Aboriginal Community Engagement Project Officer

Aboriginal Community Engagement Project Officer (Identified)

Employment Type: Full Time, Permanent

Position Classification: Health Manager Level 2

Remuneration: $109, $129,624.00 per annum, plus superannuation and 17.5% leave loading

Hours Per Week: 38

Location: 1 Reserve Road, St Leonards, Sydney

Requisition ID: REQ616734

• Be part of an organisation that makes a difference in cancer control in NSW
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are encouraged to apply

Where you'll be working

The Cancer Institute NSW is the NSW Government's cancer control agency, established to lessen the impact of cancer across the state.

Working at the Cancer Institute NSW means joining a team of committed and dedicated staff who are proud to be a part of the Institute's purpose of overseeing and accelerating the effectiveness of cancer control in NSW.

The Cancer Institute is a collaborative working environment that encourages diversity and inclusion in how we work and the way we work together. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are strongly encouraged to apply. Greater consideration will be given to suitable applicants, in order to improve access to employment and career opportunities (GSE Rule 26).

What you'll be doing

The Aboriginal Community Engagement Project Officer plays a key role in strengthening relationships, while coordinate and supporting the development, delivery, monitoring and evaluation of a range of Aboriginal-focused projects that aim to achieve equity of cancer outcomes at a system level for the New South Wales State's Aboriginal communities, organisations, and services to improve cancer outcomes.

This role will develop and maintain internal and external relationships with stakeholders including cancer services, the Aboriginal Health and Medical research Council of NSW (AH&MRC), Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services, Local Health Districts, Primary Health Networks and non-government organisations to drive the improvement of cancer outcomes of Aboriginal communities.

Remuneration/Benefits

In addition to base salary:

• 12% superannuation
• 4 weeks annual leave (plus 17.5% leave loading)
• 10 days sick leave
• 40 hours per week which include accrual of monthly Allocated Day Off (ADO) x 12 per year.

Access to:

• Generous Flexible Working practices
• Fitness Passport: a membership card for NSW government employees that gives you and your family unlimited access to 400+ gyms and other facilities at one low price.
• Novated car leasing arrangement
• Salary sacrificing to superannuation.

For your application to be considered

To submit your application, please provide:

• Your resume (maximum five pages)
• A covering letter addressing the Essential Requirements, as outlined in the Role Description
• A response to the Pre-screening questions, as outlined below.

Essential requirements

• Must be of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander descent through parentage, identification as being Aboriginal and being accepted in the community as such under section 14 (d) of the NSW Antidiscrimination Act (1977), with knowledge and experience of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture.
• Demonstrated commitment to improving health outcomes for Aboriginal communities, with the ability to work respectfully and effectively with Aboriginal peoples, organisations, and communities to support culturally safe and responsive cancer prevention initiatives.
• Operates with autonomy regarding day-to-day activities and accountable for managing competing priorities; own workloads, multiple projects with diverse group of internal/external stakeholders.
• Responsible negotiating and consulting with identified stakeholders and for the delivery of projects within agreed timeframes, budgets and quality standards.
• Exercises discretion and judgement in providing quality advice and responding to enquiries and correspondence, escalating any contentious issues to manager.

This is an identified recruitment under Rule 26 of the Government Sector Employment (General) Rules 2014 where only Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people are considered eligible to apply for this role.

If successful for interview candidates must bring original copies of essential qualifications to be sighted by the panel, and one copy to provide to panel.

Pre-screening questions

• How do you approach engaging with Aboriginal communities to ensure your work is culturally grounded, respectful, and led by community priorities?
• Can you share an example of how you've built and maintained strong relationships with Aboriginal stakeholders or communities over time, and how you ensured accountability back to those communities?

Interested?

For more information:

• Click here for the Role Description
• Find out more about applying for this position

For more information about the Cancer Institute NSW please visit For role related queries or questions contact Zarayn Knight on

Applications Close: Thursday, 13th November 2025 at 11:59PM

All Cancer Institute roles are based at St Leonards, Sydney, and candidates are required to be Sydney based.

The CORE+4 Values define what is important to the Cancer Institute NSW and our employees.

Our values are: Collaboration, Openness, Respect, Empowerment, Strategic, Supportive, Innovative and Flexible.

The Cancer Institute NSW is unable to offer salary packaging. Salaries will be negotiated commensurate to experience and qualifications of the role.

The Cancer Institute NSW supports flexible working practices for all employees and welcomes applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from diverse cultural backgrounds and people with disabilities. Stepping Up aims to assist Aboriginal job applicants by providing information about applying for roles in NSW Health. For more information please visit

Please indicate if you have any accessibility requirements in your application or speak with the contact person should you be called for an interview. We provide reasonable adjustment for people with a disability during the recruitment process and during their employment.

To be eligible for permanent appointment to a position in NSW Health, you must have Australian citizenship or permanent Australian residency.

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