Job Description

Assistant Project Officer

Location: Parramatta (hybrid Parramatta office and work from home)

Employment type: Ongoing Full Time

Salary: Clerk Grade 5/6, $99,938 to $110,271 pa, plus employer’s contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading

Your role

The Assistant Project Officer undertakes a range of project research, analysis, reporting, implementation and administrative activities to support the development and delivery of projects, in line with established project plans and objectives.

What you’ll do

As a Project Officer with the Strategic Infrastructure Risk Resilience team within Infrastructure and Assets, you are responsible for but not limited to:

• Support the delivery of property and asset projects and initiatives to achieve operational and strategic goals.
• Support the development of project plans and schedules and participate in planning processes as required.
• Monitor, track and report on the status of project deliverables to ensure time, cost and quality metrics are in line with approved project plans for assigned projects.
• Provide practical and proactive project support and administrative services to project team and stakeholders.
• Assess and monitor project risks and issues and provide solutions where applicable.
• Coordinate project administration including coordination of workshops and meetings, minute taking, manage assigned actions and follow-ups and project status reporting.
• Develop and manage effective communications with key stakeholders, both internal and external to the project.

What we’re looking for

In addition to meeting the essential requirements, the successful candidate must demonstrate strong capabilities in:

• Delivering multiple project support activities in line with agreed standards and objectives, given tight
• deadlines and competing demands and priorities
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to provide updates regarding project status and implementation issues

• Updating and collating documentation and records regarding relevant issues, policies and practices to
• ensure the delivery of projects complies with agreed project management methodology
• Undertaking basic research and analysis in assigned project areas and contribute to the preparation of

• project briefs to support informed decision making and planning

• Proven ability to work autonomously and to work on collaborative projects to ensure correspondence are all highly accurate, confidential and stylistically consistent in accordance with Departmental standards and guidelines.
• Use relevant technology to prepare documentation and presentation material to support business unit managers and directors.
• Manage and coordinate allocations workflow assigned to Strategic Infrastructure Risk Resilience team to ensure delivery of work within agreed upon deadlines and quality standards.

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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, 8th April 2026 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 Janet Meyn, Senior Manager Property Advisory on 0409 319 229 or at janet.meyn@dcj.nsw.gov.au

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 Sarah Nguyen on 02 9765 5046 or via thikimyen.nguyen@dcj.nsw.gov.au

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, visitInclusion 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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