Location: Sydney District

Employment type: Temporary until 30 June 2028

Salary: GR 9/10 $133,348 to $146,945 plus superannuation and annual leave loading

Talent pool may be created for future ongoing and temporary roles

Your role

Homes NSW is seeking an experienced and motivated Development Manager to support the delivery of a diverse portfolio of residential developments, ranging from medium-density projects through to large-scale urban renewal initiatives.

What You’ll Do

As a Development Manager, you will lead the delivery of residential development projects from planning and procurement through to completion, ensuring outcomes are achieved within agreed timeframes, budgets and quality standards. You will manage project risks and governance processes, provide advice and reporting to senior stakeholders, and build productive relationships with government agencies, consultants, contractors and community stakeholders. Working across a diverse portfolio of projects, you will apply strong project management, commercial and stakeholder engagement skills to deliver housing and urban renewal outcomes that support the strategic objectives of Homes NSW.

What We’re Looking For

- Experience managing projects through the full lifecycle, including planning, procurement, governance, delivery and close-out.
- Strong project management skills, with the ability to manage risks, budgets, timelines and competing priorities to achieve quality outcomes.
- Well-developed stakeholder engagement and relationship management skills, with the ability to work effectively across government, industry and community stakeholders.
- Excellent communication skills, including the ability to prepare high-quality reports, briefings and project documentation,



and present complex information clearly to diverse audiences.
- Sound knowledge of property development, construction and project delivery principles, including governance, compliance and risk management frameworks.
- The ability to plan, prioritise and adapt in a fast-paced environment while maintaining a focus on delivering strategic outcomes.
- Relevant tertiary qualifications in construction management, property development or a related discipline.
- The role may involve travel both locally and regionally, including overnight travel, as required by the business and/or directed.

What We Offer

- A challenging and rewarding career
- Flexible, autonomous work workplace
- Competitive pay and conditions
- Training and development opportunities to build and maintain capabilities
- Health & Wellbeing and Employee Assistance Programs.

Inclusion and Diversity

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.

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.

Applications close 11:59pm AEST Wednesday September 9, 2026

For more information about the role or what it’s like to work for DCJ, please contact the hiring manager Rod Garrett on or at 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 reach out to Katie Hardy at

Thank you for your interest in this role. We look forward to receiving your application.

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