Job description
Agency Department of Treasury and Finance Work unit Legislation, Education and Policy
Job title Director Legislation, Education and Policy Designation Senior Administrative Officer 2
Executive Contract Officer 1
6Job type Full time Duration Fixed for up to 4 years
Salary SAO2: $152,751 - $166,487 Location Darwin
Remuneration package ECO1: $233,112
Position number 328 RTF 349306 Closing 03/08/2026
Contact officer James Richards, Executive Director Revenue on 08 8901 4299 or [email protected]
About the agency https://treasury.nt.gov.au/
Apply online https://jobs.nt.gov.au/Home/JobDetails?rtfId=349306
APPLICATIONS MUST INCLUDE A ONE-PAGE SUMMARY ABOUT YOU, A DETAILED RESUME AND COPIES OF YOUR
TERTIARY QUALIFICATIONS.
Information for applicants – inclusion and diversity
The NTPS values diversity. The NTPS encourages people from all diversity groups to apply for vacancies and accommodates
people with disability by making reasonable workplace adjustments. If you require an adjustment for the recruitment process or
job, please discuss this with the contact officer. For more information about applying for this position and the merit process, go
to the OCPE website.
Primary objective
The Director Legislation, Education and Policy manages the work unit responsible for the NT’s taxation, royalty and home owner
grant legislation, policy development and implementation. The role oversees analysis and advice on revenue, grants, exemption
matters and policy initiatives, manages objection determination and appeals processes, leads effective stakeholder education
programs and coordinates and leads revenue division input to budget processes and corporate reports.
Key duties and responsibilities
1. Direct staff, monitor staff performance agreements, manage staff performance, deliver business planning, and ensure
deliverable timeframes are achieved across a range of outputs.
2. Provide advice to stakeholders on tax, royalty and grant policy, and reporting of revenue receipts.
3. Develop options to resolve complex or significant legal and policy revenue matters.
4. Determine objections and proposed action in appeals, including engaging with tax and royalty payer advisors.
5. Endorse or approve written material on complex revenue matters, including detailed analysis of revenue policy issues and tax-
related systems implementation and reform.
6. Manage the development and delivery of education programs and deliverables for internal and external stakeholders.
7. Facilitate engagements with legal counsel and provide instructions when legal representation is engaged, including providing
technical advice regarding prosecutions and appeals.
8. Represent Treasury and the Territory on interdepartmental and intergovernmental working groups and committees
considering revenue and royalty policy issues.
Selection criteria
Essential
1. Demonstrated executive level strategic thinking, analytical and collaboration skills with ability to interpret the business, political
and organisational environment.
2. Superior written, oral, and interpersonal skills, including demonstrated experience successfully negotiating outcomes externally
to government, and within government with officers at all levels.
3. Demonstrated well developed leadership and management skills and experience, including the ability to build high performing
teams, and drive effective professional development initiatives, multi-task and ensure deliverables meet critical timeframes
4. Knowledge of state and territory revenue systems and cycles, and of public policy development models and practices.
5. Knowledge of national and international contemporary taxation and royalty policy and practice issues that may impact on the
Northern Territory.
6. Strong understanding of the legislation amendment and development process, including Cabinet processes.
7. A strong understanding of the objection and appeal rights of tax/royalty payers and the legal processes to be followed in
resolving them.
8. Strong experience in policy and legislative analysis, formulation and implementation, and the associated provision of advice to
Government.
Desirable
1. Post graduate qualification/s in accounting, law, commerce, finance, public sector management, public administration or a
related discipline.
2. Experience in the determination of tax or similar disputes and an understanding of associated administrative law principles.
Further information
Candidates will be required to make a conflict-of-interest declaration and may be subject to pre-employment conflict of interest
screening during the selection process. This position will be required to work overtime at peak times of the year.
