Community Engagement Manager

Community Engagement Manager State Significant Development

• Location Parramatta with 50% in office attendance
• Fixed term (3 years) full-time opportunity (35 hours per week)
• Clerk Grade 11/12 - $149739 to $173174 plus superannuation and leave loading

Are you passionate about creating meaningful connections between communities and government services Do you thrive in dynamic environments where your stakeholder engagement skills can make a real impact Join Homes NSW a division of the Department of Communities and Justice and help shape the future of housing and homelessness services across NSW.

About Homes NSW

Homes NSW brings together housing and homelessness services under one roof to deliver more social and affordable housing end the cycle of homelessness and provide quality public housing to over 262000 tenants. We put people at the heart of everything we doour clients and our staff.

Your role

As a Community Engagement Manager you will lead the development implementation and evaluation of community engagement approaches with a focus on high density projects as well as strategic activities to support a best practice engagement approach across relevant community stakeholder and industry groups.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead a community engagement team delivering engagement for state-significant developments rezonings major partnerships and estate renewals.
• Provide strategic advice and specialist support to executives and business units to enable effective community and stakeholder participation.
• Design implement and evaluate best-practice legislation-compliant community and stakeholder engagement strategies and programs.
• Identify analyse and manage critical community and stakeholder issues providing strategic advice solutions and recommendations.
• Manage multiple projects and external providers overseeing planning resources budgets and delivery of high-quality outcomes.
• Lead and develop staff through performance management coaching and capability building and prepare high-quality briefings and engagement materials.

Preferred Experience

We are seeking candidates with have extensive knowledge and experience of delivering the statutory and reporting requirements of community engagement within state significant development as well as a sound understanding of the planning system. This role requires briefing Ministers and Members of Parliament. Demonstrated experience in parliamentary and ministerial briefings is highly regarded.

Essential requirements

• Tertiary qualifications in communications public relations policy or related discipline and/or relevant equivalent experience.
• Willingness and capacity to travel to outer suburban and regional locations and to work outside of core business hours in the evening and on weekends

For more information please download the role description: Community Engagement Manager

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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 Sunday 11th January 2025 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 Adam Thompson via

If youve 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 Jess Tan onor via

Please note that the Department will be closed from Thursday 25 December 2025 to Sunday 11 January 2026. During the Department closure the staff will not be contactable. During this time please email your enquiry and we will respond to upon return to the office.

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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

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