Principal Project Mgr Service Transition

Principal Project Manager (Service Transition)

• Ongoing role opportunity
• Location: Parramatta/ Orange
• Salary: Clerk Grade 11/12, $145,378 to $168,130 p.a., plus employer’s contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading

About us

The Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) is the lead agency under the Stronger Communities Cluster. DCJ works to enable everyone's right to access justice and help for families through early intervention and inclusion, with benefits for the whole community. Stronger Communities is focussed on achieving safe, just, inclusive, and resilient communities by providing services that are effective and responsive to community needs.

Your role

The Principal Project Manager heads up project teams to create, execute, track, and assess a range of key projects, ensuring they hit their goals and contribute to the organization’s success.

What you’ll do

Your role is to:

• Lead the delivery of various SAP projects and enhancements, spotting interdependencies, and using resources smartly to boost efficiency and hit organizational goals.
• Oversee all aspects of projects, execution and service transition for a range of projects. This includes crafting project plans, setting up proper governance, managing resources, and meeting reporting requirements to ensure projects are completed on time, within budget, and to quality standards, following the Agency’s project management methodology.
• Create and implement strategies and tools for ongoing project monitoring and evaluation. This covers risk and contingency management, demand planning and execution, quality assurance and service transition to myWorkZone Production Environment, identify and resolve issues and assess overall project progress and effectiveness.
• Lead and manage resources, including both internal and external staff, to achieve all key project milestones and outcomes.

What we’re looking for

Beyond the essentials, we’re looking for someone who can:

• Handle complex and sensitive consultations and negotiations with a variety of stakeholders, keeping to agreed timelines despite their different expectations, viewpoints, and interests.
• Achieve multiple project goals with limited resources and tight deadlines, identifying project interdependencies and balancing competing demands and priorities.
• Provide expert advice and information to stakeholders on emerging project issues, presenting recommendations to support project delivery in line with established plans, budgets, timelines, policy objectives, and other priorities.
• Oversee research and develop recommendations to support evidence-based project planning and decision-making.
• Enjoy autonomy in coordinating and managing the project team’s work

Download the role description.

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.

Want more information?  Visit our website to see more information on Working for us.

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 Friday 21 March 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 Karrie Pattingale via karrie.pattingale@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 Jodie McGlinn on 02 9765 3958 or via jodie.mcglinn@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.

For more information visit Your recruitment journey on the DCJ website.

Thank you for your interest in this role. We look forward to receiving your application.

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