Senior Group Leader (Manager)

At the NSW Department of Education, we educate and inspire lifelong learners – from early childhood, through schooling to vocational education and training.

• 2 x Ongoing Full-Time roles: Manager Asset Delivery & Manager Asset Services
• Location Eveleigh
• Package includes salary ($145,378.00to $168,130.00 p.a), employer's contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading.

About the role

• Manage the delivery of a range of programs within the designated Asset Management Unit (AMU)
• Provide effective leadership across program, project, stakeholder and contract management and staff development
• Manage emergency response and recovery activities after natural disasters, such as fire, flooding and storms, as they affect school assets and operations.

For further information please click here to view the role description

School Infrastructure NSW (SINSW) is delivering new school buildings, major upgrades and maintenance strategies to ensure every school-aged child has access to high quality education facilities at their local public school. This encompasses the largest investment in public education infrastructure in the history of NSW.

About you

• Demonstrated experience in similar Project Management focused role with a focus on Trades and Construction.
• High attention to detail and excellent organisational and time management skills.
• Exposure to financial planning, budget management and facilities management policies.
• Exposure to collaborating with internal and external stakeholders to meet project deadlines, accommodation requests, development of lease and license agreements whilst maintain all aspects of service delivery and management issues.
• Knowledge of and commitment to implementing the Department’s Aboriginal Education Policy and upholding the Department’s Partnership Agreement with the NSW AECG and to ensure quality outcomes for Aboriginal people.

Essential requirements of the role

• Current NSW Driver’s License and willingness to travel across the assigned Asset Management Unit of Sydney Metropolitan area
• Demonstrated understanding of and commitment to the value of public education.

Benefits

• Flexible working arrangements
• 35 hour working week
• Competitive, salary sacrificing, employer’s contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading
• Flex Leave entitlements, generous holidays & leave conditions
• Opportunities for advancement and mobility across the Department to support your career growth

How to apply

Attach a resume (maximum 5 pages) and a cover letter (maximum 2 pages) outlining how you meet the requirements and capabilities of this role and answer the 2 following targeted questions:

1. This role requires you to lead complex consultations and negotiations. Provide details of a time you provided operational advice and offered solutions within short timeframes to ensure that program delivery targets were met or exceeded.
2. This role requires you to lead and manage a team responsible for the delivery of construction programs in schools. Provide an example of where you have managed a capital works team responsible for full project management including the procurement process and financial management. What did you do to ensure program delivery targets were met?

Please refer to the Applicant’s Guide to Applying to assist you with your application.

If you are an existing Education Support Staff (corporate staff) with the NSW Department of Education, click here for instructions on how to submit your application.

All other applicants please submit your application by clicking ‘Apply Now’.

Note: the selection process will include a range of assessment techniques to assist in determining your suitability for the role. Successful candidates will be required to undertake pre-employment screening for this role which includes a National Criminal History Check.

As a condition of employment, successful candidates who have not previously worked for the department will be required to provide a current Working with Children Check (WWCC) Clearance number. This option would allow the WWCC to naturally expire without further communication needed with the employee. The employer obligations under the WWCC would apply for duration of the WWCC’s validity (up to 5 years)

Closing date 2 July 2025 at 11:59pm.

For role enquiries please contact Nick Stevanovic at Nick.Stevanovic@det.nsw.edu.au  or 0425 375 451 and for recruitment process enquiries please contact Caroline.Slongo1@det.nsw.edu.au 

We welcome applications from all ages and genders, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, culturally and linguistically diverse groups, the LGBTQIA+ community, veterans, refugees and people with disability. If we can make some adjustments to our recruitment/interview process to better enable you to shine, please contact the Diversity and Inclusion Team (dandi@det.nsw.edu.au) or visit NSW Department of Education Diversity and Inclusion.

A recruitment pool may be created through this recruitment process. A recruitment pool is a group of applicants who have been assessed and identified as suitable for this role, and who may be considered for a range of similar roles, including temporary, term or ongoing roles, over the next 18 months.