Senior Project Officer

University of New South Wales; Sydney; Sur place; AUD 55 000 - 96 000; Temps partiel

Résumé du poste

University of New South Wales is seeking a Senior Project Officer in Sydney, casual work type within the Administration category. The role focuses on gathering findings from centre reports to advocate for stronger research capacity in intellectual disability health.

You will use the Strengthening Research Capacity Strategy as a framework for synthesis of recent reports and to support advocacy for greater research recognition, MRFF/NHMRC investment, and inclusive research funding processes.

Qualifications

• A relevant tertiary qualification and extensive project management experience.
• Proven experience in developing project plans, objectives, documentation and lifecycle understanding.
• Ability to influence stakeholders and communicate effectively.

Responsabilités

• Monitor the delivery of projects and initiatives.
• Contribute to development of project plans and schedules.
• Identify and provide solutions to project risks and issues.
• Liaise with project stakeholders to ensure metrics (time, cost, quality) meet deliverables and deadlines.
• Provide strategic and detailed project support and advisory to project team and stakeholders.
• Ensure projects are managed in alignment with UNSW governance requirements.

Connaissances

Stakeholder influence

Advanced MS Office

Project life cycle

Formation

Relevant tertiary qualification

Outils

Microsoft Office

Project databases/management systems

Description du poste

Job no: 543979
Work type: Casual
Location: Sydney, NSW
Categories: Administration

The National Centre of Excellence in Intellectual Disability Health aims to improve health outcomes for people with intellectual disability.
We are seeking a Senior Project Officer with excellent research, synthesis and writing skills.

You will bring together findings from the Centres reports to inform advocacy to strengthen research capacity for inclusive intellectual disability health research.

You will use the Centre’s Strengthening Research Capacity Strategy as the framework for synthesising findings from recent reports including:

• Audit of Intellectual Disability Health Research Funding in Australia
• What is Important to Us in Health Research? Establishing National Health Research Priorities Through a Co-Design Process
• First Nations and Intellectual Disability Inclusive Research Report

You will develop clear, evidence-informed messages to support advocacy for:

• greater recognition of intellectual disability health as a research priority
• increased investment from the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) and the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
• funding processes that support inclusive research
• meaningful involvement of people with intellectual disability in research.

This role will also:

• Monitor the delivery of projects and initiatives.
• Contribute to the development of project plans, schedules.
• Identify and provide solutions to project risks and issues.
• Liaise with project stakeholders to ensure project metrics including time, cost and quality are being met within defined deliverables and deadlines.
• Provide strategic and detailed project support and advice to project team and stakeholders.
• Ensure projects are managed consistently and adheres to UNSW governance requirements.
• Cooperate with all health and safety policies and procedures of the university and take all reasonable care to ensure that your actions or omissions do not impact on the health and safety of yourself or others.

A person engaged is generally expected to have the following skills and experience:

• A relevant tertiary qualification and extensive project management experience.
• Proven experience in the development of project plans, objectives, documentation and demonstrated understanding of the project life cycle.
• Ability to influence stakeholders.
• Advanced level of computer literacy and skills in Microsoft Office applications and project related databases and management systems.

Aligned with UNSW’s focus on cultivating a workplace defined by safety, ethical conduct, and strong integrity preferred candidates will be required to participate in a combination of pre-employment checks relevant to the role they have applied for.

These pre-employment checks may include a combination of some of the following checks:-

• National and International Criminal history checks
• Entitlement to work and ID checks
• Working With Children Checks
• Completion of a Gender-Based Violence Prevention Declaration
• Verification of relevant qualifications
• Verification of relevant professional membership
• Employment history and reference checks
• Financial responsibility assessments/checks.
• Medical Checks and Assessments

Compliance with the necessary combination of these checks is a condition of employment at UNSW.

If you require any further information regarding the role, please contact Jane Lloyd [e-mail]

Advertised: 23 Oct 2026 AUS Eastern Daylight Time
Applications close: 30 Oct 2026 AUS Eastern Daylight Time