Project Officer

Hoban Recruitment; Canberra; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

HOBAN Recruitment is partnering with a large Federal Government agency to recruit an experienced APS6 Project Officer to support the delivery of complex ICT and digital transformation initiatives.

This role is ideal for a highly organised project professional who thrives in a fast-paced environment, coordinating activities across technical and business teams to drive outcomes, maintain governance, manage risks, and keep projects on track to meet priorities and timeframes.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting or coordinating projects within a complex ICT or digital delivery environment.
• Ability to develop and maintain project management artefacts and reporting.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
• Sound judgement, initiative and problem-solving capability.
• Experience in Federal Government or Agile project environments is highly regarded.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and support the delivery of ICT project activities across a complex program environment.
• Maintain project plans, schedules, risk/issue registers, action logs and reporting documentation.
• Prepare governance packs, meeting agendas, minutes and status reports.
• Monitor milestones and dependencies, escalating risks as required.
• Engage with stakeholders across business and technical teams.
• Support governance, planning and continuous improvement activities.

Skills

Organisational skills

Stakeholder engagement

Communication

Governance & reporting

Problem solving

Job description

HOBAN Recruitment is partnering with a large Federal Government agency to recruit an experienced APS6 Project Officer to support the delivery of complex ICT and digital transformation initiatives.

This is an excellent opportunity for a highly organised project professional who thrives in a fast-paced environment and enjoys working across technical and business teams to drive project outcomes. Reporting to senior project leadership, you will play a key role in coordinating project activities, monitoring deliverables, supporting governance processes, managing risks and dependencies, and ensuring projects remain on track against agreed priorities and timeframes.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate and support the delivery of ICT project activities across a complex program environment.
• Maintain project plans, schedules, risk and issue registers, action logs and reporting documentation.
• Prepare governance packs, meeting agendas, minutes, briefing papers and status reports.
• Monitor project milestones, dependencies and deliverables, escalating risks and issues where required.
• Engage with a broad range of stakeholders across business and technical teams.
• Support project governance, planning, prioritisation and continuous improvement activities.

About You

To be successful, you will demonstrate:

• Experience supporting or coordinating projects within a complex ICT or digital delivery environment.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Experience developing and maintaining project management artefacts and reporting.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
• Sound judgement, initiative and problem-solving capability.
• Experience working within Federal Government or Agile project environments will be highly regarded.

What's on Offer

• APS6 equivalent opportunity within a high-profile Federal Government program.
• Collaborative and supportive team environment.
• Exposure to large-scale ICT and transformation initiatives.
• Opportunity to contribute to projects that deliver meaningful outcomes for Australians.

Applicants must be Australian Citizens and be able to obtain and maintain a Baseline Security Cleara

At HOBAN we encourage applications from people with disability, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, people of all genders, LGBTI people, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

We provide reasonable adjustments; including alternate formats to the recruitment process for individuals with disability. If you require an adjustment to be made during the recruitment process, please email our Adjustments Coordinator at***********@hoban.com.auor visit www.hoban.com.au/adjustmentsfor additional contact details.