This weekly shortlist is for applicants with project coordination, policy support, business analysis, stakeholder engagement, reporting, compliance, digital delivery, communications or governance experience. The roles below are current NSW Government vacancies, and each one has a separate Application Checklist guide linked from the role block.
The common thread is evidence. These roles are not asking for one generic public-sector story. They need examples that show how you organise work, brief decision-makers, coordinate stakeholders, document decisions, manage risk, and turn messy information into something useful.
In This Guide
- What Government Panels Need To Trust
- How To Compare These Roles
- Application Patterns Across This Shortlist
Role Links
Several of these jobs use similar titles, especially Project Officer. Use the table below to compare the actual work setting before you open the full guide.
What Government Panels Need To Trust
For project, policy and business analyst roles, panels are looking for more than a job title match. They want to see that you can take responsibility for a piece of work, understand the operating environment, keep people informed, and produce documents that help decisions move forward.
Your application should make the panel comfortable with your judgement. That means showing how you handled competing priorities, how you worked with stakeholders who had different needs, and how you kept records, analysis or project material clear enough for other people to use.
How To Compare These Roles
Use the application requirements to compare effort as well as interest. A two-page cover letter plus targeted questions needs a different writing strategy from a resume and one-page cover letter. A regulatory project role needs different evidence from a museum exhibition role or a digital delivery business analyst role.
The role title matters, but the evidence match matters more. Choose the roles where you can prove the work with recent examples, especially examples involving documents, stakeholders, deadlines, risk, analysis, service outcomes or governance.
Application Patterns Across This Shortlist
Most roles in this batch ask for a resume or CV plus a cover letter. Several also include targeted questions in the online application. Before you submit, check the official application portal for any extra screening questions and keep essential checks separate from your application examples.
Transformation Office Assistant Project Officer – Department of Customer Service
Official title: Assistant Project Officer – Transformation Office | Department of Customer Service | Clerk Grade 5/6, $99,938 to $110,271 plus super | Sydney CBD or Gosford NSW | Closing date: Monday 13 July 2026 at 9:59am
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This is a good pathway role for applicants who already support projects, committees, reporting or business operations. The one-page cover letter needs to be tight, because there is no room for a long career summary. Use it to prove that you can keep project information organised and useful.
Application requirements
- Resume
- Cover letter, maximum 1 page
What to highlight
- Project registers, milestones and reporting.
- Minute taking, committee support and action tracking.
- Microsoft Word and Excel capability.
- Stakeholder updates and competing-priority management.
Exhibitions Project Officer – Australian Museum
Official title: Exhibitions Project Officer | Australian Museum | $85,951 to $107,201 total remuneration package | Sydney City | Closing date: Monday 13 July 2026 at 10:00am
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This is the most hands-on project role in the shortlist. It suits applicants who can show practical production delivery, safety judgement and stakeholder coordination rather than only office-based project administration. The targeted questions make the application very example-driven.
Application requirements
- Covering letter, 1 to 2 pages, addressing the role description’s essential requirements and key knowledge and experience
- Resume
- Response to 2 targeted questions in the online application, maximum 300 words each
What to highlight
- Exhibition production, fabrication or installation experience.
- Deadline management with multiple stakeholders.
- Safety risk identification in practical environments.
- Quality work that supports visitor experience.
GreenPower Project Officer – DCCEEW
Official title: Project Officer | Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water | $113,574 to $125,720 plus super | Parramatta NSW, hybrid working supported | Closing date: Monday 13 July 2026 at 11:55pm
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This role is useful for applicants who sit between project delivery and communications. It is a strong option if you can show website, EDM, social, reporting or stakeholder communications experience alongside project coordination. The cover letter should make the GreenPower and clean-energy context feel credible.
Application requirements
- Resume
- Cover letter expressing interest and suitability for the role
What to highlight
- Project support, risk tracking and status reporting.
- Website, EDM, LinkedIn or customer-facing content work.
