Company description:

Department of Communities and Justice

Job description:

Principal Project Officer

• Location Parramatta CBD with access to hybrid work arrangements
• Full time temporary role until March 2026 opportunity (35 hours per week)
• Salary from $149,739 to $173,174 pa. + super and annual leave loading
• Diverse and inclusive organisation with generous leave entitlements including flex leave and access to Fitness Passport

Your role

This role plays a vital part in driving reform and improvements across the social and affordable housing sectors. As Principal Project Officer, you will lead and manage strategic projects that support government housing priorities, coordinate cross-agency input into key reforms, and ensure the effective delivery of initiatives that align with the vision of Homes NSW.

You'll provide high-level advice, oversee project planning and performance analysis, and support ongoing improvements to service delivery. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a team making a real difference for communities across NSW.

What you'll do

• Lead and manage the delivery of high-impact projects aligned to housing and homelessness reform.
• Coordinate and collaborate across Homes NSW to ensure consistent and effective input into strategic reform initiatives.
• Provide evidence-based advice, reporting, and recommendations to support decision making by senior executives.
• Develop and monitor project plans, governance processes, status updates, and Ministerial briefings.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with key internal and external stakeholders.
• Use data and insights to monitor the performance of key initiatives and drive service improvement.

What we're looking for

• Demonstrated experience in managing and delivering complex projects.
• Strong analytical, planning, and project coordination skills with a strategic mindset.
• Proven ability to engage and collaborate with diverse stakeholders to deliver shared outcomes.
• High-level written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to prepare Ministerial briefs/business cases and reports.

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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 Wednesday 13th August 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 Aski Beer [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 Stephanie Hughes on 02 8688 0027 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 Applying for DCJ jobs on the DCJ website.

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

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