APS6 IT Project Officer

  • Australia
  • Melbourne
  • Contract
  • AU$60.26 - AU$61.85 per hour

APS6 Project Officer | ICT & Digital Projects

  • 12-month contract with potential extension, commencing ASAP.
  • $61.85 + super per hour.
  • Locations: Richmond, Brisbane, Deakin, Adelaide or Surry Hills.
  • Australian citizenship and ability to obtain Baseline clearance required.

We’re partnering with a federal government agency to recruit three APS6 Project Officers to support a complex ICT and digital delivery environment. This is an opportunity to work closely with project leaders, technical specialists and business stakeholders, helping keep projects coordinated and progressing against agreed milestones.

About the role

You’ll support project planning, governance and reporting across multiple workstreams, maintaining visibility of delivery priorities, risks and dependencies. Your responsibilities will include:

  • Maintaining project plans, schedules, action registers, decision logs, and risk and issue registers.
  • Tracking milestones, deliverables and dependencies, following up on actions and escalating emerging issues.
  • Coordinating governance meetings, including agendas, papers, minutes and briefing materials.
  • Gathering input from technical and business stakeholders to prepare accurate status reports and project updates.
  • Supporting resource planning, prioritisation and improvements to project processes and tools.

About you

You’ll bring experience supporting projects within a complex ICT or digital environment, along with strong organisational skills and a proactive approach to resolving issues.

You’ll also have:

  • Experience managing competing priorities and coordinating activities across multiple workstreams.
  • Strong capability in preparing and maintaining project documentation, reporting and governance materials.
  • The ability to build effective relationships across technical, business and delivery teams.
  • Clear written and verbal communication skills, sound judgement and strong attention to detail.

Experience in Australian Government, Agile or hybrid delivery environments, and tools such as Jira and Confluence will be highly regarded.

Applicants must be Australian citizens and hold, or be able to obtain, a Baseline security clearance. Successful candidates will also need to complete pre-employment screening.

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