Senior Project Officer

Department: Homes NSW

Location:
Parramatta, NSW, AU, 2150

Custom Field 4: 78286

Senior Project Officer - Property Transactions & Insurance

• Location Parramatta CBD with access to hybrid work arrangements
• Full time ongoing opportunity (35 hours per week)
• Salary from $129,464 to $142,665 pa. + super and annual leave loading
• Diverse and inclusive organisation with generous leave entitlements including flex leave and access to Fitness Passport

Your role

Manage the Aboriginal Housing Office's (AHO) property transactions and insurance claim processes to ensure acquisitions, disposals, title rectifications, and insurance claims are completed efficiently and in compliance with statutory and policy requirements. The role directly supports delivery of AHO's new supply capital programs, including asset recycling, by resolving property-related risks, securing clear legal pathways, and reinvesting insurance recoveries to meet housing delivery targets.

What you'll do

• Manage property transactions across acquisitions, disposals, and home ownership to support AHO's new supply pipeline and asset recycling objectives.
• Apply market knowledge and planning expertise to identify redevelopment opportunities, including those arising from planning reforms in high-demand areas.
• Oversee due diligence, valuations, negotiations, and legal processes to ensure transactions are compliant, transparent, and deliver value for money.
• Coordinate with legal, financial, and portfolio stakeholders to resolve title rectification, easement, and settlement matters that impact program delivery.
• Manage easement creation, variation, and extinguishment processes to remove delivery constraints and support development feasibility.
• Lead the management of insurance claims and recovery processes, ensuring outcomes are compliant, documented, and funds are reinvested into the capital program.
• Maintain accurate registers, risk records, and reporting to support audit readiness and organisational accountability.
• Provide high-level advice, analysis, and reporting to AHO leadership and external partners on property, insurance, and transaction activities.

What we're looking for

• Strong technical expertise in property acquisitions, disposals, easements, and title rectification.
• Proven ability to manage insurance claims and recovery processes with a focus on accountability and reinvestment.
• Ability interpreting housing demand data and applying it to property decisions that directly benefit Aboriginal communities.
• A track record of delivering complex transactions while navigating legal, financial, and compliance frameworks.
• High-level negotiation skills, with confidence managing diverse stakeholders including Aboriginal communities, government agencies, insurers, and legal advisors.
• The ability to work independently, prioritise competing demands, and provide clear, evidence-based advice to leadership.
• A collaborative mindset, with commitment to integrity, transparency, and cultural respect in all dealings.

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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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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 2 targeted questions below with a brief outline on how you meet the requirements of the role:

• Provide an example of how you have managed a complex property transaction with details on due diligence investigations you completed. How did you ensure compliance with statutory requirements while meeting program deadlines and delivering value for money?
• This role involves ensuring that property transactions, disposals and insurance recoveries support Aboriginal housing outcomes. Can you describe a situation where you engaged with Aboriginal communities or stakeholders to align a property transaction or program decision with cultural and community needs?

Applications close Tuesday 21st October 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 Martina Boktor

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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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