Program Officer
Location – Parramatta with 50% Office Attendance
Employment type – Ongoing – Full-time (35 hours per week)
Salary – Grade 7/8, $113,574.00-$125,720.00 plus superannuation and leave loading
Your role
As the Program Officer you will be responsible for planning, programming, monitoring and reporting on Housing Portfolio's pipeline of property sales, which includes short and longer-term divestment projects.
In collaboration with other Homes NSW business units, the role will proactively manage a portfolio of property sales - converting a long list of sales from multiple streams into detailed action plans and programming sales by financial year to ensure revenue targets are achieved.
The role also has a strong focus on development and improvement of supporting processes and systems.
What you'll do
* Proactively program and monitor Housing Portfolio's property sales – converting pipeline streams from multiple business units into a detailed action plan and sales program by financial year and ensuring the use of project management methodologies and processes to deliver consistent, high-quality outcomes.
* Build on current reporting to detail progress against revenue targets, and align to other reporting requirements (e.g. governance and financial management)
* Provide proactive and evidence-based advice and reports to the Executive and relevant Committees to ensure business opportunities and impacts are considered.
* Seek out and actively manage key internal and external stakeholder relationships based on open and regular discussion and feedback and effectively manage interfaces with other asset recycling programs.
* Lead and drive initiatives for improvement of processes and systems to enhance efficiency, collaboration and business outcomes.
* Contribute to maintaining and improving data integrity by identifying shortcomings in existing data, identifying system limitations and providing input into the continuous improvement of Homes NSW's data capture and reporting systems.
* Maintain an understanding of Homes NSW's social housing portfolio strategies and policies to assist in positioning the portfolio to meet current and future demand.
What we're looking for
* Experience using project management methodologies and processes across DCJ to ensure consistent high-quality outcomes
* Ability to work collaboratively with team members towards mutual continued development.
* Strong ability to build commitment and engagement with diverse internal and external stakeholders
* Excellent attention to detail
* Commitment to maintaining up-to-date understanding of internal policies, regulations and guidelines
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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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Applications close Sunday 6th April 2026 at 11:59pm AEST.
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