Commissioning and Planning Officer

We have temporary vacancy for a Commissioning & Planning Officer at our Murrumbidgee Office

Location – Murrumbidgee - in the Murrumbidgee Far West Western NSW District

Employment type – Temporary up until 30/06/2026.

Salary – Clerk Grade 7/8 - $106,025.00 to $117,363.00 pa + Superannuation and annual leave loading per year of service.

Your role

As part of the Commissioning & Planning team, you will build and work in partnership with internal and external stakeholders and partners from a relationships based approach.

You will bring your individual and professional experience, knowledge, and analysis of relevant data sources to ensure the team understands and can respond to the unique needs of the communities in which we work.

What you’ll do

As part of the Commissioning and Planning team you will:

• Manage contract meetings that include leading discussion and reporting minutes
• Contracts will primarily include Permanency Support Program (PSP), foster care and Intensive Therapeutic Care / residential programs.
• Analyse reporting requirements and identify actions for follow up for the organisations that you are allocated.
• Provide written responses to Ministerial and other requests for information internally within the department and externally.
• Manage complaints and compliance for contracts.
• Conduct annual reviews of the financial reporting requirements for individual organisations.
• Participate in meetings with internal and external government agencies and providers.

What we’re looking for

• Experience working with non-government organisations and government agencies.
• An understanding of issues relating to Aboriginal people and communities
• Existing kinship and networks in NSW and Aboriginal people
• Ability to work independently and manage your own work, including working both independently and within a team environment.
• Ability to establish and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• A commitment to a culture of team work, excellence and continuous improvement.
• A strong commitment to customer service
• Computer and systems competency
• Sound research and analysis skills to support evidence-based decisions.
• Project and program management experience

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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.
• 4 Weeks annual leave per year of Service
• 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 2 targeted questions below with a brief outline on how you meet the requirements of the role:

• Targeted Question 1 - Describe your experience in contract and/or project management, monitoring and evaluating performance. How have you used your experience to improve quality, leverage performance and support service responsiveness?

• Targeted Question 2 - Provide an example of when you have ‘thought outside the box’ to formulate and drive the development of organisational capacity and capability? What performance development frameworks have you used? How effective were they in improving capability development?

Applications close: Friday 04 October 2024 11.59pm AEST.

Got a question?

For more information about the role or what it’s like to work for DCJ, please contact the Dennis Shrimpton Manager Commissioning and Planning 0429 032861 / MS Teams

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 Tina Baker on 02 9765 5369 or via tina.baker@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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