- Full-time, ongoing role
- Shape the future of school infrastructure by delivering facilities that support students and growing communities across NSW.
- Ongoing Public Service senior executive band 1 role with a remuneration range of $275,317 - $301,011 per annum
- Based in Eveleigh with flexible work options

About Us At the NSW Department of Education, we educate and inspire lifelong learners – from early childhood, through schooling to vocational education and training. We ensure young children get the best start in life by supporting and regulating the early childhood education and care sector. We unlock excellence and unleash the potential of two-thirds of school children in NSW. We’re proudly public and the largest education system in Australia. We nurture opportunities for every learner to develop the skills needed for their chosen career path, helping shape the industries of tomorrow.

We respect and value Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as First Peoples of Australia.

About The Role The Director, Projects plays a pivotal leadership role in overseeing the delivery of a portfolio of new schools and school upgrades projects across Southern NSW.

Leading high-performing project teams with diverse skills and experience, the Director is accountable for driving portfolio performance and ensuring projects are delivered safely, efficiently, meeting agreed cost, time, quality and stakeholder outcomes.

The role provides explicit direction, leadership and oversight, empowering teams to take ownership, make decisions and deliver results. It requires a strong focus on performance, sound commercial and project governance, proactive risk management and effective stakeholder relationships.

The Director must demonstrate strong executive communication and reporting skills, with the ability to provide clear, concise and strategic advice on portfolio performance, emerging risks and critical issues to senior government and executive stakeholders.

Operating in a fast paced and complex environment, the Director must be able to navigate competing priorities, respond decisively to emerging challenges and build a culture of accountability, collaboration and continuous improvement.

This is an opportunity to lead a significant portfolio of projects,



develop high performing teams and deliver infrastructure that supports growing communities and better outcomes for students across the region.

For more details about this role, please click here to view the Role Description.

About You

You are an experienced infrastructure leader with a strong track record in leading the delivery of complex projects and managing a portfolio of projects within large organisations. You are confident operating in a high volume, fast-paced environment, driving performance across multiple projects and leading teams to achieve agreed outcomes.

You bring strong strategic judgement, commercial acumen and a structured approach to problem solving. You can balance competing priorities, make informed decisions and proactively identify and address emerging risks and issues. You are also skilled at building and maintaining effective relationships with a broad range of stakeholders, including government agencies, councils, schools and local communities.

You are an effective communicator with the ability to distil complex information into clear and concise reporting on project and portfolio performance, risks and issues for senior executive and government audiences

As a leader, you will join a team focused on driving improved ways of working and delivering meaningful and lasting impact. You will be collaborative, courageous, agile and disciplined, with the ability to empower high performing teams, foster accountability and maintain a strong focus on delivering outcomes for the students of NSW.

To Be Successful In This Role, You Will Have

- Appropriate tertiary qualifications in a relevant discipline such as construction, project management, management and/or equivalent knowledge and experience.
- Demonstrated extensive senior leadership experience managing the delivery of complex infrastructure projects within large organisations.
- Proven ability to lead,



develop and motivate high performing teams, establishing clear expectations and accountability with a focus on delivery outcomes.
- Highly developed communication, reporting and influencing skills, including experience preparing and presenting strategic advice, executive briefs and performance reporting to senior executive and government stakeholders.
- Demonstrated ability to build and maintain effective relationships, exercise sound judgement and navigate complex stakeholder environments to achieve organisational and project outcomes.
- Hold a valid clearance to work with Children (Working with Children Check).
- Demonstrated understanding of and commitment to the value of public education.
- 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.

Interested? To apply for this role, please submit an online application and attach your resume along with a cover letter which describes how your capabilities, knowledge and experience make you the best person for this role. Applications Close: 11:59pm on Sunday, 22 November 2026

Contact: For enquiries about the recruitment of this role, please contact [email protected]

Please Note

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 talent pool may be created for future ongoing and temporary roles and is valid for a period of up to 18 months. Candidates on a talent pool may be chosen and directly offered employment in other or similar roles (ongoing or term) in the near future.

📌 Director, Projects (Sydney)
🏢 NSW Department of Education
📍 Sydney