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, young person or person with disability seeking assistance with your application, please contact Jobs and Skills WA on 13 64 64. If you are a person living with disability and require any adjustments or accommodations, please contact Lance Imogen on (08) 6551 2031 or via email at Imogen.Lance@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.
• corporate discounts with selected health insurance providers and access to wellness programs.

About The Role:

Senior Program Manager

The Senior Program Manager provides strategic planning, project advice to the Department of Education (Education) in support of the management of building

maintenance and improvement initiatives. Working closely with Education and individual schools, the position is responsible for leading and managing programs and projects of a medium to significant risk, including the management of contracts and contractors, in-house project teams (as required), and private sector professionals.

About You:

You are an experienced project professional with a strong background in construction, maintenance or infrastructure delivery. You excel at managing complex programs across multiple sites, building trusted stakeholder relationships and delivering projects safely, on time and within budget.

About The Role:

Senior Manager Low Value Maintenance

This position is responsible for managing the delivery of high-volume breakdown repairs and routine maintenance services to government owned buildings in the Perth Metropolitan Area.

About You:

You are a strategic leader with experience managing large-scale maintenance programs and operational service delivery. You combine strong contract and stakeholder management skills with a focus on continuous improvement, risk management and achieving quality outcomes for clients and communities.

These positions operate 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 two (2) pages or less, outlining how you meet 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:

For further information about the position please contact Mario Rapanaro on (08) 6551 1841 or Imogen Lance on (08) 6551 2031  (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 the documents, please call (08) 6557 8111 and select option 1, or email recruitment@dohw.wa.gov.au, mentioning the vacancy reference number VCID03455 for assistance.

Currently there are two (2) permanent full-time or part-time position and one (1) fixed-term 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 twenty-four (24) months on a full-time, part-time, permanent or fixed-term basis with the possibility of further extension(s) and/or permanency.