Company description:

Department of Communities and Justice

Job description:

Senior Project Officer

Location - Parramatta, hybrid 50% Office

Employment type - Ongoing

Salary - GR 9/10 $129,464 -$142,665 + employer superannuation contribution

Your role

Are you passionate about Work Health and Safety and looking to apply your project management skills to make a meaningful impact in NSW social housing?

This role sits within the Work Health and Safety (WHS) team and plays a key part in ensuring the safety and wellbeing of staff, contractors, and tenants across the Homes NSW. You'll contribute to the delivery of WHS compliance, training, reporting, and continuous improvement initiatives that support a proactive safety culture.

As a WHS Senior Project Officer, you will lead and support a range of WHS-focused programs and projects, including the development and implementation of WHS policies, procedures, and guidelines; contractor and staff WHS reporting; provide WHS support to the business and WHS awareness and training campaigns.

What you'll do

In this role, you will:

• Lead WHS-related projects from initiation through to implementation, ensuring alignment with legislative requirements and organisational safety objectives
• Coordinate the development and review of WHS policies, procedures and WHS Documents, ensuring they reflect current best practices and regulatory standards
• Manage WHS reporting systems for internal staff and external contractors, including data analysis and insights to inform risk mitigation strategies
• Deliver WHS training and awareness initiatives, including newsletters, campaigns, and targeted education programs
• Collaborate with stakeholders across Homes NSW to embed WHS considerations into operational planning and service delivery
• Monitor and evaluate WHS project outcomes, providing recommendations for continuous improvement and enhanced safety performance.

What we're looking for

• Tertiary qualifications in Work Health and Safety, Project Management, or a related discipline, or equivalent experience
• Demonstrated experience in managing WHS projects or programs in a complex service delivery environment
• Strong understanding of WHS legislation, codes of practice, and risk management principles
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills, with the ability to influence and drive WHS outcomes
• Current driver's licence and willingness to travel as required.

For more information about the role, please click here to download the role description.

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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.

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 2 targeted questions below with a brief outline on how you meet the requirements of the role:

1. How do you ensure WHS compliance and engagement when working with diverse stakeholders such as principal contractors, internal teams, and external partners? Provide an example.

1. What strategies would you use to identify and manage WHS risks in a large-scale housing portfolio? Please include how you would engage stakeholders in the process

Applications close Tuesday 5 August 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 Kerrie Gregory on 0428 724 347or 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 Katie Hardy on 0447 204 182 or at [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.

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

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