
APS6 Senior Project Officer (Government Relations)
The opportunity:
Our highly valued client is a federal government agency, who are seeking an APS6 Senior Project Officer (Government Relations).
- Geelong location with 3 days in office and 2 from home
- Hourly rate of $60.26 + super on offer
- 12 month initial contract with likely ongoing extensions
The role:
As an APS6 Senior Project Officer, your responsibilities would also include:
- Developing and managing project plans for jurisdictional governance meetings and events in accordance with the Agency’s project management framework
- Providing specialist advice and technical expertise to staff and stakeholders
- Performing independent research work and analysis including the preparation of draft reports, including on relevant governance activities
- Coordinating regular governance project reporting including status updates
- Preparing draft written material including business cases, plans, executive briefs and corporate documentation
- Contributing to project quality management of governance tasks to ensure that deliverables are fit for purpose and meet client needs
- Building governance-related capability across the Agency by engaging and working with subject matter experts, implementing processes and tools, and undertaking continuous quality improvement of existing practises and processes
- Maintaining the register of actions, issues and risks arising from trilateral forums and prepare progress reports for the senior executive
- Analysing information from a variety of sources to identify and monitor emerging themes relevant to the work of the Agency or its participation in the intergovernmental forums
Skills and experience:
To succeed in this role you will need:
- Previous experience in government, with experience in or exposure to intergovernmental relations and engagement
- Previous Project management or project support experience
- Experience in supporting governance/executive meetings, and taking minutes and recording actions
- Strong attention to detail and highly developed written skills, and experience in briefs writing, correspondence, agendas, minutes, etc.
- Exceptional stakeholder relationship management and engagement skills internally within large complex organisations, and externally
- Experience in arranging complex internal and external stakeholder meetings
- Ability to manage multiple competing priorities and deliver to deadlines
Please note that this role is only open to Australian Citizens.
Apply:
Submit your resume, or for further information please contact jarrodd.edwards@talentinternational.com