CASE STUDY
Department of Regional NSW
The Department of Regional NSW recently announced its Assistant Project Officer
disability targeted talent pool recruitment process. For successful candidates, being
placed in the pool provides the opportunity to be ‘placed in the front of the queue’
for many roles with the Department, as they become available. These roles will
provide project and operational support for the development and delivery of
projects across the Department and the state of NSW.
The advertisement is clearly linked to the NSW Government’s ‘Age of Inclusion’
strategy which champions and advocates for the inclusion of people with disability
across its workplaces. It simultaneously reinforces the Department’s own
commitment to diversity and inclusion as core values, and the community benefits
of this approach:
The Department of Regional NSW is a workplace where everyone is able to
contribute and participate to their full potential, and we are proud to have a team
that reflects the richness and complexity of the regional NSW communities we
serve.6
The strategy further reinforces that:
• Flexible working arrangements are supported (including through hybrid working
environments being available, and full-time, part-time and job share applications
all being considered). Flexibility in interviewing arrangements is also available.
• If adjustments are required in completing applications, interviewing, completing
any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the recruitment
selection process, a Departmental Disability Recruitment Specialist is available to
help (contact details provided).
• The Department will soon be launching a Reasonable Adjustments Passport
which will make it easier for its staff to request workplace adjustments.
• The Department partners closely with several organisations including the
Australian Network on Disability.
Applicants with disability are encouraged to consider more generally working with
the Department as part of the strategy, with other disability targeted processes (for
example, recruitment for assistant policy officers) being clearly visible on the site.7
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