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 role
- Location Eveleigh
- Package includes salary $99,938.00 - $110,271.00 plus superannuation and annual leave loading
About School Infrastructure | Asset Management Division
School Infrastructure (SI) is delivering new school buildings, major upgrades, and maintenance strategies to ensure every school-aged child has access to high quality education at their local public school. This encompasses the largest investment in public education infrastructure in the history of NSW.
About the role
- Provide asset and facilities management services to a portfolio of schools
- Act as a key point of contact for schools, contractors, and stakeholders to support the delivery of maintenance and project works
- Manage and support day-to-day facilities maintenance, including work orders, contractor follow-up, site issues, make-safe works, insurance events and defect management
- Prepare and review scopes of work, estimates and project documentation
- Support the planning, procurement, delivery and close-out of capital works, planned maintenance and facilities management activities
- Monitor project budgets, expenditure and timeframes
- Identify, assess and escalate asset, WHS, compliance and operational risks across school sites, ensuring appropriate actions are progressed.
- Work collaboratively with schools and internal teams to prioritise works, resolve issues and maintain safe, functional and fit-for-purpose learning environments.
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About you
- Experience or interest in construction, facilities management, asset management, project coordination, maintenance, trades or a related field.
- Strong customer service skills, with the ability to communicate clearly and build positive working relationships with a range of stakeholders.
- Good organisational skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities, follow up actions and work through issues in a timely manner.
- A practical problem-solving approach, with the ability to assess issues, seek advice where required and support the delivery of appropriate outcomes.
- Sound written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to prepare clear emails, updates, records and basic documentation.
- An interest in developing skills in scope writing, cost estimation, budget monitoring, contractor coordination and facilities management.
- A willingness to learn, take initiative and work collaboratively as part of a team supporting safe and functional school environments.
- 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
- Current and valid NSW Driver's Licence
- Willingness and ability to travel across the assigned area of Asset Management of Sydney
- Demonstrated understanding of and commitment to the value of public education.
Benefits
- 35 hour working week
- Flexible working arrangements
- Flex Leave entitlements, generous holidays & leave conditions
- Opportunities for advancement and mobility across the Department to support your career growth
- Competitive, salary sacrificing, employer’s contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading
- Fitness Passport unlocking access to 1500+ fitness facilities
How to apply
Attach a resume (maximum 5 pages) and a cover letter (maximum 2 pages) outlining how you meet the requirements and capabilities of this role.
Applicants are encouraged to prepare their application materials independently. The selection panel values authentic and personally written responses that reflect your own experience, insights and alignment with the Department’s values and priorities.
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 23/06/2026 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.