- Stakeholder engagement across program priorities.
- Interest or experience in renewable energy or sustainability.
Enforceable Undertakings Project Officer – SafeWork NSW
Official title: Project Officer | SafeWork NSW | Clerk Grade 7/8, starting salary $116,981 plus super | Gosford or Parramatta | Closing date: Wednesday 15 July 2026 at 9:59am
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This is one of the strongest individual checklist opportunities in the batch because the application task is clear and the evidence areas are sharp. Applicants should lead with regulatory, compliance, case management, secretariat and written-briefing examples. The two-page cover letter needs to show judgement, not just project administration.
Application requirements
- Cover letter, maximum 2 pages
- Resume, maximum 5 pages
What to highlight
- Regulatory or compliance caseload management.
- Briefing notes, factual minutes and external correspondence.
- Stakeholder negotiation with businesses, legal representatives or internal experts.
- Resilience with sensitive WHS matters.
Talent Acquisition Project Officer – SafeWork NSW
Official title: Project Officer (Talent Acquisition) | SafeWork NSW | Clerk Grade 7/8, $116,981 to $129,492 plus super | Parramatta, Haymarket or Gosford | Closing date: Thursday 16 July 2026 at 9:59am
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This is a good role for HR, recruitment operations and people-process applicants who want a project-focused move. The application is portal-driven, with a resume and targeted pre-screening response rather than a traditional cover letter. The strongest evidence will show process improvement, not day-to-day recruitment volume.
Application requirements
- Resume outlining capabilities and experience relevant to the role
- Response to the targeted question in the pre-screening section
What to highlight
- Internal recruitment or HR process experience.
- Procedures, workflows, checklists or guide development.
- Stakeholder consultation and recommendations.
- Compliance and governance in recruitment practice.
Women in Business Senior Project Officer – TAFE NSW
Official title: Senior Project Officer | TAFE NSW | $145,605 to $160,719 package, including base salary $128,284 to $141,600 | Location negotiable across NSW, subject to campus availability | Closing date: Thursday 16 July 2026 at 11:55pm AEST
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This role suits applicants who can combine project delivery with communications and stakeholder engagement. The targeted question is narrow, so choose a stakeholder example that also hints at program delivery and issue resolution. The resume should make marketing, small-business, webinar, content or governance experience visible quickly.
Application requirements
- Current resume
- Copies of qualifications where applicable, uploaded as one PDF file
- Response to 1 targeted question in the application form, maximum 300 words
What to highlight
- Women in Business program delivery.
- Stakeholder engagement and adapted communication style.
- Social media, webinar or content coordination.
- Governance updates and performance reporting.
Renewable Energy Project & Policy Officer – EnergyCo
Official title: Project & Policy Officer | Energy Corporation of NSW | $113,574 to $125,720 plus super and leave loading | Sydney CBD, hybrid working supported | Closing date: Sunday 19 July 2026 at 11:55pm
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This role is a strong bridge between project and policy work. It suits applicants who can write briefs, track delivery and work with stakeholders across government, industry or community settings. The cover letter should make the renewable-energy and community outcomes context feel deliberate.
Application requirements
- Resume
- Cover letter expressing interest and suitability for the role
What to highlight
- Policy and program development support.
- Briefs, reports and clear written advice.
- Project tracking and operational coordination.
- Stakeholder engagement across government, industry or communities.
Service Delivery Business Analyst – NSW Police Force
Official title: Business Analyst | NSW Police Force | Clerk Grade 7/8, $113,574 to $125,720 | Sydney Olympic Park | Closing date: Sunday 19 July 2026 at 11:59pm
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This is the strongest business analyst checklist role in the batch because the two target questions reveal exactly what the panel wants. Applicants should choose examples about workload, demand, service delivery, requirements gathering and reporting. The cover letter should support those examples rather than repeat them.
