Location: Parramatta
Salary: Band 2 Senior Executive Remuneration TRP commencing from MIN $302,567 – Max $338,721
Job Type: Full-time
About National Parks & Wildlife Service (NPWS):
NPWS is one of the world’s oldest and most respected national parks agencies, comprising over 2,200 FTE. We manage more than 890 national parks and reserves, covering over 7.6 million hectares or 9.5% of NSW’s landmass. Our work spans conservation, biodiversity protection, Aboriginal cultural heritage, fire management and emergency response, and nature based tourism, with over 50 million visits annually.
About the Role:
Reporting to the Deputy Secretary, NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service and part of the NPWS executive leadership team, we are seeking a strategic and results-driven Executive Director to lead the NPWS business enabling functions through strong financial stewardship, customer-focused innovation, and sustainable asset and infrastructure management.
This role will lead the integration of a high-performing business services function that meets the unique needs of NPWS, including navigating the complex impacts of bushfire recovery on assets, sites, systems, and staff. You'll drive strategic workforce and resourcing plans to build long-term capability and ensure performance aligns with organisational goals. Success will also require strong negotiation and stakeholder management skills to build consensus and achieve shared outcomes across diverse and sometimes competing interests.
In this senior leadership role, you will be responsible for delivering business-enabling functions that position NPWS as a global leader in nature based tourism, environmental management and public sector asset and financial management. You will also:
- Drive continuous improvement across financial, digital, people, and business systems.
- Lead a sustainable visitor and revenue program that enhances public access while achieving economic and environmental goals.
- Oversee a multi-billion-dollar portfolio of public assets, including major infrastructure and capital works.
- Provide strategic, whole-of-agency policy advice and negotiating with key stakeholders on complex and contentious issues.
This is a rare opportunity to make a lasting impact on the management of NSW’s National Parks through innovation, collaboration, and operational excellence.
About You:
You are a senior executive who has a demonstrable history of success leading strategic financial and operational management as well as overseeing the annual activity-based budget and implementing a statewide service delivery framework. Your experience will include providing high-level financial and strategic advice, forecasting and labour analysis, to inform executive decision-making for the whole organisation.
You will have had responsibility for overseeing Total Asset and Infrastructure Management Plans for an agency with a multi-billion dollar asset base, ensuring safe, efficient delivery of capital programs and infrastructure projects. You would have led the delivery of integrated business-enabling services including digital platforms, customer systems, and IT infrastructure to support operational and visitor needs across the entire state.
You have successfully developed and negotiated budget proposals and funding bids with senior stakeholders across government, achieving strong budget and workforce outcomes for programs. As a part of your remit you have managed Cabinet coordination, agency-wide compliance, and policy development relating to an agency as well as championed robust governance, procurement, audit, risk, and safety frameworks across a large and diverse operational workforce.
You would have established consistent budgeting, evaluation, and workforce planning frameworks, ensuring performance aligned with service commitments and enabling transparent reporting across key operational metrics.
Essential Requirements:
Tertiary qualifications in business management or an equivalent professional discipline with extensive demonstrated experience at senior executive level establishing and maintaining a business enabling function.
For more information please read the full Role Description: Executive Director Business Delivery
About Us:
The NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) works to protect the state’s environment and heritage. It leads the way on climate change, driving the sustainable transition to a net zero economy, powered by affordable, reliable, and clean energy.
DCCEEW conserves and protects NSW’s natural environment, managing the national park estate, its rich biodiversity, and Aboriginal cultural heritage for future generations. The department also ensures the sustainable management of water resources to support the environment, communities, and industry. We acknowledge the ongoing custodial responsibilities of Aboriginal peoples in caring for Country and water and are committed to meaningful partnerships in environmental management.
Respect, Equity and Inclusion
NPWS celebrates and reflects the full diversity of the community we serve. We are committed to advancing an inclusive culture that creates a safe, diverse, and respectful workplace. We support various employee affinity groups, practice flexible working, offer job share and workplace adjustments.
NPWS is making it a priority, where possible, to ensure that the NPWS Executive, has balanced representation of females in executive roles. Therefore, candidates who identify as female and hold the capabilities required for this role are encouraged to apply.
We know that employees need the flexibility to balance their career with other factors like family, education, and volunteering or community service. NPWS is committed to flexible ways of working to help employees balance a rewarding career and everything else that life has to offer.
How to Apply:
Submit your resume and a cover letter outlining your relevant experience and suitability for the role.
Applications close Sunday 11th May 2025 at 11:55PM.
Should you require further information about the role please contact Graeme Ellis – Acting Senior Manager, Talent Acquisition via graeme.ellis@dpie.nsw.gov.au or 0437 236 477
A recruitment pool may be created for ongoing and temporary opportunities of the same role or role type that may become available over the next 18 months.
Looking for more information or assistance in applying?
If you require an adjustment for your application process, please contact our Talent Acquisition Team by emailing dcceew.ta@dpie.nsw.gov.au or contacting Graeme Ellis – Acting Senior Manager, Talent Acquisition via graeme.ellis@dpie.nsw.gov.au or 0437 236 477
(please mention job reference number 542186).
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DCCEEW is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. We encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds.
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