Principal Policy Officer in Perth

Come join the team at the new Department of Housing and Works. The Department of Housing and Works delivers and maintains essential social housing and critical infrastructure across Western Australia—including schools, hospitals and police facilities. We manage tenancy services, support housing provision in remote Aboriginal communities, and oversee government employee accommodation. Through office accommodation solutions, State Fleet management, procurement, planning and asset policy, we empower other government agencies to deliver their best.

We actively encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, youth, people of diverse sexualities and genders, and culturally and linguistically diverse people. We are committed to ensuring our hiring processes are inclusive.

When you join us, you can enjoy a variety of benefits, including:

• Flexible work options, including working from home up to 2 days per week
• Professional development, training, and on-the-job learning to advance your career
• Generous leave entitlements, which include 4 weeks annual leave, 3 public service holidays each year, accrued long service leave every 7 years and an option to purchase additional leave each year
• Access to cultural leave for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
• Modern workspaces, where you choose your workspace that assists you to do your best work
• Access to activity-based work hubs in the CBD, Fremantle and Joondalup for ad hoc flexible work
• Corporate discounts with selected health insurance providers and access to wellness programs
• Opportunity to contribute to diversity, inclusion, and cultural initiatives across the department, including networks and working groups that promote equity and belonging.

About The Role: This position is responsible for leading the planning, development and evaluation of initiatives and projects related to Climate Action and Sustainability policy options, ensuring their effectiveness and conformance with organisational goals, objectives and priorities.

About You: If you enjoy problem solving, engaging with others and – most importantly – are passionate about climate and sustainability, we would like you to apply! This position operates in the context of Leading Others. This means that you will motivate and enable others to deliver high quality work. You will balance time between doing the work and coaching, guiding and developing others. This requires a significant shift in thinking from ‘doing’ to supporting others to ‘do good work’; and consideration of present and future needs when allocating time to the team and projects you lead. You will articulate how work is to be done, providing clear direction and feedback.

Currently there is one (1) permanent full-time position available for filling. Whilst this selection process will initially be used to appoint to this advertised vacancy, it may also be used to appoint to similar positions that may arise in the Agency within the next eighteen (18) months on a full-time, part-time, permanent or fixed-term basis with the possibility of further extension(s) and/or permanency.