Gold Coast Project Support Officer - 12-Month Contract

Osborne and Richardson; Gold Coast City; On-site; AUD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Osborne Richardson are partnering with the Department of Transport and Main Roads on a 12 month contract for a Project Support Officer (AO3), based at TMR's Nerang office on the Gold Coast. You’ll join the ITS&E South Coast team within the Engineering & Technology Branch, reporting to the Principal Engineer.

The team sits in Transport Operations Technologies, which looks after the technology that keeps the road network running safely and moving people and goods efficiently.

Qualifications

• Solid experience providing administrative or project support to project managers or teams in infrastructure/government settings.
• High level of competency in Microsoft 365, especially Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Understanding of procurement, with procurement or finance experience in an infrastructure environment.
• Experience preparing documents, reports and minutes, and maintaining registers and spreadsheets.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to build good working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Current C class driver licence and willingness to undergo employment screening, including a criminal history check.

Responsibilities

• Providing high-level admin support to project managers and the team: coordinating meetings, taking and distributing minutes, preparing documents, reports and presentations
• Setting up and maintaining spreadsheets and registers, and keeping everyone up to date with timely information
• Supporting financial approval documentation, contract administration systems and procurement activities, including preparing procurement documentation and assisting with tender processes
• Liaising with external parties in line with the department’s procurement and governance framework
• Compiling, tracking and recording project documentation, and following up to make sure deliverables and approvals land within set timeframes
• Making sure practices meet departmental and regional policy, legislation (including WH&S) and governance obligations

Skills

MS Office

Administrative support

Stakeholder communication

Tools

Microsoft 365

Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Osborne Richardson are partnering with the Department of Transport and Main Roads on a 12 month contract for a Project Support Officer (AO3), based at TMR's Nerang office on the Gold Coast. You’ll join the ITS&E South Coast team within the Engineering & Technology Branch, reporting to the Principal Engineer.

The team sits in Transport Operations Technologies, which looks after the technology that keeps the road network running safely and moving people and goods efficiently.