Application requirements
- Cover letter, maximum 2 pages
- Up-to-date resume
- Response to 2 target questions in the online application or as a separate document, maximum 500 words per question
What to highlight
- Workload, demand or service-delivery analysis.
- Stakeholder trust and requirements gathering.
- Data capture, reporting or business improvement solution.
- Police checks and security clearance eligibility.
WHS Policy Assistant Policy Officer – SafeWork NSW
Official title: Assistant Policy Officer | SafeWork NSW | Clerk Grade 5/6, $102,936 to $113,579 plus super | Parramatta, Sydney or Gosford | Closing date: Monday 20 July 2026 at 9:59am
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This is a strong pathway role for people moving into policy from administration, governance, regulatory support or project coordination. The application should show research, writing and organised stakeholder support. It is especially useful for applicants who can prove careful written work and attention to detail.
Application requirements
- Cover letter outlining capabilities and experience relevant to the role
- Resume outlining capabilities and experience relevant to the role
What to highlight
- Policy research and analysis.
- Briefing notes, reports, correspondence or discussion papers.
- Meeting, working group and stakeholder support.
- Administrative discipline and Microsoft 365 confidence.
Complaints Conciliation Project Officer – NSW Ombudsman
Official title: Complaints Resolution and Project Officer (Conciliation) | NSW Ombudsman | Clerk Grade 7/8, $116,981 to $129,492 salary, package up to $146,977 | Sydney CBD | Closing date: Monday 20 July 2026 at 10:00am
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This role is useful for applicants with complaints, dispute resolution, mediation, casework or service improvement experience. It has a clear two-page cover letter requirement and needs evidence of judgement, not only empathy. The combined document instruction matters, so the CV and cover letter need to work together.
Application requirements
- Covering letter, maximum 2 pages, highlighting claims for the role and which role you are applying for
- CV outlining skills, knowledge and experience relevant to the role
- Combine the covering letter and CV in one document
What to highlight
- Complaint handling, mediation or conciliation.
- Prioritising by complexity, urgency, risk or vulnerability.
- Business improvement in complaint resolution.
- Negotiation and communication with influence.
Long Service Corporation Senior Business Analyst – Department of Customer Service
Official title: Senior Business Analyst | Department of Customer Service | Clerk Grade 9/10, $133,348 to $146,945 plus super | Sydney, Parramatta or Gosford | Closing date: Monday 20 July 2026 at 10:00am
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This is the strongest senior BA role in the shortlist because the application questions are detailed and assess real BA craft. Applicants should answer the questions directly and avoid broad career summaries. The best responses will name artefacts, stakeholders, ambiguity and delivery outcomes.
Application requirements
- Cover letter addressing 2 questions using specific examples describing your personal contribution
What to highlight
- Discovery through implementation leadership.
- BA artefacts such as requirements, user stories, process maps and acceptance criteria.
- Stakeholder workshops and delivery-team alignment.
- Structure, clarity and momentum in ambiguous environments.
Barangaroo Infrastructure Senior Project Officer – Infrastructure NSW
Official title: Senior Project Officer | Infrastructure NSW | Clerk Grade 9/10, $133,348 to $146,945 plus super and leave loading | Sydney City / Barangaroo and Bank Street Park project site | Closing date: Tuesday 21 July 2026 at 9:59am
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This is a strong senior project role for applicants with infrastructure, governance, procurement or contract administration evidence. The two prompts make the cover letter more focused than a normal capability letter. Applicants should show both delivery discipline and what they would bring to a high-profile public space project.
Application requirements
- Resume
- Cover letter, maximum 2 pages, addressing 2 prompts
What to highlight
- Infrastructure planning, procurement and delivery.
- Scope, budget, schedule, risk and quality governance.
- Consultant, contractor and agency coordination.
- Two-page cover letter addressing two prompts.
Want Help With One Of These Applications?
If one of these roles is a serious target, use the linked Application Checklist first so you understand the written task. If you want Team 3Thirty to prepare the application with you, you can request professional NSW Government application support here.