Public Policy and Practice Excellence Advisor

Your new company The Actuaries Institute is the peak professional body for actuaries in Australia, bringing together a highly respected community of experts whose work helps shape responses to major economic, financial and societal challenges. Joining the Institute means becoming part of a purpose-driven organisation that connects leading actuarial professionals, elevates professional standards and practices for members at all career stages, and contributes influential thinking to the public policy debate. With access to an exceptional network of specialists and decision-makers, you will work in an intellectually stimulating environment where collaboration, credibility and meaningful impact are central.

The Institute is powered by the expertise and commitment of its members, with more than 700 volunteers contributing across over a wide range of committees, working groups and professional forums. In this role, you will help this community turn specialist knowledge and skills into clear, credible and influential policy, thought leadership and professional practice outcomes.

You will enable accomplished actuarial professionals to perform at their best by bringing your closely-related and highly complementary professional knowledge and skills to this role. You will have an economics qualification, understanding of financial services and public policymaking, strong generalist knowledge, an objective and analytical mindset, outstanding communication and interpersonal skills, sound and mature judgement, and disciplined project coordination. You will also value providing general assistance because you know this is what it takes to 'get the job done'.

Your new role

Reporting to the Executive General Manager, Public Policy & Professionalism, you will act as a trusted liaison for a portfolio of several Practice Committees and specialist working groups.

Working closely with senior actuarial members and subject-matter experts, you will support the development of submissions, committee work programs and broader practice excellence and public policy content and initiatives. You will help volunteers structure ideas, strengthen arguments, translate complex technical material into clear, accessible and impactful communications and provide general administrative support.



Your support will help ensure the Institute's member experts have a highly engaging and impactful volunteer experience and the Institute's external stakeholder network continues to highly value engaging with the Institute.

Much of your work will have a monthly rhythm reflecting the regular cycle of Practice Committee and working group meetings. You will attend those meetings to provide a liaison between the committee/group and the wider Institute team, which also includes Member Services, Events, Marketing & Communications, Professionalism and Education. You will help ensure the committees and groups are aware of key upcoming consultation opportunities, support the process to generate submissions to those and any follow up engagement, help coordinate meetings with members and externals, and provide general support to help committee and working group led newsletters, articles, events and other initiatives be delivered successfully.

You will work closely with the two other team members who provide trusted liaison, especially for issues that require cross-practice coordination or where there is scope to improve the centralised support this team provides. You will also support the EGM and CEO with other initiatives as required as part of the broader public policy and wider engagement program.

The Institute's work spans a diverse range of established and emerging areas, including life, general and private health insurance, broader health services, superannuation, investments, retirement incomes and aged care, enterprise risk management, climate change and sustainability, data science, artificial intelligence and evolving technologies. This breadth provides an opportunity to build knowledge across issues shaping financial services, government policy and the wider community. You will work on a subset of these topics, to be determined based on your background and fit with the team.

The role will ensure a wide variety of topics and tasks.

What you'll need to succeed An economics background is essential.



You will need to understand economic principles and be able to engage confidently with financial services concepts, technical discussions and public policy issues.

You will also bring

- Professional experience within financial services, economic policy, government, regulation and/or a closely related environment
- Exceptional written communication and editing skills
- The ability to interpret complex material and improve its clarity, structure and impact
- Excellent verbal communication and stakeholder engagement capabilities
- The confidence and emotional intelligence to respectfully work with senior experts and influential professional volunteers
- Solid organisational, prioritisation and coordination skills
- The ability to manage multiple committees, work programs and competing requests
- Commercial awareness, intellectual curiosity and sound judgement
- A collaborative and service-oriented approach, with the humility to support and champion the work of others

You may currently work in banking, insurance, superannuation, investments, asset management, Treasury or a financial services regulator, economic policy or another financial services environments. You could be looking to move away from a highly specialised or corporate role into work offering greater variety, collaboration and professional purpose. What you'll get in return

You will join an established and highly regarded professional body whose members contribute their expertise to some of the most important financial, economic and societal issues facing Australia.

The opportunity offers

- Meaningful work contributing to public policy and professional excellence
- Exposure to leading actuarial professionals, government and regulatory stakeholders
- Intellectual variety across a broad portfolio of financial and emerging issues
- A collaborative, professional and purpose-driven working environment
- Hybrid working, with a minimum of approximately two to three days per week in the Sydney office
- Circa $150,000 total remuneration package
- An initial 12-month fixed-term contract, with genuine potential to become permanent down the track

What you need to do now Please submit your CV through Hays for consideration. All applications will be managed confidentially through a consistent recruitment process.

📌 Public Policy and Practice Excellence Advisor (Sydney)
🏢 Hays | Policy u0026 Strategy
📍 Sydney