Assistant Project Officer

Department: Corporate Services
- Location: Parramatta, NSW, AU, 2150
- Custom Field 4: 78567

**Assistant Project Officer - PMO**
- **Location - Parramatta**:

- **Employment type - Ongoing full-time**:

- **Grade - Clerk Grade 5/6**:

- **Salary - $99,938 - $110,271 plus employers’ contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading**

**Your role**
- The Assistant Project Officer plays a crucial part in supporting research, analysis, reporting, and administration to ensure successful project delivery. This is a fantastic opportunity to develop your project management skills, work across diverse projects, and contribute to meaningful outcomes in a dynamic environment.

**What you’ll do**
- You’ll support the Portfolio Management Office in driving key initiatives forward through research, coordination, and technical implementation of changes in the reporting and project management tool, including:

- Conducting research and contributing to any changes in the reporting and project management tools.
- Assisting with implementation activities related to any technical changes and supporting the Project Management Community.
- Preparing technical how to documents, and liaising with stakeholders involved.
- Collaborating with a fast-paced, supportive, and team-focused environment.

**What we’re looking for**
- We’re seeking a proactive individual who brings:

- Strong organizational skills to manage priorities and deadlines effectively.
- Excellent written and verbal communication for confident stakeholder engagement.
- Ability to conduct research and basic analysis supporting project decisions.
- Strong problem-solving skills and advanced knowledge of business intelligence tools like Power BI, Tableau etc.
- Proficiency in accurate documentation and delivering top-quality administrative support.
- 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.
- 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 an up-to-date resume (maximum 5 pages) and a cover letter (maximum 3 pages) addressing the targeted question below with a brief outline on how you meet the requirements of the role:

- Please briefly provide an example of how you contributed towards an improvement initiative reducing/avoiding costs and improving efficiency within the team.

**Applications close**Tuesday, 4 November 2025 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**
- A talent pool may be created for future ongoing and temporary roles and is valid for a period of up to 18 months.

**_ The Welcome Experience_**:

- The careers site currently promotes this service on the ‘Discover roles with DCJ in regional NSW’ page.