Strategy and Culture Manager
Level 7, $139,860 - $149,485 pa, PSCSAA 2024
Come join the team at the new Department of Housing and Works.
The Department of Housing and Works (DHW) 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 Carissa Griffiths on (08) 6551 1261 or via email at carissa.griffiths@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:
As our new Strategy and Culture Manager, you will play a central role in standing up a contemporary and high‑impact Strategy and Culture function for our newly formed agency. Working closely with the Assistant Director, you will lead the development and delivery of the Department’s workforce capability and diversity and inclusion agendas during this foundational year for DHW.
Your focus will include building the systems, frameworks and practices that enable a confident, skilled and future‑ready workforce, shaping the structures that will underpin DHW’s long‑term capability. You will also lead the work that lays the essential groundwork for the launch of the agency’s first Diversity and Inclusion Strategy in 2027.
You will work in close partnership with your Level 7 counterpart—who will lead our leadership, culture and engagement streams—to ensure the broader Strategy and Culture function is cohesive, contemporary and aligned with DHW’s values and vision. Together, your roles will help define how our new agency grows, leads and supports its people.
About You:
You are a values‑driven people leader who brings clarity, curiosity and thoughtful judgement to complex organisational challenges. Operating confidently in the Leading Others context, you build strong relationships, lead collaboratively and inspire trust through your integrity, empathy and commitment to the public good.
You have a strong track record in shaping workforce capability and progressing diversity and inclusion outcomes, and you are energised by work that builds systems, frameworks and lasting organisational foundations. You think critically, navigate ambiguity with confidence, and translate insight into practical, sustainable solutions that strengthen the employee experience.
You actively develop others and create environments where people feel respected, included and supported to contribute their best. You recognise the value that diverse perspectives bring to a growing organisation and champion approaches that ensure all voices are heard. Adaptable and grounded, you lead with purpose, remain resilient through change, and bring a collaborative mindset that helps our new Strategy and Culture function flourish.
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).
2. 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:
Please contact Carissa Griffiths on (08) 6551 1261 or carissa.griffiths@dohw.wa.gov.au for further information about the position (not to be contacted for Applicant Information Packs or assistance with lodging your application).
Interviews will be held in the week commencing 9 March 2026.
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 VCID03315 for support.
Currently there is one (1) permanent full-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 twelve (12) months on a full-time, part-time, permanent or fixed-term basis with the possibility of further extension(s) and/or permanency.
