page cover letter and a three- to four-page CV, unless the application portal gives different instructions.
What to highlight
Choose a policy problem where you assessed evidence, explained options and developed advice that decision-makers could use. Check the application form for additional questions.
Policy Officer
The Legislation and Policy Branch advises on law-enforcement issues and legislative reform. This temporary Policy Officer role researches emerging problems and develops recommendations for senior executives and government. Applicants need the specified citizenship or residency status and must meet the police-check and security-clearance conditions.
Application requirements
Cover letter, maximum two pages; current resume; and two targeted responses, maximum 500 words each, in the online text boxes or a separate document.
What to highlight
The questions ask about researching a strategic policy problem and communicating complex advice to diverse stakeholders. Show your reasoning and how you kept the advice clear and balanced.
MNSW – Senior Policy Officer
The Settlement team works with government, community organisations and refugees to improve the NSW settlement system. This twelve-month Senior Policy Officer role helps develop, deliver and evaluate initiatives supporting the NSW Settlement Strategy. It offers a clear fit for evidence of service reform and cooperation across agencies.
Application requirements
Cover letter, maximum two pages, and up-to-date resume, maximum five pages.
What to highlight
Explain how you developed and implemented a policy or service initiative, including how consultation shaped the work and how you evaluated its results.
Senior Policy Officer
Environmental outcomes and resilience are central to this planning-policy appointment, which runs until 30 June 2029. The Senior Policy Officer works across two connected business streams and collaborates with legal, assessment and regional teams on complex policy initiatives. A degree in public policy, planning, law, ecology, environmental science or a related discipline is essential.
Application requirements
Resume and a cover letter of no more than two pages expressing interest and suitability.
What to highlight
Use an environmental or planning-policy example to show how you weighed evidence, worked through stakeholder interests and developed advice that supported a decision.
Senior Policy Officer
Education’s capital budget needs policies that finance teams and their colleagues can apply consistently. This ongoing role develops those policies and frameworks, researches complex financial issues and helps teams respond to changing requirements. Experience explaining financial concepts and using budget information will support your application.
Application requirements
Resume, maximum five pages; cover letter; one targeted response about using financial systems and data, maximum 300 words. The published instructions do not specify a cover-letter page limit.
What to highlight
Show how you turned financial information into a policy decision or practical guidance. Explain your analysis, the checks you made and how colleagues used your advice.
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