Senior Project Officer

2 weeks ago


Cumberland City Council, Australia NSW Department of Communities and Justice Full time

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Senior Project Officer (Special Inquest) - Coroner's Court - Lidcombe

Division: Courts Tribunals and Service Delivery

Location:

Lidcombe, NSW, AU, 2141

  • Location – Lidcombe – Onsite parking is available
  • Salary ranging from $120,859 pa to $133,183 pa + super and leave loading
  • Temporary – Full Time – 12 months

Your role

You will be responsible for leading a newly created team, setting clear responsibilities and expectations within a short timeframe to achieve best practice for a high profile inquest.

The role ensures the team delivers a high standard of administrative, court and social work support in the most efficient manner.

Persons seeking to work at the Coroners Court need to be compassionate and empathetic and have a high level of personal resilience.

What you'll do

  • Provide high level advice, guidance and support to the inquest team, State Coroner, Counsel assisting team, Executive Officer and the Coroner's Court Registrar
  • Develop systems of best practice to ensure work is properly captured, allocated and completed within set timeframes
  • Establish, maintain and manage the expectations of diverse stakeholders
  • In consultation with social workers, develop and implement initiatives to deliver best practice to support bereaved families

What we're looking for

  • Demonstrated experience in strategic and innovative project management and an excellent understanding of project methodologies, processes and procedures
  • Demonstrated experience building relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders
  • Experience consistently providing high level advice to support decision making processes and procedural guidelines
  • Experience monitoring and evaluating projects including risk and contingency management, logistical issues, WHS, record keeping and development of future best practice deliverables
  • Ability to maintain resilience and professionalism in the face of extreme sadness and grief

Relevant tertiary qualifications or equivalent experience.

What We Offer - We offer a variety of benefits, including:

  • A challenging and rewarding career
  • Flexible, autonomous work environment
  • Competitive pay and conditions
  • Health & Wellbeing and Employee Assistance Programs.

Want more information? Visit our website to see more information on Working for us.

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. It's work that really matters.

Click apply, attach an up-to-date résumé (maximum 5 pages) and a cover letter (maximum 3 pages) addressing the 2 targeted questions below with a brief outline on how you meet the requirements of the role:

  • Choose a project or piece of work you have done and describe how you allocated the resources that were needed to complete this work?
  • Describe a time you gave performance feedback. How did you ensure that the feedback was constructive?

If you've got a question about applying or require an adjustment in the recruitment process, please call Natalie Cummings on or email

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 our careers site .

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.

Thank you for your interest in this role. We look forward to receiving your application.

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