DCCEEW NSW
Portfolio Manager
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Help shape Housing Delivery across NSW!
- 2 Ongoing Full-time opportunities (35 hours/5 days per week)
- Office located in Parramatta or Newcastle with flexible working supported
- Salary relative to experience and ranges from $133,347.00 to $146,944.00 plus super
Join our team and shape your world in a workplace that empowers you to do your best work and build a meaningful career. In this role, you will contribute to shaping lives and communities across NSW, while shaping your own career. You will enjoy flexible work options, varied and impactful projects, and a vibrant, diverse team culture built on collaboration, inclusion and support. We are creating a workplace where everyone belongs and where you can balance work, life and wellbeing.
The role
Property Workplace & Development is seeking two experienced and capable property-savvy Portfolio Managers to join its Pre-sale Finance Guarantee team to play a pivotal role in delivering the NSW Government's Pre-sale Finance Guarantee—designed to unlock housing supply by providing developers with greater certainty and accelerating residential projects across the state. https://www.planning.nsw.gov.au/the-planning-system/housing/pre-sale-finance-guarantee
As a Portfolio Manager, you'll assess and manage a portfolio of residential developments seeking support through the Pre-sale Finance Guarantee. You'll work closely with developers, legal advisors, valuers and internal stakeholders to evaluate applications, monitor commitments and optimise portfolio outcomes.
This is a unique opportunity to combine your property, finance, application assessment and stakeholder management expertise to support a program that directly contributes to solving one of NSW's biggest challenges: housing.
For more information read the full Role Description here: Manager Portfolio Management
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What you will bring to the role:
- Experience in application assessment, property, development, portfolio management, finance, valuation or related sectors.
- Strong analytical, critical thinking and assessment capabilities.
- Experience reporting on assessment outcomes and management of complex transactions, projects, or portfolios.
- Excellent written communication skills, including preparing reports, briefings and recommendations.
- Sound judgement and the ability to make evidence-based recommendations in a fast-paced environment.
- A collaborative approach and a passion for delivering outcomes that benefit communities.
- Experience working with project monitoring tools and reporting dashboards.
About Us
At the Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure (DPHI), you could shape your world while helping us shape the future of NSW. Together, we create vibrant communities, places and precincts, and manage land, assets and property. https://www.nsw.gov.au/departments-and-agencies/department-of-planning-housing-and-infrastructure
We are a high-performing organisation that proudly reflects the communities we serve. Our diversity strengthens our cultural capability and enables us to make a meaningful difference in the lives of people across NSW. As an inclusive and accessible workplace, we value your contribution, lived experience and cultural knowledge, and we want you to feel supported, connected and empowered to succeed. With flexible work arrangements, job share options, workplace adjustments and various employee affinity groups, we are here to help you thrive every day.
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If this role sounds like the right fit for you, we encourage you to apply with your CV and cover letter. We’d love to hear from you and explore how you can shape your world with us.
Applications close Sunday, 16 August 2026 at 11:55PM. Should you require further information about the role please contact Mathison Watt, Senior Manager Portfolio Management via mathison.watt@dphi.nsw.gov.au or Sandra Reynolds, Senior Manager Portfolio Management via sandra.reynolds@dphi.nsw.gov.au.
A talent pool may be created for ongoing and temporary opportunities of the same role or role type that may become available over the next 18 months.
Check out our Aboriginal applicants guide to assist with applying for the role or contact our Aboriginal Career pathways team for a yarn.
We encourage and support applications from people with disability. Please reach out to us to discuss any accommodations or adjustments https://iworkfor.nsw.gov.au/adjustments-for-individual-needs that may be needed during the recruitment process, ensuring that you have every opportunity to showcase your talent, skills, and potential. Contact the Talent Team via talent.acquisition@dpie.nsw.gov.au or (02) 63637676 - HR Support, option 2, DPHI People Advisory, option 1 and reference 'Request an Adjustment - Job Title and Reference Number'.
Please note to be eligible to apply for this position you must be an Australian or New Zealand citizen or permanent resident or hold a valid Australian working Visa for the duration of the appointment. This role is subject to standard pre-employment checks, including a criminal record check.
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