At the NSW Department of Education, we educate and inspire lifelong learners – from early childhood, through schooling to vocational education and training.
- Ongoing Full time
- Located in Parramatta with flexible working arrangements available
- Salary: Clerk Grade 11/12 with salary ranging from $154,231 to 178,369 + super and annual leave loading
- Lead a newly centralised function, influence executive decision-making and build capability across the Department of Education
About the role
As the Manager, Capital Support & Advisory, you will lead the delivery of high-quality capital budget management advice and support to the Department's divisions and regional offices. Working collaboratively across Finance, you will ensure stakeholders have the knowledge, guidance and capability to effectively manage capital budgets while aligning with departmental policies, frameworks and financial management requirements.
In this strategic leadership role, you will oversee management accounting services, including budget development, forecasting, monitoring and financial analysis. You will lead the preparation of executive financial reporting and dashboards, provide evidence-based insights to support business decisions, and drive continuous improvement initiatives that strengthen capital budget management across the Department. You will also play a key role in resolving complex financial issues, implementing new ways of working and supporting financial management reform.
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About you
You are a collaborative and influential finance leader with extensive experience providing strategic financial advice in complex environments. You enjoy building trusted relationships, leading teams through change and translating complex financial information into meaningful insights that support informed decision-making.
To be successful in this role, you will bring:
- Extensive experience providing strategic financial management advice, management accounting services and/or capital works financial support.
- Demonstrated experience building and leading teams, driving capability uplift and fostering a high-performance, customer-focused culture.
- Strong expertise in budgeting, forecasting, financial analysis, reporting and executive financial presentations.
- Exceptional stakeholder engagement, influencing and negotiation skills, with the ability to build trusted partnerships across diverse business areas.
- Experience leading continuous improvement initiatives and supporting organisational change within complex environments.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to provide practical recommendations on complex financial matters.
Key knowledge and experience
- Extensive experience in providing strategic advice and support services to stakeholders relating to financial management and/or Capital works.
- Extensive experience in building strong relationships with key stakeholders in developing and implementing change initiatives
- 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
- Qualifications in a relevant discipline or proven equivalent knowledge, skills and experience
- Demonstrated understanding of and commitment to the value of public education.
Benefits
- 35 hour working week
- Competitive, salary sacrificing, employer’s contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading
- Opportunities for advancement and mobility across the Department to support your career growth
- Flex Leave entitlements, generous holidays & leave conditions
How to apply
Attach a resume (maximum 5 pages) and a cover letter. You will also be required to respond to the targeted question as part of your application.
Targeted Question
Briefly describe your experience establishing or leading a new function, service or team, and providing high-quality business partnering or advisory support in a changing or complex environment. Please outline the context, your role and the key responsibilities you undertook. (300 words)
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,
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 not currently employed by the Department must provide a valid Working with Children Check (WWCC) clearance number. Renewal is not required after the WWCC expires, as long as you remain in a non–child-related role. Employer obligations only apply while the WWCC is valid.
Candidates must have Australian work rights (citizens, permanent residents, New Zealand citizens or a valid work visa). Ongoing (permanent) roles are open to Australian citizens and permanent residents and New Zealand citizens, while temporary roles welcome applicants with a visa.
Closing date: Thursday, 23 July 2026 at 11:59pm.
We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, including but not limited to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, people of any age or gender, people from culturally and linguistically diverse groups and/or from the LGBTQIA+ community, veterans, refugees, people with disability, people with sensory differences, and neurodiverse people. If we can make some adjustments to our recruitment/interview process to better help you shine, please reach out to the contact person for this recruitment, details listed above. For more information, visit the NSW Department of Education’s Diversity, equity and inclusion webpage.
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.
