Company description:

Department of Communities and Justice

Job description:

Tenant Participation Officer

Multiple Ongoing/Permanent Full-Time Roles!

Blacktown, Penrith and Sydney City Locations available

Clerk Grade 7/8 - $113,574 - $125,720 plus superannuation and leave loading

Your role

With the focus of enhancing community wellbeing, this role will design, deliver and evaluate engagement initiatives that empower tenants to provide feedback and influence service improvements. Building and managing partnerships between tenants, stakeholders, and Homes NSW the Tenant Participation Officer will strengthen communication, improve service access, and support sustainable tenancies.

What you'll do

With a strong client focus, this role will develop and implement a range of tenant feedback systems, ongoing consultative/advisory arrangements and mechanisms with individual social housing residents, families, organisations (government and non-government) and the local community

The responsibilities of this role will include, but will not be limited to:

• Planning and implementing community-based projects and activities to facilitate increased participation of residents in community capacity building and neighbourhood activities
• Supporting the delivery of tenant participation and community engagement planning, development and implementation for a range of projects
• Aiding in engagement design, stakeholder mapping, coordinating resources, meeting reporting requirements, and supporting relevant related activities, to ensure plans are achieved on time, on budget, to quality standards and within agreed scope in line with agreed work plans

• Providing accurate progress reporting for tenant participation and community engagement strategies

• Assisting in preparing submissions, reports, and correspondence for briefings and presentations to contribute to social plans, provide advice on complex issues, and support informed decision-making

What we're looking for

To be successful in this position, the ideal candidate will have:

• Relevant qualifications as well as 3-5 years' experience in tenant participation, community development, or community services
• A valid NSW driving licence
• Willingness to travel around to different sites as needed
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work under tight deadlines and budgets with competing priorities
• Ability to work in adherence to legislation and governing compliance requirements
• Strong decision-making skills
• Advanced risk management ability

For more information about this 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.

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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 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:

• Targeted Question 1 - In 500 words or less, please describe about a time you have worked on a service delivery project. Please outline the project plan and the challenges faced along the way.

• Targeted Question 2 - In 500 words or less, please tell us how you track and measure the status and success of work you outlay and your approach to required improvements.

Applications close 20 August 2025 at 11:59pm

Got a question?

For more information about the role or what it's like to work for DCJ, please contact the hiring manager Dare Kavanagh on 0460 029 300 or 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 Mary Michael on 0499 531 131 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.

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