Manager

Manager

Location - Parramatta

Employment type – Temporary full-time role up to 12 months

Salary - $145,378.00 pa - $151,542.00 pa, plus employer's contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading

Your role

In this role you will be reporting to the Director, Family Preservation and Child Protection (FPCP), the Manager, Child Protection Programs plays a vital leadership role in driving reform and improvements across key child protection policy and program areas. The role contributes to the strategic direction of  DCJ child protection initiatives and supports working with children and families to remain safely together at home wherever possible.

What you’ll do

In this role, you will oversee a diverse portfolio that includes the state-wide implementation of Pregnancy Family Conferencing (PFC), program management and strategic improvement of Family Group Conferencing (FGC), and the review/development of critical child protection policies. You’ll collaborate with both internal and external stakeholders to influence meaningful system change and improve outcomes for children and families involved in the statutory child protection system.

You will be one of two managers leading child protection policy within the Family Preservation and Child Protection (FPCP) branch of the Child and Family directorate. We’re a collaborative, experienced and inclusive team with a strong culture of support and shared learning. Our branch brings together professionals from diverse backgrounds, creating a dynamic environment for building skills and driving impactful work.

What we’re looking for

You are a strategic thinker with a deep understanding of child protection policy and practice. You bring strong leadership capabilities, including the ability to motivate and manage a team working under pressure to meet tight deadlines. You are organised, analytical, and outcomes-focused. A background in social work, law, public policy, or the social sciences is highly desirable, along with proven experience in leading complex programs or policy initiatives.

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

Targeted Question 1

This role requires managing a broad and dynamic workload, including state-wide programs, strategic policy development, and stakeholder engagement, often with competing demands and limited resources.

Can you describe how your skills and experience enable you to manage a diverse portfolio effectively? In your response, please provide an example of how you have planned, prioritised, and delivered outcomes across multiple projects or responsibilities under pressure.

Targeted Question 2

Supporting a team to delivery high quality work is a critical aspect of this leadership role. It requires the ability to provide guidance, address issues constructively, and support staff to meet expectations and grow professionally.

Please share an example of a time when you needed to address unsatisfactory performance within your team. What was the situation, what steps did you take to resolve it, and what was the outcome?

Applications close Sunday, 27 April 2025 11:59 pm AEST.

Got a question?

For more information about the role or what it’s like to work for DCJ, please contact the hiring manager Briana Jurgeit on 0427 559 919 or at briana.jurgeit@dcj.nsw.gov.au

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 Anjy Fayad on 02 9765 3042 or via anjy.fayad@dcj.nsw.gov.au

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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