Development Manager

Company description:

Department of Communities and Justice

Job description:

Development Manager

Location - Parramatta

1 Ongoing Full Time Opportunity & 1 Full Time Temp Opportunity (up to 12 months) available

Salary - Clerk Grade 9/10 $129,464 to $142,665 plus superannuation

Your role

The NSW Government is determined to make NSW a place where everyone has access to safe and secure housing, and where experiences of homelessness are rare, brief and non-recurring.

Homes NSW is a division of the Department of Communities and Justice. It brings together the housing and homelessness functions of the Department of Communities and Justice, the NSW Land and Housing Corporation, Aboriginal Housing Office and key worker housing functions from across government all under one roof.

The purpose of the role is to support the delivery of a range of residential projects, from medium density to large scale urban renewal projects, including financial and economic justification, planning, procurement, development, project management and financial control of projects.

What you'll do

Delivering a range of residential projects your responsibilities will include but not limited to:

• Manage a range of residential projects through the project lifecycle from inception to completion, ensuring effective planning, stakeholder management, and operative financial and risk management processes, to guide project delivery in meeting business objectives.
• Deliver project outcomes to ensure all projects are scoped, planned, costed, resourced and aligned with program objectives and client needs.
• Provide preliminary advice to the Senior Development Manager, Director Delivery Western and the Executive Director, Portfolio Delivery on the development, implementation, management and reporting of projects.
• Manage governance arrangements to ensure cost, time and quality of planning and approvals.
• Establish and proactively manage positive working relationships with project stakeholders, including business partners, contractors, external consultants and other Government Agencies.

What we're looking for

• Tertiary qualifications in construction management, property development or a relevant business discipline.
• The role may involve travel both locally and regionally, including overnight travel, as required by the business and/or directed.

Knowledge and understanding of private sector property and construction and development processes.

• Intermediate project management skills and experience.

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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.

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

• In 500 words or less please outline a recent residential project you have managed through the lifecycle from inception to completion, ensuring effective planning, stakeholder management, financial and risk management processes.

Upon submitting your application, you will be provided the opportunity to indicate your working preference.

Applications close Wednesday 8 October 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 Kate McMullen 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 Katie Hardy on or at

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.

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The purpose of the role is to support the delivery of a range of residential projects, from medium density to large scale urban renewal projects, including financial and economic justification, planning, procurement, development, project management and financial control of projects.

We offer:

• 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.