APS6 Project Officer: Data-Driven Delivery & Stakeholders

Select Aust Sydney; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Randstad is seeking an APS6 Project Officer to join a collaborative federal government department. You will plan, manage, and deliver workforce readiness projects within established governance frameworks and contribute to continuous operational improvement.

You will coordinate schedules, monitor budgets, manage risks and dependencies, and develop dashboards and executive briefs for senior leaders, ensuring milestones are met on time.

Qualifications

• Proven experience interrogating, validating, and analysing complex, multi-source datasets.
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel (complex formulas, pivot tables, lookup functions, data validation).
• Familiarity with digital collaboration platforms (Teams, SharePoint) and business intelligence tools such as Power BI.
• Experience developing project plans, managing risk registers, monitoring budgets, and governance in a formal project framework.
• Ability to write high-quality business cases, executive briefs, and status reports for senior leadership.
• Strong critical thinking to identify root causes and practical solutions; excellent collaboration across multidisciplinary teams.
• Experience in government/public sector projects, ideally in disability/health/human services sectors.

Responsibilities

• Plan, manage, and deliver workforce readiness projects within governance frameworks.
• Coordinate schedules, track budgets, oversee quality assurance, and manage risks and dependencies.
• Analyse complex datasets and build dashboards to provide actionable insights for executives.
• Lead stakeholder engagement, draft briefs and business cases, and develop materials for operational improvement.

Skills

Project management

Data analysis

Stakeholder engagement

Executive briefs

Reporting dashboards

Tools

Power BI

Microsoft Excel

Teams

SharePoint

Job description

Randstad is seeking an APS6 Project Officer to join a collaborative federal government department. You will plan, manage, and deliver workforce readiness projects within established governance frameworks and contribute to continuous operational improvement.

You will coordinate schedules, monitor budgets, manage risks and dependencies, and develop dashboards and executive briefs for senior leaders, ensuring milestones are met on time.