Company description:

Department of Communities and Justice

Job description:

Director Major Projects, Housing Portfolio

• Based in Parramatta
• Full-Time Ongoing Role
• Total Remuneration Payable: starting from $250,516 to $274,619

Your role

Homes NSW leads the delivery of more social and affordable housing, ending the cycle of homelessness, and building quality public housing across NSW. The Director Major Projects is responsible for the full lifecycle of major estate renewal and urban transformation projects, delivering on the Government's commitment to increase the supply of new social, affordable and private homes and creating improved places and amenity.

What you'll do

As leader of the Major Projects team within Homes NSW, you will:

• Establish and lead partner-led complex and high profile redevelopment programs including planning, business case development, Government approvals, procurement, contracting, stakeholder management and overseeing delivery through commercial relationships.
• Implement robust and sophisticated assurance and commercial management frameworks and processes for Homes NSW complex and major projects.
• Lead property redevelopment projects for a range of complex long-term initiatives involving multiple property types.
• Build and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders including government, industry partners, consultants, third party providers, and community representatives to provide expert advice.
• Deliver on operational performance and financial objectives of multiple complex programs, identifying and mitigating financial and reputational risk.

What we're looking for

• Tertiary qualifications in property development, planning construction management, property economics or relevant business discipline.
• Extensive project management skills and property development experience across significant and diverse development programs.
• Committed to travelling both locally and regionally, including overnight travel, as the role requires by the business and/or directed.
• Specialist knowledge and expertise in understanding private sector and public sector property and construction development process
• Experience leading large scale and / or complex transactions including project due diligence, strategy and business case development, implementation and delivery experience.
• Familiarity with residential development, social and affordable housing, and working with NGOs.
• Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of the machinery of government, the policy process and the relevant statutory requirements that underpin Homes NSW's operations

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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 Wednesday 9 July 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 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 Dylan Huke 0484 362 936 or at [email protected].

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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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