Company description:

Department of Communities and Justice

Job description:

Work Location: Coniston

Ongoing, Full-time position on offer!

Salary: Clerk 3/4, $82,193 to $90,001 p.a. plus employers' contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading

Your role

The NSW Government is determined to make NSW a place where everyone has access to safe and secure housing, and where experiences of homelessness are rare, brief, and non-recurring.

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

We have an opportunity for a Project Support Officer to join our Business Services team. This role involves delivering a variety of administrative and support services, including financial and human resource functions, and providing project support to senior staff within the business unit.

The main objective of this role is to offer high-quality executive, project, and administrative support to ensure the efficient and effective operation of the Business Unit.

What you'll do

• Provide a range of administrative and support services to meet the business needs of the team/unit, including activities that support project delivery and assist in managing several shared mailboxes.
• Draft and prepare correspondence, agendas, minutes, presentations, and briefing notes to support business objectives.
• Manage financial processes, including raising purchase orders, paying invoices, statement reconciliation and preparing general journals.
• Address and resolve complex enquiries and issues to ensure accurate information is provided and issues are resolved in a timely and effective manner.
• Coordinate and manage records and databases, ensuring compliance with administrative systems, processes, and policies for accurate and accessible information.
• Develop, implement, and monitor office systems, procedures and methods, adapting processes and techniques as needed to ensure team/unit operations in line with agency standards, policies and procedures.
• Gather and collate information to prepare documentation and reports on business unit performance, and make recommendations to enhance efficiency, cost management and service delivery.
• Delivering high-quality administrative services, mange competing demands and priorities, address unforeseen issues, handle a high volume of work, and work independently.

What we're looking for

• Proven experience in delivering high-quality business support services with a professional and client-focussed approach.
• Strong understanding of corporate services, office systems, procedures, and methods, including procurement and finance policies and practices.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft applications including word processors, spreadsheets, project management tools and record management Systems.

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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.

While the Department of Communities and Justice offers a flexible or hybrid working arrangement some office work will be required and therefore to be considered for this role you would need to live in NSW or be relocating to NSW.

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 2 pages) addressing the 1 targeted question below with a brief outline on how you meet the requirements of the role:

Targeted Question 1

Can you share an experience where you had to balance several important tasks at once. How did you prioritise and ensure each one was completed effectively?

Applications close Wednesday 26 March 2025 at 11:59pm AEST

Got a question?

For more information about the role or what it's like to work for DCJ, please contact Heidi Thomas on 0427 643 005 or at [email protected]

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 Leanne Chommanivong on 0438 631 489 or via [email protected]

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.

For more information visit Your recruitment journey on the DCJ website.

Thank you for your interest in this role. We look forward to receiving your application.

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