Senior Advisor Strategy & Insights

• Ongoing full-time opportunity (35 hours per week)
• Salary: Clerk 9/10 - $133,348 – $146,945 + superannuation and leave loading
• Hybrid from Sydney CBD - flexible working arrangements and state-of-the-art offices. 
• Wellbeing programs and resources available. 
• Excellent career development and learning opportunities. 

Working within a supportive, high performing
team that solves meaningful problems, values continuous learning and wants to
create the best outcomes for the people of NSW.

Solving
the hardest problems requires the best people.

• Are you passionate about driving great outcomes for the people of NSW through designing considered strategies?
• Are you an experienced advisor looking for an exciting new opportunity to collaborate with leaders across DCS to transform the way our organisation operates?
• Do you have a customer-centric, solution-focused, collaborative way of working?

 If
you answered yes to these questions, then this could be your dream job.

At
DCS, we tackle the issues that shape how people live, work and do business in
NSW. Our Corporate Strategy team is the engine room for that change—asking
the hard questions, sifting signal from noise, and turning insight into
practical, organisation wide action. If you thrive on solving meaningful
problems, enjoy working end-to-end across the strategy value chain, and want your work to move the dial for
citizens and colleagues alike, we’d love to meet you.

We
are seeking a Senior Strategy Advisor to bring their passion for
problem-solving to lead and enable the delivery of key initiatives across the
Department.

What you’ll do:

• Diagnose and define: Interrogate data, evidence and trends to pinpoint the root causes of our biggest strategic challenges.
• Design and frame: Shape clear, testable strategic options, business operating models and budget bids that stand up to senior level scrutiny.
• Drive through to delivery: Translate recommendations into prioritised initiatives, success measures and decision papers that accelerate execution.
• Influence for impact: Bring an independent, critical thinking lens to executive discussions—bridging analytics with persuasive storytelling to win buying and secure resources.
• Continuously uplift: Champion structured problem-solving disciplines and intellectual rigor across the team, mentoring colleagues and embedding best practice.

To be successful
in this role, you will bring:

• Strategic problem-solving expertise: Applying hypothesis-led, data-driven techniques to clarify complex issues and craft actionable recommendations.
•  End-to-end strategy value-chain experience: Demonstrated ability to move seamlessly from framing a problem through analysis and option design to implementation planning and performance tracking.
•  Sharp critical-thinking and financial literacy: Comfort dissecting financial models, operational data and qualitative insights to surface the real drivers of value.
•  Influential communication: Proven skill translating dense analysis into crisp executive narratives and recommendation papers – briefings, slides and business cases that drive decisions.
•  Change orientation: Track record of turning strategic insights into tangible organisational change, with a focus towards citizen outcomes and public value.
•  Stakeholder savvy: Ability to build high-trust relationships across diverse functions and seniorities, balancing consultation with independent judgement.
•  Growth mindset: Curiosity, adaptability and commitment to lifting he team’s collective capability in a fast-moving, ambiguous environment.

 Why
join us?

 Impact
at scale: Your
analysis and advice will influence policy, services and investments that reach
every person in NSW.

Intellectual
stretch: Work on a
rolling portfolio of the Department’s most intellectually demanding and high-profile
challenges.

 Supportive
culture: Be part
of a tightknit, high calibre team that values diversity of thought, healthy
debate and continuous learning.

 Ready
to solve the next big problem with us? Apply now and help shape the
future of customer service in NSW.

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A talent pool may be created as part of this recruitment process and will be valid for up to 18 months. The talent pool may be used to fill future ongoing or temporary vacancies of the same or similar role.     

Apply now! with your CV and cover letter. In your cover letter, please include your response to the following questions: 

• What interests you about this role? 
• How does your previous work experience align to this role? 

Applications close 9.59am Monday 12th October
2026.

Careers at Department of Customer Service
A career at the Department of
Customer Service (DCS) gives you the opportunity to help improve government services and be part of reform
that benefits people across NSW. We are focused on delivering excellent customer service, digital
transformation, and regulatory reform. Come join us and influence the future of our great state.

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workplace   
The strength of our workforce lies in its diversity and embracing
difference, while the key to our success is leveraging the contributions of employees with different
backgrounds and perspectives.

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