Deputy Secretary Corporate Services

Division: Corporate Services
- Location: Parramatta, NSW, AU, 2150
- Req ID: 74496

**Deputy Secretary Corporate Services**
- **Based in Parramatta - hybrid and flexible working arrangements may be available.**:

- **$453,893 to $502,098 total remuneration payable**:

- **Ongoing Opportunity Available**

The Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) aims to enable everyone's right to access justice and help for families through early intervention and inclusion, with benefits for the whole community by providing services that are effective and responsive to community needs.

**Your role**

The Deputy Secretary, Corporate Services role provides executive leadership and strategic direction to a diverse portfolio of corporate services, professional advisory and enabling functions to support achievement of DCJ’s objectives and outcomes. The role provides direct advice and support to the Secretary on whole of Department and whole-of-portfolio issues, playing a crucial role in achieving DCJ’s objective and ensuring alignment of service and operational delivery standards.

**What you’ll do**

As the Deputy Secretary Corporate Services, you will be responsible for leading the delivery of corporate services functions and driving strategic initiative that enhances operational efficiency and effectiveness within DCJ and Corrective Services NSW (CSNSW) along with;
- Lead DCJ in governance and compliance activities, including audit and risk; corporate planning and portfolio reporting, and provide advice on governance across the Portfolio.
- Drive effective financial management to optimise the return on government's financial, human, intellectual and physical investments in regulatory compliance and enforcement activity.
- Drive large scale continuous improvement that achieves demonstrable benefits from organisation-wide innovation and initiatives to effectively manage the budget review process whilst minimising any impact on service continuity and standards.
- Driving the visioning, development and implementation of strategic workforce and resourcing plans which enable sustained long term corporate capability and performance against plan.
- Drive the adoption of performance, outcomes, structures to achieve cost effective service delivery models for corporate service functions.
- Lead and drive initiatives to evaluate, analyse and improve delivery and organisational performance across DCJ.
- Support and provide advice to the Secretary on whole of Department and whole-of-portfolio issues.
- Represent the Department in whole-of-government committees and working groups, as well as in consultations and negotiations with key external stakeholders

If you are committed to making a positive impact and driving change, we want to hear from you.

Download the **role description.**

**What we’re looking for**
- Tertiary qualification/s in a relevant discipline and/or demonstrated experience at an executive level in a large complex organisation
- Demonstrated extensive experience at a senior executive level in a large complex organisation
- Capacity to lead staff in driving and implementing Department and portfolio-wide policies and achieving results against strategic objectives

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

- A challenging and rewarding career
- Collaborative work environment
- Flexible, autonomous work environment
- Competitive salary and benefits
- 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**

**Are you ready to join us?**

Click apply, attach an up-to-date résumé (maximum 3 pages) and a cover letter (maximum 2 pages) outlining how you meet what we are looking for.

**Applications close**Sunday 1 June 2025 at 11:59pm (AEST)

**Got a question?**

**I**nclusion 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**.