Project Officer, Multicultural Program
Project Officer, Multicultural Program
Employment Type: Full Time, Permanent
Position Classification: Health Manager Level 2
Remuneration: $109,857.00 - $129,624.00 per annum, plus superannuation and 17.5% leave loading
Hours Per Week: 38
Location: 1 Reserve Road, St Leonards, Sydney
Requisition ID: REQ610478
- Be part of an organisation that makes a difference in cancer control in NSW
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are encouraged to apply
Where you’ll be working
The Cancer Institute NSW is the NSW Government’s cancer control agency, established to lessen the impact of cancer across the state.
Working at the Cancer Institute NSW means joining a team of committed and dedicated staff who are proud to be a part of the Institute’s purpose of overseeing and accelerating the effectiveness of cancer control in NSW.
The Cancer Institute is a collaborative working environment that encourages diversity and inclusion in how we work and the way we work together. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are strongly encouraged to apply. Greater consideration will be given to suitable applicants, in order to improve access to employment and career opportunities (GSE Rule 26).
What you’ll be doing
Support the implementation, management, monitoring and evaluation of a diverse range of projects, contracts and services to improve cancer outcomes of culturally and linguistically diverse communities residing in NSW, deliver against objectives of the NSW Cancer Plan, Refugee Health Plan and NSW Plan for Healthy Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Communities.
Remuneration/Benefits
In addition to base salary:
- 12% superannuation
- 4 weeks annual leave (plus 17.5% leave loading)
- 10 days sick leave
- 40 hours per week which include accrual of monthly Allocated Day Off (ADO) x 12 per year.
Access to:
- Generous Flexible Working practices
- Fitness Passport: a membership card for NSW government employees that gives you and your family unlimited access to 400+ gyms and other facilities at one low price.
- Novated car leasing arrangement
- Salary sacrificing to superannuation.
For your application to be considered
To submit your application, please provide:
- Your resume (maximum five pages)
- A covering letter addressing the Essential Requirements, as outlined in the Role Description
- A response to the Pre-screening questions, as outlined below not exceeding three pages.
Essential requirements
- Demonstrated experience in project management and the application of project management principles and techniques for culturally and linguistically diverse communities through project planning, implementation and evaluation within an evidence-based framework for multicultural or refugee communities.
- Relevant tertiary qualifications in a health discipline, management or related discipline, or relevant industry experience in the multicultural and or refugee sector.
- Excellent understanding of the health needs of people from culturally and linguistically diverse Communities, including people from refugee communities, and relevant trends, issues, policies and practices.
- Demonstrated experience in stakeholder engagement across diverse sectors.
If successful for interview candidates must bring original copies of essential qualifications to be sighted by the panel, and one copy to provide to panel.
Pre-screening question
Please outline your experience in implementing a project for culturally and linguistically diverse communities that involved various stakeholders. What project were you working on, what was your role, and what were your responsibilities?
Please outline your experience in engaging stakeholders in a project you implemented (may include a procurement project). How did you manage these relationships? Were there any challenges? What was the final outcome?
Interested?
For more information:
- Click here for the Role Description
- Find out more about applying for this position
For more information about the Cancer Institute NSW please visit www.cancer.nsw.gov.au. For role related queries or questions contact Sheetal Challam on sheetal.challam@health.nsw.gov.au
Applications Close: Sunday, 12th October 2025 at 11:59PM
All Cancer Institute roles are based at St Leonards, Sydney, and candidates are required to be Sydney based.
The CORE+4 Values define what is important to the Cancer Institute NSW and our employees.
Our values are: Collaboration, Openness, Respect, Empowerment, Strategic, Supportive, Innovative and Flexible.
The Cancer Institute NSW is unable to offer salary packaging. Salaries will be negotiated commensurate to experience and qualifications of the role.
The Cancer Institute NSW supports flexible working practices for all employees and welcomes applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from diverse cultural backgrounds and people with disabilities. Stepping Up aims to assist Aboriginal job applicants by providing information about applying for roles in NSW Health. For more information please visit www.steppingup.health.nsw.gov.au.
Please indicate if you have any accessibility requirements in your application or speak with the contact person should you be called for an interview. We provide reasonable adjustment for people with a disability during the recruitment process and during their employment.
To be eligible for permanent appointment to a position in NSW Health, you must have Australian citizenship or permanent Australian residency.
To submit your application please visit https://jobs.health.nsw.gov.au/cinsw
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