Senior Project Officer

National Health and Medical Research Council; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) in Melbourne, VIC seeks a Senior Project Officer to support the Clinical Trials and Cohort Studies program. The ideal candidate will be a strategic planner with strong policy insight and excellent stakeholder engagement skills.

The role involves evaluating programs, driving process improvements, drafting papers, managing grant activities and coordinating with internal and external partners. Australian citizenship and security checks apply.

Qualifications

• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to work in small teams with limited direction.
• Experience in program and project management.
• Good judgement and strategic-thinking skills.
• Experience in science, research, health, public health, nutrition, environmental health, social science or related fields.

Responsibilities

• Support delivery of NHMRC's Clinical Trials and Cohort Studies program.
• Develop, implement evaluation programs and contribute to reporting requirements.
• Lead process and policy improvements with diverse stakeholders.
• Draft high-quality papers, briefs, submissions and reports.
• Contribute to grant programs development and management.
• Supervise staff if required.

Job description

National Health and Medical Research Council - Melbourne VIC

The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) is seeking an experienced and high performing candidate to fill the role of Senior Project Officer. The ideal candidate is a highly motivated, organised strategic planner with a strong understanding of policy implications and excellent people skills for effective engagement with internal and external stakeholders.

The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) is seeking an experienced and high performing candidate to fill the role of Senior Project Officer. The ideal candidate is a highly motivated, organised strategic planner with a strong understanding of policy implications and excellent people skills for effective engagement with internal and external stakeholders.

The key duties of the position include:

As the Senior Project Officer, you will support the delivery of NHMRCs Clinical Trials and Cohort Studies program including:

• Developing and implementing evaluation programs and contribute to reporting requirements.
• Contributing and lead process and policy improvements while interacting and communicating with a diverse range of audiences.
• Analysing and interpreting legislation, regulations, policies and guidelines, and provide appropriate and timely advice and information.
• Building and maintaining positive relationships with a diverse range of internal and external stakeholders at all levels of seniority.
• Drafting high-quality agenda papers, minutes, briefs, ministerial submissions, public correspondence, media responses, reports, research papers and other written work.
• Contributing to the development, management and implementation of grant programs.
• Being a subject matter expert in the use of NHMRC grant management and related reporting systems.
• Managing communication, procurement and peer review committee activities.
• Contributing to section, branch and organisational business and strategic planning.
• Being flexible in contributing capacity and expertise to different programs during busy periods.
• Supervising staff if required.

The successful candidate will demonstrate the following:

• Excellent oral and written communication skills, including the ability to draft complex briefings and papers to a consistently high standard.
• The ability to work in small teams with limited direction and flexibility across different projects.
• The ability to identify and work through process and policy improvement activities involving multiple stakeholders.
• The ability to contribute to complex work with tight timeframes.
• The ability to build and maintain productive working relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders.
• Experience in program and project management.
• Good judgement and strategic-thinking skills, including problem solving.
• Experience in science, research, health, public health, nutrition, environmental health, social science or related fields.

Eligibility

To be eligible for a position at NHMRC, you must be an Australian citizen and be able to provide evidence of this. If successful, you will be required to undertake a Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check.

Notes

NHMRC is an inclusive and diverse employer that supports gender equity and diversity in leadership. We welcome and encourage applications from everyone, including People with Disability, First Nations peoples, LGBTIQA+ people, mature age people and people from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse backgrounds.

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Getting to know the National Health and Medical Research Council

The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) is Australia's leading Government agency for supporting health and medical research for the improvement of individual and population health. It does this through funding high quality research, supporting the translation of research into evidence-based practice and policy, providing guidance on responsible research practices and ethical issues, and administration of legislation governing research using human embryos. In addition, NHMRC has responsibilities in relation to implementation of the Medical Research Future Fund.NHMRC engages closely with a range of stakeholders across the health system and community to ensure that health and medical research meets the needs of the Australian community. This includes governments, researchers, biotech industries and other business leaders, medical, nursing and allied health practitioners, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and research leaders, teaching and research institutions, health services, community health organisations, consumers and carers.NHMRC's responsibilities include engagement with the health and medical research sector and broader community to manage NHMRC's grants system which has up to 57,000 external users and is responsible for coordinating and administering grants processes totalling more than $1.5 billion annually.NHMRC has a workforce of around 250 staff, with most located in the Canberra office, with a smaller number in our Melbourne office. NHMRC offers attractive flexible work arrangements which allow staff to work from home.NHMRC is dedicated to championing gender equity and diversity, ensuring equal opportunities for all staff in our pursuit of excellence in health research.