Project Coordinator - Workplace Transformation

Project Coordinator – Workplace Transformation

Location: Parramatta (hybrid working), a mixture of working from the office and home

Employment type: Temporary Full-Time up to 30 June 2025

Salary: Clerk Grade 3/4, $79,032 to $86,539 pa plus employer’s contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading

• 35hrs per week
• Health and wellbeing benefits including access to Fitness Passport
• Ongoing career development and support
• Supportive leadership/management team
• Brand new office that is easily accessible and next to train line

Workplace Transformation will implement a strategic accommodation transformation across all of the Department of Communities and Justice offices and Frontline spaces to improve the experience and satisfaction of both staff and clients, ensuring improved accessibility, inclusivity and equality in our workplaces.

Your role

You will assist your team members to develop reports or communications materials to keep our stakeholders up to date with activity and collate relevant documentation and records to keep deliverables in line with project governance. You will provide secretariat support to working groups and key meetings and be responsible for following up on actions or decisions to ensure everything keeps moving on time and will be responsible for actioning invoices and supporting procurement initiatives.

What you’ll do

As part of the Workplace Transformation team with Infrastructure and Assets, you will work across your team and together with the other Project Coordinators to support the effective delivery of Workplace Transformation deliverables. You will be responsible for providing project, administrative and secretariat support to enable the delivery of our initiatives on time, on budget, and to scope. You will keep a keen eye on risks and issues, outstanding actions and deliverables and help keep the team on track for key milestone dates to support the Senior Program Manager in successful delivery of the project/program of work. You will communicate with relevant stakeholders via status updates and communication materials. You will support procurement and invoicing activities, as well as the collation and compliant management of records within the Program.

You’ll be a part of a high performing and supportive team who are results driven. The team works in a high-speed, agile environment with flexible working opportunities.

What we’re looking for

The successful candidate must demonstrate strong capabilities in:

• Adaptability to apply your existing skills to new situations
• Shows awareness of own strengths and areas for growth and develop and apply new skills.
• Demonstrate on providing a positive customer experience and support a customer-focused culture at DCJ
• Ability to complete own work tasks under guidance within set budgets, timeframes and standards.
• Demonstrate an understanding of methodologies and supporting technologies related to project management

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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?

When applying you will need to attach a resume (maximum 5 pages) and answer the two pre-screening questions below:

1. Provide an example of a time when you identified a problem and took the initiative to correct it. How did you effectively communicate with relevant stakeholders and people involved? (max 300 words)
2. Provide an example of a time you managed numerous responsibilities. What skills did you demonstrate? (max 300 words)

Applications close Thursday, 28 February 2024 at 11:59pm AEDT.

Got a question?

For more information about the role or what it’s like to work for DCJ, please contact the hiring manager Jane Costin, Senior Project Officer on 0436 339 757 or at jane.costin@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, 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, 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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