Senior Project Officer: Transition & Stakeholder Lead

SAHMRI; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging up to $15,900

Job summary

SAHMRI invites applications for a fixed-term 12-month role to operationally administer the National Indigenous Kidney Transplantation Taskforce (NIKTT) as it transitions to lasting hosts. You will negotiate, coordinate handovers, engage communities and stakeholders, and deliver remaining priorities including a data dashboard and governance reviews.

The successful candidate will bring strong project management, stakeholder engagement, data visualisation and report-writing skills, with a clear

Qualifications

• Commitment to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ access to health care.
• Knowledge, experience, or engagement with programs around chronic health conditions for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
• Well-developed project management skills with the ability to manage multiple deliverables and stakeholders.
• Experience in stakeholder consultation and relationship management with community, clinical, and government stakeholders.
• Experience with data visualisation, dashboard development, or presenting complex health data to varied audiences.
• Experience in report and proposal writing, synthesising literature and evidence into actionable recommendations.
• Strong decision-making skills, ability to work independently and exercise professional judgement.
• Support SAHMRI’s reconciliation and partnership with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People

Responsibilities

• Coordinate the transition of NIKTT’s work, including identifying and engaging appropriate long-term hosts for ongoing initiatives, managing decommissioning of work, and communicating with stakeholders during the transition.
• Complete community consultations for the NIKTT data dashboard and publish the dashboard for broad dissemination to stakeholders.
• Finalise performance reports, including assessment of progress against TSANZ recommendations.
• Manage day-to-day administration of the NIKTT funding contract, track milestones, and prepare reports to funders.
• Participate in special projects to improve processes, tools, systems and organisation.
• Uphold health and safety practices and SAHMRI’s Work, Health and Safety policies.
• Implement the Institute’s WHS Management System and related regulations.
• Align duties with SAHMRI’s Vision, Mission and Values and Code of Conduct.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder engagement

Data visualisation

Report writing

Communication skills

Indigenous health knowledge

Independent work

Job description

SAHMRI invites applications for a fixed-term 12-month role to operationally administer the National Indigenous Kidney Transplantation Taskforce (NIKTT) as it transitions to lasting hosts. You will negotiate, coordinate handovers, engage communities and stakeholders, and deliver remaining priorities including a data dashboard and governance reviews.

The successful candidate will bring strong project management, stakeholder engagement, data visualisation and report-writing skills, with a clear