APS6 Project Officer

Talent Corp; Sydney; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Talent International is seeking an APS6 Project Officer to support planning, coordination and delivery of ICT projects for a Federal Government client in Sydney’s Surry Hills. The role is a 12-month contract with potential extension and pays $61.85 per hour plus super.

7.6 hours per day (38 hours per week). You will work with project leadership and multidisciplinary teams to track milestones, risks and deliverables, and to maintain governance and status reporting across complex ICT programs.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting ICT/digital projects in a government/complex environment.
• Experience developing and maintaining project plans, schedules and risk registers.
• Strong stakeholder engagement with technical and business teams.
• Excellent written and verbal communication for reports and governance.
• Knowledge of ICT governance practices and agile delivery.
• Experience with Jira/Confluence or similar tools.

Responsibilities

• Support planning, coordination and delivery of ICT project activities against priorities, milestones and timeframes.
• Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, risk and issue registers, decision logs and documentation.
• Track milestones, deliverables and dependencies; escalate risks or delays.
• Coordinate governance meetings with agendas, papers and minutes.
• Consolidate information from stakeholders for accurate status reports.
• Build relationships across ICT delivery teams and stakeholders.
• Coordinate stakeholder input to resolve issues and progress activities.
• Support risk assessment, mitigation tracking, and resource planning.
• Prepare briefs, correspondence, and reports for varied audiences.
• Maintain project records and contribute to process improvements.

Skills

Project planning

Coordination

Delivery management

Stakeholder engagement

Governance documentation

Jira

Confluence

Agile / hybrid delivery

Communication skills

Risk management

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Talent International is currently recruiting for an APS6 Project Officer to work for one of ourFederal Government clientsat Surry Hills. The position isa 12-month contract with the possibility of extension. The role pays $61.85 per hour + Super.

7.6 hours per day and 38 hours per week

About the role

You will support the planning, coordination and delivery of activities across a complex ICT program and project environment. Working closely with project leadership and multidisciplinary teams, you will track milestones, dependencies, risks and deliverables to help keep projects aligned with agreed priorities and timeframes.

This opportunity suits a proactive, highly organised project professional who can coordinate technical and business stakeholders, manage competing priorities and identify emerging delivery issues.

Key responsibilities

• Support the planning, coordination and delivery of ICT project activities against agreed priorities, milestones and timeframes.
• Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, action registers, risk and issue registers, decision logs and other project documentation.
• Track milestones, deliverables and dependencies, follow up outstanding actions and elevate emerging risks, issues or delays.
• Coordinate governance meetings, including preparing agendas, meeting papers, minutes and action items.
• Gather, analyse and consolidate information from technical and business stakeholders to prepare accurate project status reports.
• Build effective relationships across ICT delivery teams, business areas and internal and external stakeholders.
• Coordinate stakeholder input and communication to help resolve issues and progress project activities.
• Support risk assessment, mitigation tracking, resource planning and prioritisation across multiple workstreams.
• Prepare high-quality briefs, correspondence, presentations and reports for a range of audiences
• Maintain accurate project records and contribute to improvements in project processes, templates and tools.

About you

To be successful, you will demonstrate:

• Experience supporting project planning, coordination and delivery within a complex ICT or digital environment.
• Strong organisational skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities, monitor multiple workstreams and support delivery against agreed milestones.
• Experience developing and maintaining project plans, schedules, status reports, action registers, and risk and item registers.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills and the ability to work effectively with technical, business and delivery teams.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including preparing project reports, briefs, governance documents and correspondence.
• Initiative, sound judgement and problem-solving skills, including identifying emerging risks and dependencies and escalating matters appropriately.
• Experience working within an Australian Government ICT program or project environment.
• Knowledge of contemporary project management methodologies and ICT governance practices.
• Experience working in Agile, hybrid or multidisciplinary ICT delivery teams.
• Experience using Jira, Confluence or similar project management, collaboration and reporting tools