Assistant Executive Director

Housing Policy and Development

Position No: 020912

Salary/Level: Level 8, $157,900 - $171,005 pa, PSCSAA 2024

• 1x Full-Time, Permanent position available

Come join the team at the new Department of Housing and Works.

The Department of Housing and Works delivers and maintains essential social housing and critical infrastructure across Western Australia—including schools, hospitals and police facilities.

We manage tenancy services, support housing provision in remote Aboriginal communities, and oversee government employee accommodation.

Through office accommodation solutions, State Fleet management, procurement, planning and asset policy, we empower other government agencies to deliver their best.

We actively encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, youth, people of diverse sexualities and genders, and culturally and linguistically diverse people.

We are committed to ensuring our hiring processes are inclusive. If you are an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander person, young person or person with disability seeking assistance with your application, please contact
Jobs and Skills WA
on If you are a person living with disability and require any adjustments or accommodations, please contact Neila Williams on or via email at You can also reach us through the
National Relay Service
.

When you join us, you can enjoy a variety of benefits, including:

• flexible work options,
  including working from home up to 2 days per week.
• professional development,
  training, and on-the-job learning
  to advance your career.
• generous leave entitlements,
  which include 4 weeks annual leave, 3 public service holidays each year, accrued long service leave every 7 years and an option to purchase additional leave each year.
  Access to cultural leave for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
• modern workspaces, where you
  choose your workspace
  that assists you to do your best work.
• access to activity-based work hubs in the CBD, Fremantle and Joondalup
  for ad hoc flexible work.
• corporate discounts
  with selected health insurance providers and access to wellness programs.
• Opportunity to support our
  Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP), Disability Access and Inclusion Plan, Indigenous Network, Gender Equity Champions Group, and Youth Working Group.

About The Role:

As the Assistant Director, you will providing high level strategic support and advice to the Executive Director and the Housing Services senior leadership team to achieve strategic, corporate, ministerial and parliamentary responsibilities. Your collaboration with both internal and external stakeholders will result in providing advice and reports that contribute to the overall management of division responsibilities and government requests. In this role you will also be assisting in the delivery of divisional priorities and the oversight and management of the division and ensuring compliance with service delivery frameworks and the creation and monitoring of business reporting functions to support the management of the division.

About You:

As a successful Manager, you are a catalyst for high performance and strategic impact. With a strong commitment to public sector values, you lead by example, fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

You will possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills, to develop and sustain collaborative relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

How to Apply:

If you think you have what it takes to be a part of our dynamic and forward-thinking team, please click the
"APPLY FOR THIS JOB"
button and you will be redirected to WA Government Jobs and follow the advertising instructions. If not directed straight to the position, please key the position number into the web search box.

Please ensure you apply before the closing deadline as
we won't accept late and incomplete applications
.

Further Job-Related Information:

For further information about the position please contact Neila Williams on not to be contacted for Applicant Information Packs or assistance with lodging your application).

Currently there is one (1) permanent full-time position
available for filling. Whilst this selection process will initially be used to appoint to this advertised vacancy, it may also be used to appoint to similar positions that may arise in the Agency within the next twenty-four (24) months on a full-time, permanent or fixed-term basis with the possibility of further extension(s) and/or permanency.

Closing Date: Tuesday, 2 December 2025 at 4:00pm (AWST)

The Department may conduct an Executive Search to supplement the field of applicants.