Project Officer - CL 7/8 - Office of the Surveillance Devices Commissioner

Project Officer

Office of the Surveillance Devices Commissioner - DCJ Legal

• Principal location – Parramatta - Flexible working arrangements maybe negotiated.
• Employment type – Ongoing – Full time (35 hours)
• Salary –Clerk Grade 7/8, Base Salary ($113,574 – $125,720), plus employer’s contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading

Your role

The Project Officer plays a key role in delivering a range of projects within the Office of the Surveillance Devices Commissioner of DCJ Legal. This is a fantastic opportunity for a highly organised and proactive individual to contribute to meaningful legal projects, manage competing priorities, and develop skills in project management within a dynamic government environment.

What you’ll do

As part of the Office of the Surveillance Devices Commissioner, you will provide essential project management and support services to ensure projects are delivered on time, within scope, and budget. You will prepare reports and briefs, coordinate resources, maintain documentation, and liaise with key stakeholders to facilitate project success. You will also undertake research and data analysis to inform project decisions.

You will also:

• Maintain and update project documentation for monitoring, reporting, and evaluation purposes.
• Coordinate meetings, working groups, and consultations to support collaboration and information sharing.
• Track project progress against milestones and provide regular status updates.
• Source and compile data to identify emerging issues and risks.
• Support the development and implementation of project plans and strategies.
• Assist in managing project budgets and resources to ensure efficiency.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives within the unit’s project management processes.
• Work as part of a collaborative and supportive team of project professionals dedicated to legal and compliance outcomes.

What we’re looking for

• Proven experience in project management or support roles, with strong organisational and multitasking skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders and coordinate diverse groups.
• Strong analytical and research skills to support informed decision-making.
• Capacity to work autonomously, manage competing priorities, and meet deadlines.

Appointments are subject to reference checks and the successful applicant will be required to either hold, or be willing to undergo, security vetting to the Protected level.

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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), a cover letter (maximum 3 pages) with a brief outline on how you meet the requirements of the role and address the two targeted questions below:

1. Provide an outline of an occasion when you have collated and presented project or workplace related data in a report so as to convey the status of a project or workplace and emerging trends (maximum 300 characters).
2. Detail an occasion or a body of work that you were engaged in where you were required to critically assess a report or other information coming into a project and you were required to liaise with the reporting agents/information sources in relation to the adequacy of their report/information, responding to inadequacies of incidental report/information, and developing the agent’s ongoing reporting practices (maximum 300 characters).

Applications close: Wednesday, 29 October 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 Don McKenzie | Surveillance Devices Commissioner at donald.mckenzie@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 contact Lois Jebin at lois.jebin@dcj.nsw.gov.au

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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.

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