Company description:

Department of Communities and Justice

Job description:

Contract Administrator

Talent Pool Creation Only

Location - Parramatta (Hybrid Role)

Employment type - Creation of talent pool for temporary/ongoing roles.

Salary - $110,266 - $122,058 pa plus superannuation and leave loading.

The Role

The Contract Administrator role performs a range of administration and compliance initiatives to support strategic performance monitoring and reporting functions associated with contracted service delivery providers.

What you'll do

The successful candidate will be responsible for

• Undertaking contract administration activities for the Directorate in line with legislation and CSNSW policies, procedures, standards, and specifications to achieve monitoring and reporting outcomes.
• Conducting analysis and preliminary review of the contractual performance of providers to ensure compliance with terms
• Preparing and collating a range of documents as required, including business cases, project plans and workflows, discussion papers, briefing notes, and submissions to respond to information requests.
• Providing advice to senior staff on aspects of the development, implementation, management, and status of projects relating to contract administration and compliance initiatives to inform decision making.
• Using electronic databases to ensure the accurate and up-to-date entry, storage and retrieval of contract documents and related records.
• Conduct analysis and review of performance metrics applicable to contracted service delivery providers to contribute to continuous improvement and evaluation initiatives.
• Developing and maintaining professional relationships with contracted service delivery providers to achieve performance monitoring and reporting outcomes.

What we're looking for

• Relevant tertiary qualifications or equivalent experience
• Willingness to undertake training relevant to the role.

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.

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We do work that really matters

Corrective Services NSW (CSNSW) delivers professional correctional services and programs to reduce the risk of re-offending and enhance public safety.

A number of these services are contracted to State awarded private providers.

As a division of CSNSW, the Contract Compliance and Transition Directorate (CCTD) manages these private contracts and provides advice and written communication to the CSNSW Commissioner, Government and private stakeholders for tracking, compliance and reporting progress, relating to contracted service delivery providers and their performance.

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 3 pages).

Applications close: Sunday 6th July 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 hiring manager April Jones on 8688 9307 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, please call Mayur Kaushik on 0467 174 016 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.