Job Description
Senior Program Officer
- Temporary Full-Time until 30th June 2027 (35 hours per week)
- Location: Parramatta with 50% in office attendance
- Clerk Grade 9/10 - $129,464 to $142,665 plus superannuation and leave loading
About Homes NSW
Homes NSW brings together housing and homelessness services under one roof to deliver more social and affordable housing, end the cycle of homelessness, and provide quality public housing to over 262,000 tenants. We put people at the heart of everything we do—our clients and our staff.
Your role
As the Senior Program Officer, you will deliver a range of functions related to the delivery of construction (capital works). These functions may include refurbishment, security hardening programs and preventative maintenance projects across a rural and remote portfolio in NSW. This role will sit within the Key Worker Housing team within Teacher and Police Housing.
What you’ll do
In this role, you will deliver strategic outcomes across a diverse portfolio of residential projects as a construction program manager lead. The responsibilities of this role will include, but will not be limited to:
- Manage the delivery of construction, security, maintenance and refurbishment projects for the Teacher Housing Authority as a client‑side project manager, working closely with internal and external stakeholders including Public Works.
- Lead and oversee external consultants and contractors, providing expert advice to support informed decision‑making and successful project outcomes.
- Independently program‑manage multiple work packages across a portfolio, including budget, schedule and quality control, stakeholder coordination, reporting, MS Project management, and presentations to steering committees and the Board.
- Ensure all scoping, tendering, contract award, defect and completion processes comply with government procurement requirements, and prepare approvals and governance documentation including briefing notes, Minister’s notes, board papers and financial documentation.
- Maintain project records, databases and property condition data, manage defect liability periods, documentation handover and site meetings, and provide ongoing advice to support effective property maintenance, including regional travel as required.
What we’re looking for
To be successful in this position, the ideal candidate will have:
- Completion of or willing to complete 11084NAT Asbestos Awareness course.
- Be in possession of a valid NSW Driver’s Licence – Class C.
- Be in possession of a valid NSW White Card.
- Current First Aid certification (including modules HLTAID009 Provide cardiopulmonary. resuscitation, HLTAID010 Provide basic emergency life support and HLTAID011 Provide First Aid).
- Must be able to travel regularly to remote and rural locations from time to time, at short notice.
- Strong capability to accurately and clearly document all stages of a program’s lifecycle.
- Proven experience in the construction industry, with strong people management and coordination skills.
- The ability to manage construction programs in residential and operational environments.
- Lead and monitor construction and consultant teams remotely across rural, regional and outback NSW
- High-level written and verbal communication skills.
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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 3 pages) and a cover letter (maximum 2 pages) with a brief outline on how you meet the requirements of the role.
Applicants are strongly encouraged to reference experience managing multiple residential construction projects simultaneously, with focus on how tenant relocations or access considerations are met.
Applications close Sunday 21 June 2026 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 Nicholas Archer via [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 contact Katie Hardy at [email protected]
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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.
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