Senior Manager Acquisitions

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• Senior Manager Acquisitions - Office of Strategic Lands
• Temporary full-time (35 hours per week) opportunity until 31 Jan 2026
• Parramatta Office location - hybrid working supported
• Salary relative to experience, and ranges from $141,175 - $164,405 + super

What's in it for me?

Join our team for a fantastic culture with dynamic collaboration and genuine long-term career support. We offer flexibility in work arrangements, diverse and fulfilling assignments, and prioritise work/life balance and wellbeing with initiatives like flex leave and access to support programs. Additionally, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone feels welcome, respected, and empowered to succeed.

The Role

The Senior Manager Acquisitions is responsible for delivering high value land acquisition programs for both the Office of Strategic Lands (OSL) and external agencies within timeframes and budgetary constraints and for managing the litigation that accompanies large scale land acquisition programs. The role is also responsible for meeting legislative requirements and policy best practice as established by the Centre for Property Acquisitions.

About You

You'll be comfortable providing expert quality strategic advice to the Director, Executive Director, Deputy Secretary, Secretary and Minister on the land acquisitions and future land uses.

Additionally, you'll have sound commercial governance and risk management experience and can develop and maintain an acquisition strategy to plan future acquisition programs.

Your ability to develop a strategic and flexible approach to land acquisition to capitalise on market fluctuations to maximise available funds will be crucial to your role.

Exceptional stakeholder engagement skills, managing teams, and the ability to operate in an evolving and faced paced environment will be key to your success.

Essential Requirements

• Degree or equivalent qualifications in land economics, property valuation or other relevant property related discipline.
• Extensive experience with the application and interpretation of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act and the Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act and associated legal processes as they apply to land acquisition.
• Extensive demonstrated experience in developing and delivering land acquisition strategic projects to ensure accountability.

For more information read the full Role Description: Senior Manager Acquisitions

About us

The Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure (DPHI). To achieve this, we: create vibrant, productive spaces and precincts; manage lands, assets and property effectively and deliver affordable and diverse housing. We strive to be a high-performing, world-class public service organisation that celebrates and reflects the full diversity of the community we serve and builds the cultural capability of our department to improve outcomes with and for Aboriginal people, communities and entities.

We are an inclusive and accessible workplace, where your individual contributions are valued, and where everyone is encouraged to feel a sense of connection and belonging. DPHI supports various employee affinity groups, practices flexible working, offers job share and workplace adjustments.

Join us

Apply online with your resume and cover letter. Applications close on Thursday, 18th September 2025 at 11:55PM. Contact Sarah Strang via for further details.

A recruitment pool may be created for ongoing and temporary opportunities of the same role or role type that may become available over the next 18 months.

If we can make adjustments to our recruitment/interview process to better enable you to shine, contact the Diversity and Inclusion Team on If you are an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander check out our Aboriginal guide to applying for a role.