Project Officer

Project Officer

• Location Parramatta CBD
• Full time temporary role until 30 June 2027 (35 hours per week)
• Salary from $110,266 to $122,058 pa. + super and annual leave loading
• Diverse and inclusive organisation with generous leave entitlements including flex leave and access to Fitness Passport

Your role

Are you a driven project professional passionate about making a difference in Aboriginal communities across NSW? The Aboriginal Housing Office (AHO), a division of the Department of Communities and Justice, is seeking a Project Officer to help deliver meaningful housing outcomes.

In this role, you’ll play a vital part in improving AHO services and supporting operational excellence. As part of the role you will be responsible for managing the AHO rent calculator, reviewing and validating rent calculations, assessing requests to reduce market rent, and reporting variances to Regional Managers.

What you’ll do

Lead and support rent management practice across the sector. Working within the Sector Governance and Analysis team, you will:

• Oversee rent calculations and ensure compliance with the Aboriginal Community Housing Rent Policy (ACHRP).
• Act as the Subject Matter Expert for rent systems including the Aboriginal Housing Rent Management System (AHRMS) and other sector-used systems.
• Manage and maintain the rent calculator including thresholds, Centrelink rate updates, and system enhancements.
• Provide direct support, training, and guidance to Aboriginal Community Housing Providers (ACHP’s) and internal staff.
• Drive continuous improvement and enhancements to rent systems and processes.

What we’re looking for

• Demonstrated experience using the Rent Calculator in a housing or policy setting.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and relationship-building skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to produce high-quality reports and updates.
• Ability to manage competing priorities in a dynamic, high-pressure environment.

Download the role description.

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

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

1. Can you describe your experience with rent management systems or similar platforms?
2. What strategies would you use to monitor and improve compliance with rent policy across ACHPs?
3. How do you tailor training for different audiences, such as internal staff versus external providers?

Applications close Tuesday, 17 June 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 Carolyn Norman carolyn.norman@aho.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 Stephanie Hughes on 02 8688 0027 or via stephanie.hughes@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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