Manager Aboriginal Strategy

NSW Department of Communities and Justice; Parramatta; On-site; AUD 154,000 - 178,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & Wellbeing Programs

Flexible work environment

Training and development opportunities

Competitive pay and conditions

Employee Assistance Programs

Job summary

NSW Department of Communities and Justice in Parramatta is seeking a Manager Aboriginal Strategy in Homes NSW to lead complex policy, strategy and reform initiatives improving outcomes for Aboriginal people within the social housing and homelessness service system.

You will provide high-level authoritative advice to senior leaders, manage resources and guide team development, aligning priorities with Homes NSW strategic objectives.

Qualifications

• Strong policy, strategy and reform leadership experience.
• Experience engaging diverse stakeholders to influence outcomes.
• Understanding of housing, homelessness or related service systems.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-level authoritative advice to senior leaders and manage resources.
• Lead team management, work planning, coaching and professional development to align resources and deliver priorities.

Job description

NSW Department of Communities and Justice - Parramatta NSW

Employment type - Ongoing Fulltime, 35 hours per week

Salary - Grade 11/12 ($154,231 - $178,369) plus employer's contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading

This position is open to Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Your role

The Manager Aboriginal Strategy in Homes NSW leads complex policy, strategy and reform initiatives that drive enhanced outcomes for Aboriginal people and communities being supported through the social housing and homelessness service system.

What you'll do

As part of the Housing, Strategy and policy team you will provide high-level authoritative advice to senior leaders, manages resources and team members, and influences stakeholder outcomes to achieve Homes NSW strategic objectives.

You'll lead and drive team management, work planning, coaching and professional development initiatives to align resources and deliver priorities.

What we're looking for

• Implement key reform directions under the long-term homelessness and housing strategies, including delivering reform projects to support Homes NSW, DCJ and sector partners to respond better to Aboriginal people and community needs.
• Have a demonstrated strong understanding of Aboriginal people, lived experience, culture, communities, organisations, ways of working and history.
• Strong understanding of, and ability to apply, policy and system-level thinking within housing, homelessness or related service systems, or demonstrated transferable experience in similarly complex policy or reform contexts.
• Demonstrated experience engaging and influencing diverse stakeholders, including government, delivery partners and/or sector representatives, to achieve strategic outcomes.

As an Identified role, this role is open only to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander persons, Australia's First Nations people.

Where a position is identified, an applicant's race is a genuine occupational qualification under the exception in Section 14(d) of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977.

There are two alternatives to confirming your Aboriginality, one of which must be uploaded to be considered for the role as follows. Either will be accepted:

Confirmation of Aboriginality form

or

Written confirmation from 2-3 Aboriginal organisations within the community in which you live/work, which addresses the three criteria listed below:

• is of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander descent, and
• identifies as an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person, and
• is accepted as a such by the Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander community.

Download the role description.

For more information and advice on applying for roles at DCJ, visit Careers for Aboriginal people

What We Offer

We offer a variety of benefits, including:

• A challenging and rewarding career
• Flexible, autonomous work environment
• Competitive pay and conditions
• Training and development opportunities to build and maintain capabilities
• Health & Wellbeing and Employee Assistance Programs.

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We do work that really matters

Working for the Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) provides lots of opportunities to make a real difference. We collaborate with other agencies and community partners, to improve lives and realise the potential of children, adults, families and communities. We're focused on breaking, rather than managing, disadvantage. It's work that really matters.

Are you ready to join us?

Applications close

Tuesday 10 November 2026 at 11:59pm AEDT.

For more information about the role or what it's like to work for DCJ, please contact the hiring manager Renee Wirth 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.

Visit Recruitment adjustments on the DCJ website to learn more.

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.

To find out what DCJ are doing to build an inclusive and diverse workforce, visit Inclusion and diversity on the DCJ website.

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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