Lead Maintenance Coordinator

Lead Maintenance Coordinator

Location:Parramatta (hybrid working)

Employment type:Temporary Full Time up to 2 years

Salary:Clerk Grade 9/10 ($133348 - $146945 pa) plus employers contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading

Your role

The Community and Out of Home Care Asset Portfolio is responsible for supporting the stewardship improvement governance and assurance of community assets managed by Infrastructure & Assets.

This role offers an opportunity to contribute to the establishment transition and ongoing operation across a diverse portfolio of residential community and operational assets located throughout NSW. You will coordinate asset maintenance assurance and compliance activities support the delivery of improvement works remediation projects and oversee contractor-managed services and contractor performance. Working across varied asset base you will make informed maintenance and investment decisions to ensure assets remain safe compliant functional and sustainable.

What youll do

As part of the Community and Out of Home Care Asset Portfolio team you will lead maintenance coordination compliance monitoring and assurance activities across a growing portfolio of community assets. You will oversee maintenance programs and contracts manage contractor and supplier performance and coordinate remediation and improvement projects that support portfolio outcomes.

Through regular engagement with sites stakeholders and service providers across NSW you will monitor performance identify emerging risks and provide advice on compliance obligations standards and asset-related priorities.

Youll work within a collaborative portfolio team responsible for governance asset stewardship project delivery and portfolio operations supporting informed decision-making and continuous improvement across the portfolio.

What were looking for

• Experience coordinating maintenance programs compliance activities asset assurance processes or related property facilities or infrastructure functions.
• Ability to interpret technical information legislation standards and specialist advice and apply this information to support practical asset and maintenance outcomes.
• Demonstrated experience managing contractors service providers or consultants including monitoring performance resolving issues and supporting delivery outcomes.
• Strong planning communication and stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to balance competing priorities and support the delivery of compliance remediation and improvement projects.
• Willingness and ability to undertake regular travel across metropolitan regional and rural NSW including occasional overnight travelto visit sites monitor maintenance and improvement activities engage with stakeholders and contractors and support portfolio outcomes. A current NSW Class C Driver Licence is essential.

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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

• 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. Were focused on breaking rather than managing disadvantage. Its work that really matters.

Apply now and join Australias 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 a cover letter (maximum 2 pages) outlining how you meet the requirements of the role as well as an up-to-date résumé (maximum 5 pages).

Applications close Tuesday 8th September 2026 at 11:59pm AEST.

Got a question

For more information about the role or what its like to work for DCJ please contact the hiring manager Simon Collins onor at

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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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