Quality Assurance Officer

Department: Homes NSW

Location:
Parramatta, NSW, AU, 2150

Custom Field 4: 78568

Quality Assurance Officer

Location – Parramatta

Employment type – Ongoing

Salary - $113,574 - $125,720 plus superannuation and leave loading

Your role

Situated within the Compliance Program team, this role requires an experienced and hands on Quality Assurance Officer to hit the ground running in this busy yet rewarding role.

Support team in managing the delivery of statewide programs such as the Fire Safety Program (FSP), Change of Use (COU), Property Assessment Survey (PAS) and Detailed Property Assessment Survey (DPAS) and the like, this role will require statewide travel including overnight stay where necessary.

What you'll do

The Quality Assurance Officer will be responsible for undertaking field audits and delivering quality assurance finding reports. In addition to this, the responsibilities of this role will also include:

• Preparing audit plans using data stratification and sample extraction methods
• Coordinating inspection schedules and organising access appointments promptly
• Collating and summarising outcomes of audit reports and providing updates to relevant stakeholders
• Liaising with relevant Service Providers regarding the Performance Management Framework (PMF) of relevant contracts and ensuring compliance
• Conducting training and accreditation to external service providers ensuring adherence to requirements, compliance and maintaining consistency
• Providing guidance on internal control and actively participating in enhancing internal audit standards and practices within the Housing Portfolio
• Maintaining consistent transparent communication with internal and external stakeholders providing advice, reports, and feedback on compliance issues to foster positive relationship building and supporting an ongoing effective and efficient working environment
• Meticulously plan and execute QA site and desktop audits across NSW using a combination of computer-aided auditing techniques (CAAT) and traditional methods

What we're looking for

The essential requirements of this role are Qualifications in Engineering, Architectural, Building, Surveying, Project/Business management or related construction discipline.

In addition to the essential requirements, the ideal candidate will have:

• Sound understanding of construction standards along with strong ability to conduct thorough on-site audits within occupied properties

• Keen attention to detail for identifying non-compliances including clear communication and report-writing skills

• Quick learning ability for adapting to variety of IT systems and tools along with intermediate to high level skills in using standard MS Office suites such as Excel, Word, Outlook

• Current Driver's License

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
• The ability to work autonomously and within a team environment
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to prioritise competing deadlines
• Interpersonal skills to be able to liaise with a range of different stakeholders and personalities

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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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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.

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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 (maximum 3 pages) addressing the 2 targeted questions below with a brief outline on how you meet the requirements of the role:

• In 500 words or less, please tell us about a field audit you conducted. Please outline your findings and the feedback provided to stakeholders around failure of compliance on site.
• In 500 words or less, please outline a quality assurance plan that you developed and implemented. What was the reason for this and how was this delivered.

Applications close Sunday 2 November at 11:59pm AEST.

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