Job Title: Director, Design
The successful candidate will lead the development of design policy, standards, strategy and their implementation to deliver quality, sustainable, social and affordable housing precincts and projects. This role fosters innovation and creates people-centred residences, recognising that better design will deliver greater, lasting benefits to communities.
Key Responsibilities:
* Establish best practice design standards by implementation of methodologies and provision of high-level design analysis, critique, and expert advice.
* Lead the implementation of a Homes NSW Design Guide to communicate expectations, drive value for money, ensure greater consistency and a platform for innovation across all projects.
* Engage and build relationships with the architecture and housing sectors to enhance collaboration, procurement outcomes, and deliver best practices.
* Represent Homes NSW on design committees, panels, and design excellence review panels and juries.
* Lead the strategic review and implementation of the design assurance framework, including the design review, project peer review, post occupancy review processes to ensure good quality outcomes across all building typologies.
Requirements:
* A degree in architecture, urban design and/or other relevant discipline or display an equivalent level of relevant experience.
* Holds, or be eligible to hold, Architect's registration in NSW.
* Significant experience working collaboratively with and across a broad range of stakeholders: diverse agencies and tiers of government, not-for-profit / industry / sectors, professional organisations and communities.
* Substantial experience providing strategic leadership across a range of circumstances in policy, practice, education and research, drawing upon innovative architectural, urban design and other design practices locally and nationally.
Benefits:
* Flexible work environment
* Competitive remuneration package
* Training and development opportunities
* Health and wellbeing programs
Working at Homes NSW:
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.