Manager Governance Audit and Reporting
Location: Parramatta / Hybrid (50% in office)
Employment type: Ongoing Full time
Salary: Clerk Grade 11/12 ($149,739 - $173,174 pa), plus employer’s contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading
Your role
The Manager, Governance Audit and Reporting leads a team to ensure compliant, efficient procurement across planning, sourcing, contract and risk management. The role oversees governance, audit, and reporting functions, drives continuous improvement and innovation, and ensures alignment with the NSW Procurement Policy Framework while maintaining procurement accreditation.
What you’ll do
As part of the Governance Audit and Reporting team within Strategic Procurement reporting directly to an Executive Director (ED), you will be responsible for but not limited to:
- Lead the monitoring and compliance function to ensure policies, procedures, systems and performance management frameworks for all procurement related activity to ensure a high level of professional practice and deliver compliant, effective and efficient
- Encourage innovative practices, achieve delivery of business outcomes and support policy directions
- Lead the monitoring and compliance function to ensure policies, procedures, systems and performance management frameworks for all procurement related activity is delivered effectively and efficiently with a high level of professional practice
- Encourage innovative practices, achieve delivery of business outcomes and support policy directions
- Develop Procurement performance and business reports that align with corporate and state plans, and to maintain and extend the Department's procurement accreditation
- Lead and coordinate audit activities and ensure ongoing compliance with the NSW Procurement Policy Framework
- Apply the procurement governance and risk management framework to monitor compliance, manage risk and improve procurement activity and performance
Effective procurement is fundamental to Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) by enabling the delivery of programs, goods, and services that support a safe, just, and inclusive NSW. We aim to support government objectives and advance our strategic priorities by prioritising innovative, local, and socially just suppliers, whilst considering the best value.
We recognise that collaborating with our stakeholders and internal teams is essential to successfully delivering business needs. We commit to providing expert advice and trusted business partnerships, to deliver strategic services that achieve DCJ outcomes and government priorities in an efficient and sustainable manner.
What we’re looking for
It is essential that the candidate brings extensive experience in governance, audit, and reporting, along with a demonstrated track record of leading complex initiatives, enhancing organisational compliance, and delivering high-quality reporting outcomes.
Additionally, the candidate must have procurement experience and the ability to apply this knowledge in delivering a range of responsibilities. Ideally, the role will requires someone who has a strong understanding of the procurement ecosystem and can effectively support governance and reporting requirements for the procurement function across the portfolio.
The ideal candidate will also have experience in leading a senior team with diverse deliverables.
Download the role description.
We focus on hiring people who share our commitment and goals of inclusion, collaboration, adaptability, courage and integrity. If you meet the essential requirements and the role resonates with you, please apply – you do not need to meet every desired requirement for us to want to talk to you.
What We Offer
We offer a variety of benefits, including:
- A challenging and rewarding career
- Flexible, autonomous work environment
- Competitive pay and conditions
- Training and development opportunities to build and maintain capabilities
- Health & Wellbeing and Employee Assistance Programs.
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We do work that really matters
Working for the Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) provides lots of opportunities to make a real difference. We collaborate with other agencies and community partners, to improve lives and realise the potential of children, adults, families and communities. We're focused on breaking, rather than managing, disadvantage. It’s work that really matters.
Apply now and join Australia’s top public sector employer where we will support you and provide an exciting and flexible working environment!
Are you ready to join us?
Click apply, attach a cover letter (maximum 2 pages) outlining how you meet the requirements of the role as well as an up-to-date résumé (maximum 5 pages).
Any applications without a cover letter and resume in line with above requirements will be automatically disqualified from the recruitment process.
Applications close Thursday, 25th June 2026 at 11:59pm AEST.
Got a question?
For more information about the role or what it’s like to work for DCJ, please contact the hiring Executive Assistant to Chief Procurement Officer, Danielle Wilks on 0458 492 601 or at danielle.wilks@dcj,nsw.gov.au
If you’ve got a question about applying or would benefit from an adjustment in the recruitment process to help you perform at your best (including an alternate method submission of the application), please call Sarah Nguyen on 02 9765 5046 or via
[email protected]
Visit Recruitment adjustments on the DCJ website to learn more.
Inclusion and Diversity lies at the heart of how we recruit
We continue to hire great people with a wide variety of skills, experience and backgrounds. This includes people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, women, people identifying as LGBTIQ+, culturally and linguistically diverse people, carers and other diversity groups.
To find out what DCJ are doing to build an inclusive and diverse workforce, visit Inclusion and diversity on the DCJ website.
Other Information
A talent pool may be created for future ongoing and temporary roles and is valid for a period of up to 18 months.
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