Senior Project Officer Sustainability
- Location – Parramatta Hybrid 50%
- Employment type – Ongoing – Full Time
- Salary – Clerk Grade 9/10 $129,464 - $142,665 pa plus superannuation & annual leave loading
The Senior Project Officer – Sustainability plays a key role in supporting the development, implementation and evaluation of climate and sustainability initiatives across Homes NSW.
The role ensures Homes NSW meets its climate-related obligations, regulatory and reporting requirements, and strategic sustainability objectives, and supports the integration of climate and sustainability considerations into enterprise, business unit, and key initiative planning and decision-making.
The position requires demonstrated sustainability and climate capability, applied within a complex, regulated public sector environment, and provides expert advice on climate risk, sustainability performance, and reporting to support organisational resilience and long-term outcomes.
What You’ll Do
As part of this role, you will support the delivery of sustainability and climate initiatives across Homes NSW to strengthen environmental performance, compliance and organisational resilience.
- Coordinate and support the delivery of sustainability and climate programs, projects and initiatives, ensuring alignment with organisational strategy, NSW Government priorities and statutory requirements.
- Support climate and sustainability compliance activities, including adaptation and transition planning and contributions to required internal, corporate or regulatory disclosures.
- Deliver or support climate risk and opportunity assessments and embed outcomes into enterprise risk management, organisational planning and business decision-making processes.
- Provide high-quality advice, analysis, reporting and briefings to support executive decision‑making, governance forums and external accountability requirements.
- Monitor emerging climate and sustainability legislation, policy developments and best practices to inform continuous improvement and ongoing compliance.
- Build effective working relationships with internal stakeholders, central agencies and delivery partners to support coordinated and consistent implementation.
- Manage end‑to‑end sustainability and climate‑related project activities, including planning, governance, reporting, evaluation and benefits tracking.
- Undertake research, data analysis and performance monitoring to support evidence‑based sustainability reporting and performance assessment.
- Demonstrated experience delivering or supporting sustainability and/or climate‑related initiatives, programs or projects within a large, complex or public‑sector organisation.
- Demonstrated understanding of climate change mitigation, adaptation, sustainability performance or climate risk concepts, and how these are applied in organisational or government contexts.
- Experience supporting climate‑related compliance, reporting, planning or assurance activities, including contributions to adaptation or transition planning or regulatory disclosures.
- Strong understanding of project management approaches, governance arrangements and reporting practices in a regulated or public‑sector environment.
- Strong analytical and communication skills, including experience preparing high‑quality reports, briefings and advice for senior stakeholders.
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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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Requirements
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: Do you have demonstrated professional experience delivering or supporting sustainability and/or climate‑related initiatives (e.g. climate risk, sustainability performance, adaptation or transition planning, or sustainability reporting) within a large, complex or government organisation?
☐ Yes
☐ No
Targeted Question 2: Describe your experience delivering or supporting sustainability and/or climate‑related initiatives within a complex or regulated organisation (Maximum 500 words).
In Your Response, Please Outline
- The nature and scope of the sustainability or climate initiative(s) you worked on (e.g. mitigation, adaptation, climate risk, sustainability performance or reporting).
- Your role and level of responsibility, including how you worked with senior stakeholders, governance forums, or cross‑functional teams.
- How you supported climate or sustainability compliance, planning or reporting, including any contribution to adaptation plans, transition planning or regulatory disclosures.
- How you applied sustainability or climate‑related data, risk information or performance measures to inform advice, decision‑making or organisational planning.
- The governance arrangements, frameworks, tools or methodologies you used to support effective delivery and accountability.
Applications close 11:59pm Sunday 31st May 2026
Got a question?
For more information about the role or what it’s like to work for DCJ, please contact Andrew Bissett on 0414723518 or at andrew.bissett@homes.nsw.gov.au
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