Commissioning & Planning Officer

7 months ago

Newcastle, Australia NSW Department of Communities and Justice Full time

Division: Northern CPPYJ- Location: Newcastle, NSW, AU, 2300- Req ID: 62634**Commissioning and Planning Officer**

**Department of Communities and Justice**

**2 x temporary roles**
- **Location: Newcastle**:

- **Employment -Temporary 12 months & Temporary up to 30 June 2026**:

- **$106,025 - $117,363 P.A + Superannuation & Leave Loading**:

- **Industry leading training with ongoing career development and support**:

- **Flexible work practices**

**Your role**

Do you enjoy collaborating with community partners to achieve positive outcomes for individuals, families and communities?

The Commissioning and Planning Officer role facilitates engagement with sector and communities to improve the local supply of services, builds collaborative relationships with providers and develops avenues for contract management that directly contribute to better outcomes for individuals, families, and communities across the Hunter and Central Coast (HCC) District. The work is dynamic, fast-paced, and requires a sophisticated range of skills and experience.

**PLEASE NOTE: There are two roles available:

- Temporary 12 months
- Temporary up to 30.06.26

**What you’ll do**

As part of the HCC Commissioning & Planning team, you will build and work in partnership with internal and external stakeholders and partners from a relationships based approach.

You will bring your individual and professi.onal experience, knowledge, and analysis of relevant data sources to ensure the team understands and can respond to the unique needs of the communities in which we work.

**What we’re looking for**

To be successful in this role you will be a good negotiator and have demonstrated experience in relationship and contract management. Innovative and client focused, you will strive for excellent service delivery and promote change in the sector. High level communication, decision making, and project management skills are a must.
- Experience working with non-government organisations and government agencies on the development and implementation of service delivery
- Experience and knowledge of one or more of the funded programs of Domestic and Family Violence, Permanency Support Program, Specialist Homelessness Services and/or Targeted Earlier Intervention
- Ability to establish and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders
- Ability to work independently and manage your own work. Including working both independently and within a team environment
- A commitment to a culture of teamwork, excellence and continuous improvement
- Client service skills with an empathic approach to clients
- A strong commitment to customer service
- Have highly developed written and verbal skills, including writing for a variety of audiences and completion of formal and informal correspondence.
- Computer and systems competency
- Sound research and analysis skills to support evidence-based decisions
- Tertiary qualifications in a related discipline and/or equivalent knowledge, skills and experience with demonstrated commitment to ongoing professional development.
- Have a valid Driver’s Licence, Working with Children Check and willingness to travel.

Download the role description.

**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 17 September 11:59pm AEST.**

**Got a question?**

**Inclusion and Diversity lie 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 to fill similar roles for both ongoing and temporary opportunities across various locations within Western NSW if and as they arise. This would be valid for a period of 18 months.

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