Development Manager - Portfolio Delivery

NSW Department of Communities and Justice; Parramatta; On-site; AUD 133,000 - 147,000; Full time

Job summary

NSW Department of Communities and Justice – Parramatta NSW is seeking to fill a temporary, full-time role (35 hours per week) until June 2028 within Homes NSW. The position manages residential projects from inception to completion, including cost, schedule and risk controls, with governance to meet program objectives.

Ideal candidates hold tertiary qualifications in construction management or related fields and have knowledge of property development processes, with willingness to learn Modern

Responsibilities

• Manage a range of residential projects through the project lifecycle from inception to completion, ensuring effective planning, stakeholder management, and operative financial and risk management processes, to guide project delivery in meeting business objectives.
• Deliver project outcomes to ensure all projects are scoped, planned, costed, resourced and aligned with program objectives and client needs.
• Manage governance arrangements to ensure cost, time and quality of planning and approvals.
• Establish and proactively manage positive working relationships with project stakeholders
• Manage risks to projects and initiatives, and develop, communicate and implement risk mitigation plans and strategies.
• Prepare and contribute to a range of strategic and operational documentation, including briefing papers, discussion papers, reports, submissions and responses to provide and seek information to project stakeholders.
• Ensuring all projects meet milestones, achieve objectives, are managed within budget given the high-volume work environment and demands resulting from tight timeframes and competing priorities.

Job description

NSW Department of Communities and Justice – Parramatta NSW

Employment type - Temporary, Fulltime (35 hours per week) till June 2028

Salary - Grade 9/10 ($133,348 - $146,945), plus superannuation and annual leave loading

Your role

Homes NSW is a division of the Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ). It brings together the housing and homelessness functions of the DCJ, the NSW Land and Housing Corporation, Aboriginal Housing Office and key worker housing functions from across government, all under one roof.

Homes NSW leads work to deliver more social and affordable housing, end the cycle of homelessness, and deliver quality public housing to our 262,000 tenants across NSW.

The purpose of the role is to support the delivery of a range of residential projects, including secondary dwellings, dual occupancies, medium density & large-scale urban renewal, with projects delivered through traditional and modern methods of construction. The role also includes financial and economic justification, planning, procurement, development, project management and financial control of projects.

What you'll do

• Manage a range of residential projects through the project lifecycle from inception to completion, ensuring effective planning, stakeholder management, and operative financial and risk management processes, to guide project delivery in meeting business objectives.
• Deliver project outcomes to ensure all projects are scoped, planned, costed, resourced and aligned with program objectives and client needs.
• Manage governance arrangements to ensure cost, time and quality of planning and approvals.
• Establish and proactively manage positive working relationships with project stakeholders
• Manage risks to projects and initiatives, and develop, communicate and implement risk mitigation plans and strategies.
• Prepare and contribute to a range of strategic and operational documentation, including briefing papers, discussion papers, reports, submissions and responses to provide and seek information to project stakeholders.
• Ensuring all projects meet milestones, achieve objectives, are managed within budget given the high-volume work environment and demands resulting from tight timeframes and competing priorities.

What we're looking for

• Tertiary qualifications in construction management, property development or a relevant business discipline or equivalent experience.
• Knowledge and understanding of property, construction and development processes.
• Intermediate project management skills and experience.
• A willingness and aptitude to learn about Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) and alternative planning pathways.
• The role may involve travel both locally and regionally, including overnight travel, as required by the business and/or directed.

Download the role description.

Applications close Sunday 29 November 2026 at 11:59pm AEDST.

For more information about the role or what it's like to work for DCJ, please contact the hiring manager Gilead Chen at ***********@homes.nsw.gov.au.

If you've got a question about applying or would benefit from an adjustment in the recruitment process to help you perform at your best (including an alternate method submission of the application), please call Maren Heldt | Talent Acquisition Officer, via 0447 682 *** or ***********@dcj.nsw.gov.au.

Inclusion and Diversity lies at the heart of how we recruit

We continue to hire great people with a wide variety of skills, experience and backgrounds. This includes people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, women, people identifying as LGBTIQ+, culturally and linguistically diverse people, carers and other diversity groups.

Other Information

A talent pool may be created for future ongoing and temporary roles and is valid for a period of up to 18 months.

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