Senior Space Activation Lead, Create NSW

Senior Space Activation Lead

• Join Create NSW, a division of the Department of Creative Industries, Tourism, Hospitality and Sport
• Clerk Grade 9/10 with a salary range of $129,464 - $142,665 per annum plus superannuation
• Ongoing role based in The Rocks, Sydney CBD

About Create NSW
Create NSW supports the people, places, communities, and creative work that shape the cultural life of NSW. Through investment, programs and partnerships, we help make creativity visible, valued and part of everyday life. Our work is guided by the NSW Government's Creative Communities policy and a commitment to a vibrant, inclusive and future-focused sector.

About the role

The Senior Space Activation Lead plays a key part in helping Create NSW bring creative spaces to life. The role sits within the Creative Spaces team, which manages and activates arts, cultural, and creative industry spaces across NSW to enable vibrant and inclusive creative infrastructure.

You'll develop and deliver strategic projects and initiatives that identify, optimise and activate spaces for arts, cultural and creative use. Working across NSW, you'll help ensure that the supply of creative space is increased and that spaces are used effectively and sustainably, meeting community needs and reflecting Create NSW's policy objectives including Creative Communities and relevant sub-sector plans.

You'll develop activation projects, processes and digital tools that support cost-effective, safe and well-managed creative use of NSW Government sites including the Create NSW property portfolio. The role involves partnership development, managing stakeholder relationships, and monitoring outcomes to support continuous improvement. As the team also manages short-term hires, you'll spend time on site as needed to oversee activities and ensure a positive experience for hirers and visitors.

For any questions related to the role, please contact Gabrielle Eade, Associate Director, Space Activation via

About You

You bring experience in designing and delivering place activation initiatives, ideally within the arts, culture or creative industries. You understand how to balance the needs of communities, stakeholders and policy priorities, and you're confident managing several projects at once, even when timeframes are tight. Your knowledge of place management, placemaking, adaptive reuse and how creative spaces operates helps you shape spaces that are fit-for-purpose, sector-focused and vibrant.

You're a practical project manager with a strategic outlook, able to adjust your approach as policies, the sector and stakeholder expectations evolve. Clear communication comes naturally to you, and you enjoy working with others - whether managing small project teams, collaborating across internal groups, or managing external partners with differing views. Above all, you're comfortable bringing people together to achieve outcomes that support both the creative sector and broader community benefit.

To learn more about the role, please click here to download the role description. 

How to Apply

Your application must include a cover letter (maximum 2 pages) and an up-to-date resume (maximum 5 pages) that details your capabilities and experience in relation to the above role. Applications must be submitted via our recruitment portal; applications will not be accepted by email.

Closing Date: Monday 24 November 2025 [10.00AM] 

Contact: Sally McRae, Talent Acquisition Partner via

Working at the Department of Creative Industries, Tourism, Hospitality and Sport

At the Department of Creative Industries, Tourism, Hospitality and Sport we bring vibrancy to NSW by growing our creative industries and workforces, driving strong visitor and night-time economies, ensuring a responsible hospitality sector, and putting arts, culture and sport at the heart of our communities.

Together we:

• Create social and economic opportunities for the state
• Support the creation of jobs across the creative, visitor and night-time economies
• Prioritise First Nations artists, stories and culture
• Ensure arts, culture and sport are at the heart of every community to be enjoyed and accessed by all 
• Drive visitation through events, campaigns and visitor experience development 
• Activate our night-time and creative economies to unlock unique precincts and community spaces
• Deliver a vibrant and responsible hospitality, liquor, racing and gaming environment
• Support NSW's key Cultural Institutions to ensure access for all, enable community experiences and education and preserve the state's diverse cultural assets and history.

We believe diversity across our department allows us to be a true reflection of NSW citizens. We are a respectful workplace committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. If you do require an adjustment during the recruitment process, please notify us on your application form.

A talent pool may be created from this recruitment action for ongoing and temporary roles for this role or similar roles that may become available over the next 18 months.