- Join Hospitality and Racing, a division within the Department of Creative Industries, Tourism, Hospitality and Sport
- Clerk Grade 5/6 with a salary range of $102,936 - $113579per annum plus superannuation
- Ongoing role located in Sydney CBD
About the role
We're looking for a motivated and organised Assistant Project Officer to join the Regulatory Capability team within Hospitality & Racing.
This role is ideal for someone interested in workforce capability, learning and development, employee engagement, organisational culture or project coordination. You'll provide operational and project support across a diverse portfolio of initiatives that help build a skilled, professional and values-driven workforce.
Working across learning and development, onboarding, culture, engagement and integrity initiatives, you'll help coordinate training activities, events, communications, stakeholder engagement and reporting that support the delivery of Hospitality & Racing's workforce priorities.
You'll also play an important role in helping the team deliver on Hospitality & Racing's commitment to building a modern and skilled workforce by ensuring capability and engagement initiatives are well coordinated, effectively administered and delivered on time.
About you
You enjoy coordinating learning, capability and people initiatives and helping things run smoothly behind the scenes. You are proactive, organised and customer-focused, with strong attention to detail and the ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
You will bring:
- Experience working in a learning and development, workforce capability, organisational development, employee experience or broader people and culture team.
- Experience providing project, program or administrative support, including coordinating training, onboarding, events, communications or employee engagement activities.
- Experience managing learning administration activities such as training enrolments, conference requests, scheduling, stakeholder communications, record keeping and reporting.
- Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage competing priorities, deadlines and stakeholder expectations.
- Well-developed written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to prepare reports, presentations, communications and correspondence.
- Strong attention to detail and the ability to maintain accurate records, documentation and information.
- Experience using Microsoft Office applications, learning management systems, survey platforms and other business systems to support administration, reporting, stakeholder engagement and coordination activities.
- Experience working in a government, regulatory or similarly complex environment is desirable.
Why join us?
This is an opportunity to work in a collaborative team that plays a key role in developing workforce capability and supporting culture and engagement across Hospitality & Racing.
You'll gain exposure to learning and development, workforce capability, organisational culture, employee engagement and project delivery while building valuable public sector experience and developing your career in a growing and evolving function.
To learn more about the role, please
How to apply
Your application must include a cover letter (maximum 1 page) and an up-to-date resume (maximum 5 pages) that details your capabilities and experience in relation to the above role.
Closing Date: August 12, 2026 - 10.00AM
Working at the Department of Creative Industries, Tourism, Hospitality and Sport
At the Department of Creative Industries, Tourism, Hospitality and Sport we bring vibrancy to NSW by growing our creative industries and workforces, driving strong visitor and night-time economies, ensuring a responsible hospitality sector, and putting arts, culture and sport at the heart of our communities.
Together we:
- Create social and economic opportunities for the state
- Support the creation of jobs across the creative, visitor and night-time economies
- Prioritise First Nations artists, stories and culture
- Ensure arts, culture and sport are at the heart of every community to be enjoyed and accessed by all
- Drive visitation through events, campaigns and visitor experience development
- Activate our night-time and creative economies to unlock unique precincts and community spaces
- Deliver a vibrant and responsible hospitality, liquor, racing and gaming environment
- Support NSW’s key Cultural Institutions to ensure access for all, enable community experiences and education and preserve the state’s diverse cultural assets and history.
We believe diversity across our department allows us to be a true reflection of NSW citizens. We are a respectful workplace committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. If you do require an adjustment during the recruitment process, please notify us on your application form.
A talent pool may be created from this recruitment action for ongoing and temporary roles for this role or similar roles that may become available over the next 18 months.
