Project Support Officer

1 month ago


Newcastle, Australia NSW Department of Communities and Justice Full time

Division: Homes NSW- Location: Newcastle, NSW, AU, 2300 Wollongong, NSW, AU, 2500- Req ID: 69083**Project Support Officer**

**Location: Mayfield NSW 2304 (2 vacancies) and Coniston NSW 2500 (1 vacancy)**

**Employment type: Ongoing, Full-time**

**Salary: Clerk 3/4, $79,032 to $86,539 p.a. plus employers’ contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading**

**Your role**

The NSW Government is determined to make NSW a place where everyone has access to safe and secure housing, and where experiences of homelessness are rare, brief, and non-recurring.

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

We have an opportunity for a Project Support Officer to join our Business Services team. This role involves delivering a variety of administrative and support services, including financial and human resource functions, and providing project support to senior staff within the business unit.

The main objective of this role is to offer high-quality executive, project, and administrative support to ensure the efficient and effective operation of the Business Unit.

**What you’ll do**
- Provide a range of administrative and support services to meet the business needs of the team/unit, including activities that support project delivery and assist in managing several shared mailboxes.
- Draft and prepare correspondence, agendas, minutes, presentations, and briefing notes to support business objectives.
- Manage financial processes, including raising purchase orders, paying invoices, statement reconciliation and preparing general journals.
- Address and resolve complex enquiries and issues to ensure accurate information is provided and issues are resolved in a timely and effective manner.
- Coordinate and manage records and databases, ensuring compliance with administrative systems, processes, and policies for accurate and accessible information.
- Develop, implement, and monitor office systems, procedures and methods, adapting processes and techniques as needed to ensure team/unit operations in line with agency standards, policies and procedures.
- Gather and collate information to prepare documentation and reports on business unit performance, and make recommendations to enhance efficiency, cost management and service delivery.
- Delivering high-quality administrative services, mange competing demands and priorities, address unforeseen issues, handle a high volume of work, and work independently.

**What we’re looking for**
- Proven experience in delivering high-quality business support services with a professional and client-focussed approach.
- Strong understanding of corporate services, office systems, procedures, and methods, including procurement and finance policies and practices.

Download the role description.

**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.

While the Department of Communities and Justice offers a flexible or hybrid working arrangement some office work will be required and therefore to be considered for this role you would need to live in NSW or be relocating to NSW.

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. We're focused on breaking, rather than managing, disadvantage. It’s work that really matters.

**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 **Sunday 1 September 2024 at 11:59pm AEST.

**Got a question?**

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**

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