Are you an experienced project professional passionate about making a real impact?
Catholic Schools Parramatta Diocese (CSPD) is seeking a Schools Development Coordinator to help deliver school infrastructure projects that directly benefit our students, families, and wider community.

About the Role

Reporting to the Head of Infrastructure Planning and Delivery, you’ll play a vital role in developing and implementing project plans, overseeing budgets and resources, and ensuring timely delivery of school infrastructure projects. You’ll work collaboratively with key internal and external stakeholders, supporting the transformation of our school environments to better meet current and future needs.

Based in our Parramatta office, you’ll also enjoy flexible work arrangements to balance time between the office and home.

In this role, you will:

• Develop and implement project plans and resourcing requirements, managing and reporting on project progress, budgets, and timelines for defined school infrastructure projects

• Manage and coordinate the transition from current to future state, including scoping, planning, resourcing, stakeholder consultation, and key milestone reporting

• Identify and proactively engage key internal and external stakeholders through presentations, workshops, and meetings to build support and alignment

• Manage the delivery of less complex school infrastructure projects, identifying and mitigating risks, and ensuring quality assurance, financial oversight, and procurement processes are in place

• Coordinate the development of change management plans, including training and communications strategies, to support smooth implementation and adoption

• Provide additional support to the broader Infrastructure Planning and Delivery team as required

About You

You’re a confident communicator and natural collaborator who thrives in dynamic environments. You have a strong background in project delivery—especially in planning, coordination, and stakeholder engagement—and you’re motivated by work that creates real, positive change.

You’ll also bring:

• Proven experience delivering small to medium-sized projects, on time and within budget

• Strong stakeholder engagement skills and the ability to build trusted relationships, including with senior leaders

• Excellent organisational, negotiation, and problem-solving abilities to ensure successful project outcomes

• A proactive, adaptable mindset with a passion for delivering impactful projects in a faith-based educational environment
  
  

What's in it for you?

There are so many great things that CSPD has to offer! As a valued CSPD employee, you can benefit from up to 25% off school fees for your children enrolled in our schools. But that's not all, we offer:

• Competitive remuneration

• Salary packaging 

• Wellbeing initiatives and resources

• Flexible work arrangements for eligible employees 

• Extensive growth and development opportunities 

• Ex-gratia leave 

• Cultural leave for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander employees

• State-of-the-art facilities
  
  

Interested?

This position will bring you in contact or close proximity with students. The appointment of successful applicants will be subject to satisfactory employment screening for child-related employment including the completion of a National Police Check, retention of a valid Working with Children Check and adoption and compliance with CSPD’s Child Safeguarding Procedures and Code of Conduct When Working With Students and Children.

CSPD promotes the safety and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, and children from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, as well as people from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds.

Apply today!

If you are determined to make a difference and want to join a diverse organisation committed to transforming lives through faith-based education, click on the APPLY button.  To find out more about CSPD go to https://www.parra.catholic.edu.au/ or follow us on LinkedIn.

A Working With Children Check is mandatory for all roles within CSPD. For more information, please visit The Office of The Children’s Guardian here.