Job Description

Development Manager

Location – Parramatta with flexible location considered

Employment type – Temporary till 30 June 2028, Multiple positions

Salary: Clerk Grade 9/10, $ 129,464- $ 142,665 per annum + superannuation

Your role

Homes NSW is a division of the Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ). It brings together the housing and homelessness functions of the DCJ, the NSW Land and Housing Corporation, Aboriginal Housing Office and key worker housing functions from across government, all under one roof.

Homes NSW leads work to deliver more social and affordable housing, end the cycle of homelessness, and deliver quality public housing to our 262,000 tenants across NSW.

The roles will report to various Directors across Delivery, across Metro and Regional areas. The purpose of the role is to support the delivery of a range of residential projects, including secondary dwellings, dual occupancies, medium density & large-scale urban renewal, with projects delivered through traditional and modern methods of construction. The role also includes financial and economic justification, planning, procurement, development, project management and financial control of projects.

What you’ll do

• Manage a range of residential projects through the project lifecycle from inception to completion, ensuring effective planning, stakeholder management, and operative financial and risk management processes, to guide project delivery in meeting business objectives.
• Deliver project outcomes to ensure all projects are scoped, planned, costed, resourced and aligned with program objectives and client needs.
• Manage governance arrangements to ensure cost, time and quality of planning and approvals.
• Establish and proactively manage positive working relationships with project stakeholders
• Manage risks to projects and initiatives, and develop, communicate and implement risk mitigation plans and strategies.
• Prepare and contribute to a range of strategic and operational documentation, including briefing papers, discussion papers, reports, submissions and responses to provide and seek information to project stakeholders.
• Ensuring all projects meet milestones, achieve objectives, are managed within budget given the high-volume work environment and demands resulting from tight timeframes and competing priorities.

What we’re looking for

• Tertiary qualifications in construction management, property development or a relevant business discipline or equivalent experience.
• Knowledge and understanding of property, construction and development processes.
• Intermediate project management skills and experience.
• A willingness and aptitude to learn about Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) and alternative planning pathways.
• The role may involve travel both locally and regionally, including overnight travel, as required by the business and/or directed.

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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
• Generous leave entitlements

• 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 8 April 11:59pm AEST.

Got a question?

For more information about the role or what it’s like to work for DCJ, please contact steven.quick@homes.nsw.gov.au or 0412 200 210.

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 katie.hardy@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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