Senior Project Officer

Senior Project Officer

Location – Parramatta

Employment type – Ongoing Fulltime

Salary – GR 9/10 $129,464.00 - $142,665.00 plus superannuation

Your Role

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.

We strive for excellence in service delivery and partner with all levels of government, sector and communities to address the housing crisis.

Most importantly, Homes NSW puts people at the heart – including our staff. Working for us means you are joining a division where your expertise and skills will be valued.

The Senior Project Officer manages and coordinates the development, implementation and evaluation of complex projects to achieve outcomes and support the achievement of organisational objectives.

What You’Ll Do

In this role you will support the building and sustaining of effective working partnerships with stakeholders in the Community Housing Provider (CHP) and Aboriginal Community Housing sectors.

Your Responsibilities Will Include:

• Undertake research and analysis of complex policy matters to identify issues, develop evidence-based options, and formulate recommendations about proposed initiatives.
• Monitor, evaluate and report on key matters across the CHP landscape, to identify issues and ensure the achievement of desired outcomes.
• Manage, plan and implement strategic activities, including upholding agreed policy and process , coordinating resources, and engaging with stakeholders to ensure successful outcomes are achieved.
• Work independently and with teams across multiple divisions and stakeholder groups while keeping the leadership team appropriately informed, to deliver high quality work on time.

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.
• Strong, demonstrated stakeholder engagement experience
• Experience with managing an engagement plan across government and non-government sectors
• Experience using asset management principals to review and manage strategic property maintenance plans.
• Demonstrated ability to use strong engagement and negotiation skills to work in partnership with the Community Housing Sector.
• This role may involve travel both locally and regionally, including overnight travel, as required by the business and/or directed.

To find out more about this opportunity download the role description.

To apply directly via the DCJ Careers site click here. Search for the job and click the ‘Apply now’ button.

We focus on hiring people who share our commitment and goals of inclusion, collaboration, adaptability, courage and integrity. If you meet the essential requirements and the role resonates with you, please apply – you do not need to meet every desired requirement for us to want to talk to you.

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.

Want more information?  Visit our website to see more information on Working for us.

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.

Apply now and join Australia’s top public sector employer where we will support you and provide an exciting and flexible working environment!

Are you ready to join us?

Click apply, attach an up-to-date résumé (maximum 5 pages) and a cover letter (maximum 3 pages) addressing the targeted question below with a brief outline on how you meet the requirements of the role:

• In 500 words or less can you describe a time when you had to navigate complex stakeholder relationships to achieve a housing or community outcome? What strategies did you use to build trust and ensure alignment across different parties?

Applications close Tuesday 14 October at 11:59pm AEST.

Got A Question?

For more information about the role or what it’s like to work for DCJ, please contact the hiring manager James Harrington on 8753 8482or at james.harrington@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 Katie Hardy on 0447 204 182 or via katie.hardy@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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Thank you for your interest in this role. We look forward to receiving your application.

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