Senior Project Officer

NSW Department of Communities and Justice; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 133,000 - 147,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work environment

Competitive pay

Training opportunities

Health & wellbeing program

Job summary

NSW Department of Communities and Justice invites applications for a Senior Project Officer based in Parramatta with hybrid work. This ongoing, permanent role sits within Homes NSW, delivering programs to improve social housing outcomes.

You will develop, manage and implement a broad range of projects to support service delivery across the team. You will coordinate parliamentary and ministerial responses, manage ministerial correspondence and input into media matters, while guiding strategic

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualifications in a related discipline and/or equivalent knowledge, skills and experience.
• Clear thinkers and strong writers who can spot risks, gaps, and missed opportunities.
• Confident collaborators who can bring people together and align moving parts.
• Organised and proactive problem-solvers.
• Familiar with government processes, including briefings, Ministerials or executive coordination.

Responsibilities

• Coordinating responses to Parliamentary and Ministerial requests, including Questions on Notice (QONs), Budget Estimates, and other time-sensitive deliverables.
• Coordination and drafting of responses to Ministerial and Departmental correspondence.
• Coordination of input into Media related matters.
• Supporting strategic projects as required across the Business area.
• Provides leadership, mentoring and coaching within the team.
• Working with members of the team on their training and development.

Skills

Strong writing

Collaborative

Organised

Problem solving

Education

Tertiary qualifications in a related discipline

Job description

Senior Project Officer

Location - Parramatta hybrid working. Employment type - Ongoing. Salary - GR 9/10 $133,348 - $146,945 plus superannuation.

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. As a single division, we are streamlining services to ensure we meet the needs of the people we support, with empathy, efficiency and effectiveness. We are elevating the voice of people with lived experience of social housing, housing services and homelessness. You will develop, manage and implement a broad range of programs and projects across the team to support and improve service delivery.

What you’ll do

• Coordinating responses to Parliamentary and Ministerial requests, including Questions on Notice (QONs), Budget Estimates, and other time-sensitive deliverables.
• Coordination and drafting of responses to Ministerial and Departmental correspondence.
• Coordination of input into Media related matters.
• Supporting strategic projects as required across the Business area.
• Provides leadership, mentoring and coaching within the team.
• Working with members of the team on their training and development.

What we’re looking for

• Tertiary qualifications in a related discipline and/or equivalent knowledge, skills and experience with demonstrated commitment to ongoing professional development.
• Clear thinkers and strong writers who can spot risks, gaps, and missed opportunities.
• Confident collaborators who can bring people together and align moving parts.
• Organised and proactive problem-solvers.
• Familiar with government processes, including briefings, Ministerials or executive coordination.

We focus on hiring people who share our commitment and goals of inclusion, collaboration, adaptability, courage and integrity.

What We Offer

• 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.

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.

For more information about the role or what it's like to work for DCJ, please contact the hiring manager Anna Foster [e-mail] 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 contact Katie Hardy at [e-mail] Visit Recruitment adjustments on the DCJ website to learn more.

Inclusion and Diversity

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. For more information visit Applying for DCJ jobs on the DCJ website.

Applications close Monday 28 September at 11:59pm AEST.