APS6 Project Officer- ICT & Digital Delivery

DFP Recruitment; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

DFP Recruitment is seeking an experienced APS6 Project Officer to join a large Australian Federal Government ICT program. The role focuses on planning, coordination and governance across multiple workstreams, with strong reporting and milestone visibility.

Based in Adelaide CBD, the 12-month labour-hire contract offers full-time hours, start ASAP subject to pre-employment checks, and the potential for extension.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated project coordination experience within a complex ICT or digital delivery environment.
• Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage competing priorities and multiple workstreams.
• Experience developing and maintaining project management artefacts including project plans, schedules, status reports and risk/action registers.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills across technical, business and delivery teams.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Supporting the planning, coordination and delivery of ICT project activities
• Developing and maintaining project plans, schedules, action registers, risk and issue registers and decision logs
• Monitoring milestones, deliverables, dependencies and outstanding actions
• Coordinating project governance activities including agendas, meeting papers, minutes and status reporting
• Preparing briefs, reports, presentations and other project documentation
• Gathering and consolidating information from technical and business stakeholders
• Identifying and escalating emerging risks, issues and delivery delays
• Coordinating stakeholder input across multidisciplinary project teams
• Supporting project planning, prioritisation and continuous improvement activities

Skills

Project coordination

Stakeholder engagement

Communication

Organization

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Job description

An exciting opportunity is available for an experienced APS6 Project Officer to join a large Federal Government agency, supporting the delivery of a complex ICT and digital transformation program.

This is a 12-month labour-hire contract, with potential for extension, and would suit an experienced Project Officer who is confident working across multiple workstreams, coordinating stakeholders and maintaining strong project governance and reporting practices.

The Role

Working closely with project leadership and multidisciplinary ICT delivery teams, you will support the planning, coordination and delivery of key project activities. You will help maintain visibility across milestones, dependencies, risks, issues and deliverables while ensuring project activities remain aligned with agreed priorities and timeframes.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Supporting the planning, coordination and delivery of ICT project activities
• Developing and maintaining project plans, schedules, action registers, risk and issue registers and decision logs
• Monitoring milestones, deliverables, dependencies and outstanding actions
• Coordinating project governance activities including agendas, meeting papers, minutes and status reporting
• Preparing briefs, reports, presentations and other project documentation
• Gathering and consolidating information from technical and business stakeholders
• Identifying and escalating emerging risks, issues and delivery delays
• Coordinating stakeholder input across multidisciplinary project teams
• Supporting project planning, prioritisation and continuous improvement activities

About You To be successful, you will ideally have:

• Demonstrated project coordination experience within a complex ICT or digital delivery environment
• Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage competing priorities and multiple workstreams
• Experience developing and maintaining project management artefacts including project plans, schedules, status reports and risk/action registers
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills across technical, business and delivery teams
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Sound judgement and a proactive approach to identifying and resolving project risks and issues
• Previous Australian Government project experience would be highly regarded
• Experience working within Agile, hybrid or multidisciplinary ICT environments is desirable
• Experience with Jira, Confluence or similar project management tools would be advantageous

The Details

• Classification: APS6 equivalent
• Pay Rate: $61.85 per hour + superannuation
• Contract: 12 months, with potential extension
• Hours: Full-time
• Start: ASAP, subject to pre-employment requirements
• Location: Adelaide CBD
• Clearance: Ability to obtain and maintain a Baseline security clearance

Australian citizenship is Essential. Candidates will also be required to successfully complete relevant pre-employment screening.

If you are an experienced Project Officer with a background in ICT, digital transformation or complex project delivery, we would love to hear from you.

DFP welcomes applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds and people with disability. In addition, DFP will provide reasonable adjustments for individuals with disability throughout the recruitment process. If you identify as a person with disability and require adjustments to the application, recruitment, selection and/or assessment process, please advise [e-mail]1300 337 000and indicate your preferred method of communication (email, phone, text) so we can keep in touch and meet your accessibility needs.