Come join the team at the new Department of Housing and Works.

The Department of Housing and Works delivers and maintains essential social housing and critical infrastructure across Western Australia—including schools, hospitals and police facilities.

We manage tenancy services, support housing provision in remote Aboriginal communities, and oversee government employee accommodation.

Through office accommodation solutions, State Fleet management, procurement, planning and asset policy, we empower other government agencies to deliver their best.

We actively encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, youth, people of diverse sexualities and genders, and culturally and linguistically diverse people.

We are committed to ensuring our hiring processes are inclusive. If you are an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander person, a young person or a person with a disability seeking support with your application, please reach out to Jobs and Skills WA by calling 13 64 64.

If you are a person living with disability and require adjustments or accommodations during the recruitment process, please contact Fiza Safarudin on (08) 6551 1066 or via email at fiza.safarudin@dohw.wa.gov.au. You can also reach us through the National Relay Service.

When you join us, you can enjoy a variety of benefits, including:

• flexible work options, including working from home up to 2 days per week
• professional development, training, and on-the-job learning to advance your career
• generous leave entitlements, which include 4 weeks annual leave, 3 public service holidays each year, accrued long service leave every 7 years and an option to purchase additional leave each year. Access to cultural leave for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
• modern workspaces, where you choose your workspace that assists you to do your best work
• access to activity-based work hubs in the CBD, Fremantle and Joondalup for ad hoc flexible work
• corporate discounts with selected health insurance providers and access to wellness programs
• Opportunity to contribute to diversity, inclusion, and cultural initiatives across the department, including networks and working groups that promote equity and belonging.

About The Role:

The Assistant Director Ministerial and Parliamentary Services is responsible for strategic leadership of ministerial, parliamentary, and Cabinet matters across the Department of Housing and Works (DHW). This position leads the Ministerial and Parliamentary Services team, the central point of contact for all Ministerial requests between DHW and the Office of the Minister for Housing and Works. The MLU manages and coordinates ministerial correspondence, parliamentary requests and Cabinet matters in accordance with established protocols, quality standards and timelines.

This position is responsible for the management of DHW’s strategic issues, working closely with the Director General and Executive Leadership Group to manage and rectify high risk issues and identify and capitalise on strategic opportunities.

This leadership role will establish and maintain strong working relationships with Ministerial stakeholders and customers, and build a culture of innovation and collaboration, and support the delivery of high-quality services.

About You:

You are a strategic and collaborative leader with extensive experience managing ministerial, parliamentary and Cabinet processes within a complex public sector environment. You bring strong political acumen, sound judgement and highly developed conceptual and analytical skills, enabling you to anticipate emerging issues, navigate sensitive matters and provide strategic advice in a dynamic environment.

An excellent communicator and relationship builder, you establish trusted partnerships with senior executives, ministerial offices and stakeholders, providing clear, practical and timely advice on complex issues. You bring strong analytical and critical thinking skills, enabling you to anticipate emerging issues, identify risks and opportunities, and develop effective solutions. Your ability to lead through complexity, influence outcomes and promote effective governance and responsive service delivery makes you well suited to this role.

You are an effective people leader who fosters a culture of collaboration, accountability and continuous improvement, while developing the capability of your team to achieve positive outcomes.

This position operates in the context of Leading Others. This means that you will motivate and enable others to deliver high quality work. You will balance time between doing the work and coaching, guiding and developing others. This requires a significant shift in thinking from ‘doing’ to supporting others to ‘do good work’; and consideration of present and future needs when allocating time to the team and projects you lead. You will articulate how work is to be done, providing clear direction and feedback. 

How to Apply:

If you have what it takes to be part of our dynamic and forward-thinking team, submit the following in MS Word or PDF format only:

1. A comprehensive CV that shows your skills, experiences and key achievements, including the contact details of two referees (with one being your current or most recent supervisor).

1. Cover letter of three (3) pages or less, outlining how you meet all the essential requirements of the role and demonstrate leadership behaviours.

Please ensure you apply before the closing deadline as we won’t accept late and incomplete applications.

Further Job-Related Information:

Please contact Fiza Safarudin on (08) 6551 1066 for further information about the position (not to be contacted for Applicant Information Packs or assistance with lodging your application).

To assist you in preparing your application, please refer to the Applicant Information Pack, Job Description Form, and Leadership Behaviours. Additionally, the WA Jobs and Workforce Hub provides information on working in Western Australia. This includes guidance on applying for government sector jobs, industry insights, application tips, relocation resources, training opportunities, and apprenticeships.

If you are unable to view or download these documents, please contact us by calling (08) 6557 8111 (select option 1) or email recruitment@dohw.wa.gov.au, quoting the reference number VCID03397 for support.

Currently there is one (1) permanent full-time or part-time position available for filling. Whilst this selection process will initially be used to appoint to this advertised vacancy, it may also be used to appoint to similar positions that may arise in the Agency within the next 12 months on a full-time, part-time, permanent or fixed-term basis with the possibility of further extension(s) and/or permanency.