Pros
Standard government EBA perks not specific to business unit
Cons
If you accept a “Project Manager” title here, be aware that you won’t be doing the real project management on community housing construction projects. Most of the role is administrative memo-writing, repeatedly reworked to satisfy layers of upper management who need to justify their positions. Actual delivery capability is minimal. Across the business area, very few people have genuine construction or project management experience and some “Project Managers” have no qualifications or background in the field at all. Hiring often prioritises incompetence over competency, including bringing in people from unrelated areas like HR into senior roles. Because of this, decisions are driven by politics and favouritism, not logic or expertise. The culture is openly political. Favouritism drives outcomes, not capability. People will act in ways that actively harm projects or public outcomes if it protects their own standing. Toxic behaviour is tolerated and often rewarded. If you value integrity, logic, or professional standards, this environment will wear you down quickly. Many in senior leadership from principals, leads, Executive Directors are either here to collect a paycheque or gain social prestige with their title. “Leadership” is self-serving. This is why they keep hiring or promoting inexperienced or unqualified Project Managers: anyone with half a brain will figure out real quick that “leadership” don’t know what they are doing….so they deliberately keep hiring inexperienced people who can’t call “leadership” out. Only work here if you are desperate or wish to see what a failing government culture or “leadership” team looks like. It is useful to see what a failing project/program area operates at least once in your career.