Property Officer

Department: Homes NSW

Location:
Parramatta, NSW, AU, 2150

Custom Field 4: 78201

Property Officer

• Location Parramatta CBD with access to hybrid work arrangements
• Full time ongoing opportunity (35 hours per week)
• Salary from $113,574 to $125,720 pa. + super and annual leave loading
• Diverse and inclusive organisation with generous leave entitlements including flex leave and access to Fitness Passport

Your role

In this role, you'll manage business-as-usual property transactions while also supporting the Principal Property Officer on more complex acquisition, sale, and property programs. You'll work closely with colleagues and stakeholders across the organisation to provide professional property and valuation advice that supports decision-making.

What you'll do

• Deliver quality, cost effective, and timely property acquisitions and sales, both directly and through contracted suppliers.
• Manage and resource projects to ensure they meet client briefs, timelines, and expectations.
• Build strong working relationships with stakeholders, providers, and suppliers, fostering a collaborative and solutions-focused culture.
• Support the Principal Property Officer by contributing advice, recommendations, and input on property valuations, purchases, sales, feasibility studies, and more complex property matters.
• Contribute to progress reporting, risk management, and lessons learned documentation to improve performance and knowledge sharing across the team.
• Stay across regulatory developments and collaborate with colleagues to ensure property processes and policies remain compliant and effective.

What we're looking for

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Tertiary qualifications in a property or valuation related discipline and/or equivalent knowledge, skills and experience with demonstrated commitment to ongoing professional development.
• Strong organisational and time management skills to handle competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong communication and consultation skills, with the ability to work effectively with diverse stakeholders.
• The ability to analyse risks and apply regulatory frameworks to ensure compliance.

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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.

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Are you ready to join us?

Click apply, attach an up-to-date résumé (maximum 5 pages) and a cover letter with a brief outline on how you meet the requirements of the role and addressing the targeted question below (maximum 3 pages):

• Targeted Question 1: Tell us about your experience in property acquisitions, property sales and reporting to senior management on an acquisitions/sales program?

Applications close Wednesday 22nd October 2025 at 11.59 PM AEST.

Got a question?

For more information about the role or what it's like to work for DCJ, please contact the hiring manager Sharlene Penney

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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.

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Other Information

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