Aboriginal Project Support Officer

Aboriginal Project Support Officer

Aboriginal Strategy and Policy Unit, Corrective Services NSW

Location – Parramatta

Employment type – Ongoing

Clerk Grade 5/6 Salary – $99,938 - $110,270pa + Superannuation and Annual Leave Loading

This position is open to Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Your role

This role supports important projects that aim to reduce reoffending among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. You will help with research, analysis, reporting, and day-to-day project tasks to make sure projects run smoothly and achieve their goals.

What you'll do

As part of the Aboriginal Strategy and Policy Unit, your responsibilities are (but not limited to):

• Supporting projects by helping to track progress, timelines and outcomes
• Keeping records and project documents up to date
• Carrying out research and provide information to guide decisions
• Working with the team to deliver project plans and achieve results
• Sharing updates with stakeholders about progress and challenges
• Providing administrative support, including organising meetings and preparing papers.

What we're looking for

• Provide project and operational support, including monitoring and reporting on project plans, milestones and deliverables, to ensure time, cost and quality indicators are in line with approved project plans

• Ensure that all work is delivered in a culturally safe and inclusive environment. Utilising cultural knowledge and understanding of cultural protocols when engaging with project teams, stakeholders, clients and communities.

• Update and collate documentation and records regarding relevant issues, policies and practices to ensure the delivery of projects complies with agreed project management methodology

• Undertake basic research and analysis in assigned project areas and contribute to the preparation of project briefs to support informed decision making and planning

• Assist the project team to complete tasks and implement project plans to ensure agreed outcomes are achieved

As an Identified role, this position is open only to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander persons, Australia's First Nations people.

Where a position is identified, an applicant's race is a genuine occupational qualification under the exception in Section 14(d) of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977.

There are two alternatives to confirming your Aboriginality, one of which must be uploaded to be considered for the role as follows. Either can be accepted:

Confirmation of Aboriginality form

or

Written confirmation from 2-3 Aboriginal organisations within the community in which you live/work, which addresses the three criteria listed below:

• is of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander descent, and
• identifies as an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person, and
• is accepted as a such by the Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander community.

Download the role description.

To apply directly via the DCJ Careers site click here. Search for the job and click the 'Apply now' button.

For more information and advice on applying for roles at DCJ, visit Careers for Aboriginal people

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 a cover letter (maximum 2 pages) outlining how you meet the requirements of the role as well as an up-to-date résumé (maximum 5 pages).

Applications close: 12/10/2025 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 Lewis Lowcock 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 Erica Tam on or via

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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