Specialist Aboriginal Participation in Sydney

You put people at the heart and take pride in the impact of your work. You're ready to play an essential role behind the scenes by providing vital support, ensuring seamless project execution, and playing a pivotal role in shaping the future of transportation.

In this role, you'll:

• Drive meaningful Aboriginal participation across the Bus mode including Zero Emission Bus (ZEB) projects by identifying opportunities early in the planning stage, supporting procurement and project delivery teams, and ensuring contractors meet participation requirements.
• Monitor performance, proactively identify risks, and provide timely advice to keep projects on track.
• Work closely with key stakeholders to help enhance outcomes and ensure delivery aligns with approved plans, budgets, and broader policy objectives.

The Specialist Aboriginal Participation (Bus mode) will be responsible for:

• Driving project and procurement teams to identify Aboriginal business opportunities early in planning.
• Monitoring contractor compliance with Aboriginal participation requirements and collecting supporting data and reports.
• Managing analysis and consolidation of KPIs and performance data, benchmarking outcomes against approved plans to improve delivery.
• Supporting program delivery by monitoring and evaluating Aboriginal participation, including managing risks, impacts, and quality measures.
• Providing early warning on emerging issues, recommending interventions, and aligning delivery with plans, budgets, and priorities.
• Coordinating reporting, stakeholder communication, risk reduction strategies, and capability development initiatives for Aboriginal businesses.

This is a fixed term full-time role (up to 29 December 2028) located at Parramatta. Attendance is a hybrid arrangement of in person (at least 50%) and work from home. In person attendance is split across the Sydney CBD and Parramatta Offices.

This is an Aboriginal-identified role as it involves the development and delivery of services and programs which impact or require liaison with Aboriginal people and/or communities.

You are an Australian Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person. You have qualifications in a relevant discipline or demonstrated experience. You are experienced in delivering Aboriginal participation outcomes on complex projects, including early market engagement, supplier development and managing contract requirements.

You are confident in government procurement processes, participation policies and targets, as well as reporting and assurance (including risk, contingency and benefits). You're skilled at collecting, analysing and bringing together performance data (KPIs, milestones and dashboards) to support decision-making and elevate issues when needed.

You are a strong communicator who builds relationships easily, with experience engaging Aboriginal businesses and communities in a culturally informed way and influencing diverse project and procurement teams.

Transport for NSW provides a safe, integrated, and efficient transport system. We connect people, communities and industry every day. Our workforce is as diverse as the community we serve.

Aboriginal people and people living with disability are supported throughout the recruitment process and at work, and we encourage you to apply.

Transport acknowledges the Aboriginal people of the country on which we work, their traditions, culture and a shared history and identity. We also pay our respects to Elders past and present and recognise the continued connection to country.