
Junior Designer
4 days ago
Junior Designer
Location: Parramatta
Employment type: Temporary Full Time up to 11 months
Salary:$99,398 to $110,271 pa, plus employer's contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading
Your role
The Infrastructure Design and Planning team is responsible for developing design standards that ensure consistency across DCJ's assets. They also serve as subject matter experts on projects aimed at enhancing these assets, which may include frontline service centres, workplace offices, courts, and out-of-home care facilities.
The Junior Designer will support a range of project research, analysis, reporting, implementation, and administrative activities, and provide design subject matter expertise to support the development and delivery of DCJ infrastructure projects, in line with project plans and objectives.
What you'll do
This full-time Junior Designer role supports the delivery of infrastructure projects by contributing design input and assisting with a range of project activities across diverse asset types, including service centres, workplace offices, courts, and care facilities.
Under the guidance of senior team members, the role involves attending site visits, supporting the development of design documentation using industry-recognised CAD software (REVIT), and helping ensure alignment with DCJ's design standards and relevant Australian building codes. Additionally, the role contributes to the ongoing development and maintenance of DCJ design standards also in REVIT.
The successful candidate will also assist with administrative tasks such as coordinating meetings, preparing documentation, and monitoring project milestones. This is a growth-focused opportunity for someone with a collaborative mindset, strong attention to detail, and a willingness to learn and build capability within a supportive team environment.
Our team is a dynamic mix of interior designers and architects, most of whom bring valuable experience from the private sector. We're a group of 12, working collaboratively and coming into the office part-time. Everyone is passionate about their craft, and we actively support each other in learning and resourcing. We value a healthy work-life balance, celebrate our successes, and find the work we do, and the designs we create are deeply rewarding.
What we're looking for
Our ideal candidate is an emerging interior designer or architect with a minimum of 2 years of experience in workplace and/or court design. Proficiency in Revit is essential, along with an understanding of all relevant Australian Standards and the Building Code of Australia (BCA).
Download the role description.
We focus on hiring people who share our commitment and goals of inclusion, collaboration, adaptability, courage and integrity. If you meet the essential requirements and the role resonates with you, please apply – you do not need to meet every desired requirement for us to want to talk to you.
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.
Apply now and join Australia's top public sector employer where we will support you and provide an exciting and flexible working environment
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 Tuesday, 30th September 2025 at 11:59pm AEST.
Got a question?
For more information about the role or what it's like to work for DCJ, please contact the hiring manager Aida Dedic, Senior Manager, Infrastructure Design and Planning on or at
If you've got a question about applying or would benefit from an adjustment in the recruitment process to help you perform at your best (including an alternate method submission of the application), please call Sarah Nguyen on or via
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.
For more information visit Your recruitment journey on the DCJ website.
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