Department of Communities and Justice



Job description:

Project Officer

Location: 4 Parramatta Square (hybrid working arrangement)

Employment type: Ongoing, Full-time (1 vacancy)

Salary: Clerk Grade 7/8, $106,025 to $117,363 p.a. plus employers' contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading

Your role

The Project Officer is responsible for assisting the Portfolio Management Assets Branch with a range of tasks which includes triaging, allocating, reviewing and reporting on Ministerial, Parliamentary and Executive matters assigned within scope.

What you'll do

You will be responsible for preparing reports and briefs, coordinating resources, maintaining project documentation, and implementing and monitoring project plans to ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to quality standards. Additionally, you'll prepare and maintain project documentation for reporting and evaluation purposes, facilitating accessibility of quality information to contribute to project success.

Effective communication with key stakeholders and coordination of working groups, committees, and consultations will be crucial to support project completion as per plans. You'll also source, collate, and compile data to track project progress against milestones and deliverables, identifying emerging issues for timely resolution.

Furthermore, you'll undertake research and analysis, preparing project briefs to support informed decision-making and planning, thus playing a vital role in the overall success of the projects you support.

What we're looking for

Essential requirements:

Tertiary qualifications in a related discipline and/or equivalent knowledge, skills, and experience with demonstrated commitment to ongoing professional development.
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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.
While the Department of Communities and Justice offers a flexible or hybrid working arrangement some office work will be required and therefore to be considered for this role you would need to live in NSW or be relocating to NSW.

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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 2 pages) addressing the targeted question below with a brief outline on how you meet the requirements of the role:

Provide an example of a time you had a complex customer problem that you were tasked with to resolve, what steps did you take to resolve the problem and what was the outcome?
Applications close Sunday 15 September 2024 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 Jaydon Carling on 0449 551 015 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 Reyzhel Velasco on 0400 969 505 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.

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