Maritime Project Controls & Reporting Lead

Department of Defence; South Canberra; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Department of Defence is seeking a Project Officer to support successful project delivery by coordinating activities, maintaining documentation, monitoring schedules, and assisting with governance and reporting.

You will work with project managers, technical teams, vendors, and business stakeholders, managing competing priorities and facilitating cross-disciplinary communication across the project lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Experience coordinating projects through multiple phases (initiation to transition).
• Ability to prepare and maintain project artefacts and status reports.
• Understanding of project budgets, governance processes, and IT change and release management practices.
• Experience engaging diverse stakeholders across technical and non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate activities across project teams to meet deadlines and outcomes.
• Maintain project documentation, schedules, risks, issues, and action registers.
• Support governance, reporting, and status updates for ongoing projects.
• Engage with vendors, business stakeholders and Navy/Defence project sponsors to facilitate delivery.

Skills

Project coordination

Stakeholder engagement

Governance and reporting

Documentation

Communication

MS Office

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Department of Defence is seeking a Project Officer to support successful project delivery by coordinating activities, maintaining documentation, monitoring schedules, and assisting with governance and reporting.

You will work with project managers, technical teams, vendors, and business stakeholders, managing competing priorities and facilitating cross-disciplinary communication across the project lifecycle.