Company description:

Department of Communities and Justice

Job description:

Senior Program Officer

Parramatta, NSW

Full Time Temporary Employment till 30th June 2026

Clerk Grade 9/10 - $125,693 to $138,510 plus superannuation

Your role

Come join the team at Homes NSW and use your expertise in and passion for communications to support NSW Government's largest-ever investment in social housing. Your work will contribute to creating a fairer, more inclusive society where everyone has access to safe and affordable housing.

As a Senior Programs Officer in our Teacher and Police Housing Team, you'll play a pivotal role in shaping and delivering strategic communications that support Homes NSW's vision to deliver quality homes and services that change lives and end homelessness. Your efforts will help build stronger communities and improve the lives of countless individuals and families.

What you'll do

As part of the Teacher and Police Housing Team, you will deliver a range of functions related to the delivery of construction (capital works). These functions may include refurbishment, security hardening programs and preventative maintenance projects across a rural and remote portfolio in NSW. You will also use experience from the construction industry and the management and coordination of people to understand and meet customer needs and expectation in the delivery of high-volume residential property maintenance works within limited time and budget.

What we're looking for

• Support the Teacher Housing Authority with the delivery of a range of construction, security hardening, preventative maintenance projects, refurbishments, and other projects and programs. As a client-side construction project manager, this position will require management and relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including Public Works (PW).
• Management of any external consultants and contractors engaged directly, providing expert advice and guidance to inform decision making.
• Independently program manage various package of works across a portfolio, including budgets control, timeframes and quality and coordinate program implementation including coordination of stakeholders, MS Projects, minutes, reporting, PCG's, while preparing regular reports and presentation to steering committees and board members, as required.
• Ensure that the scoping, tender, defect and contract award processes for the delivery of works is documented and meets government procurement guidelines.
• Undertake completion and submission of documentation required for internal approval purposes, including submission of Briefing Notes and Minister Notes for Director's approval, and work closely with Finance team for the issuing of project purchase orders and payments. This includes authoring board papers and presentations that focus on scope, cost and program.
• Ensure that databases (Fulcrum, Salesforce portal, TRIM and other systems) are maintained and updated with property condition data (and photos) and provide reports on a regular basis and on request.
• Assist the team with advice and support for the overall maintenance of properties. This includes managing the defect liability periods for all programs, including leading the document administration required to catalogue all as-builts, authority approvals and operational maintenance manuals, or similar.
• Attend and minute site meetings and handover meetings as required to ensure the proper completion of projects (NSW regional and rural travel is required at short notice), including review and accountability for issuing practical completion documentation and supervision and implementation of defect management.

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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.

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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.

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 a cover letter (maximum 2 pages) outlining how you meet the requirements of the role as well as an up-to-date résumé (maximum 5 pages).

Applications close Tuesday 27th May 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 the acting hiring manager Matthew Sutton on 02 9851 8727 or via [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 Lisa Walker on 0447 204 182 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

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