Program Officer – NSW Government (Parramatta)

6-month contract | $63.72 per hour + Super | Hybrid role

Talent International is seeking a Program Officer for our NSW Government client based in Parramatta. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone with strong administrative, communication, and stakeholder management skills to join a strategic governance team. The role is initially for 6 months with a potential for extension.

Key Details:

• Pay: $63.72 per hour + Super
• Contract Length: 6 months, with the possibility of extension
• Hours: 7 hours per day, 35 hours per week
• Location: Hybrid – Level 15, 4 Parramatta Square & Work from Home (WFH)

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage the identification, registration, review, and approval of sale nominations for properties not fit for purpose within the asset portfolio.
• Collaborate closely with the strategic governance team and manage a dedicated mailbox for potential sales, including nominations by Housing Portfolio personnel, tenants, and Community Housing Providers.
• Proactively manage internal and external stakeholder relationships, ensuring alignment with asset management policies.
• Prepare high-quality documentation to support executive-level approval of property sales.
• Maintain accurate data and documentation in relevant IT systems.
• Support and monitor property sales programming.
• Assist in driving process and system improvements to enhance efficiency and business outcomes.

Required Skills and Experience:

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Proven experience in stakeholder management.
• Ability to adapt to high-volume administrative tasks, including mailbox management and spreadsheet documentation.
• Excel proficiency is essential.
• Experience with systems like CM9 (TRIM) and OneSystem is desirable but not mandatory, as training will be provided for IT-literate candidates.

How to Apply:

If this sounds like the perfect opportunity for you, please APPLY NOW by submitting your resume in MS Word format. For more information, contact Uvez Ahmed at Talent International on 02 8240 9596 or via email at uvez.ahmed@talentinternational.com for a confidential discussion.

• Seeking experienced Master Scheduler
• 12 months + 2 x 6 months
• Must be an Australian Citizen

Our Client

Our client is highly respected organisation, who provides services and supports to thousands of individuals around Australia. With multiple locations around Canberra, this vital Government organisation seeks only the most skilled and professional individuals to assist them in developing programs, policies, and initiatives that will improve the quality of life for Australia’s most vulnerable.

The Role

Our client is seeking an experienced Master Scheduler to join their large transformation program. The successful candidate will be responsible for developing, managing, and maintaining detailed production and project schedules to ensure the efficient allocation of resources and on-time delivery.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Ensuring the application of complex project and program information into detailed integrated schedule solutions that achieve deliverables.
• Fostering relationships with a broad range of stakeholders.
• Managing change control with baseline schedules, ensuring relevant artefacts and change logs are in place.
• Performing regular impact analysis, assessment of critical path information and applying risk mitigation strategies that ensure the delivery of scheduling solutions.

Skills and Experience

• Demonstrated experience creating schedules, managing resource constraints in a large enterprise (preferably ICT).
• Strong understanding of resource scheduling, and project management with the ability to create pragmatic schedules highlight issues for resolution such as resource constraints and dependencies on different skillsets.
• Experience of portfolio and project management tools such as MS project, Clarizen and Jira.
• Relevant industry scheduling related qualifications.
• Demonstrated experience in conducting master scheduling for digital transformation projects, with the ability to identify opportunities for improvement and drive change.

Application

To apply for this opportunity, please click ‘APPLY’. For further information, please contact Jaela Smith on 02 6129 6302 or email Jaela.smith@talentinternational.com

• APS5/6 Data Governance Officer
• Contract Term: 12 Month initial Labour hire contract with option to extend further
• Woden location with flexible working arrangements

About the Role
Key Responsibilities:

• Effectively develop staff members, maintain a positive team culture, and ensure quality of outputs for supervised staff.
• Contribute to section corporate management, planning and reporting processes. Establishing and maintaining key relationships and strategic alliances with internal and external stakeholders.
• Manage agreements in line with program management principles and practices and the Department’s framework and ensure compliance.
• Develop policies and guidelines to support divisional data management.
• Deliver secretariat and stakeholder management functions for data related groups, activities, and programs of work.
• Manage the development and maintenance of data assets including the Data Inventory, Data Demand Calendar, and Data Asset Register.
• Other duties in the administration of policy and programs managed by the section, as required.
• Prepare advice through briefs, correspondence, reports, and other documents relevant to program and the progress of implementation.
• Analyse reports and collect data to report on project outcomes.

Skills and Experience

• Strategic and innovative thinking, ability to problem solve and be collaborative.
• Stakeholder engagement: Good interpersonal skills, ability to build productive working relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• Demonstrated ability to take responsibility for own work and contribute to team outcomes. A strong capacity to lead, mentor, develop, encourage, and motivate others.
• Experience in policy/program development, implementation, and management, including demonstrated quantitative and qualitative analytical skills to inform policy design and development
• Demonstrated resilience and flexibility to deliver complex projects in a dynamic environment, often with significant uncertainty and ambiguity including responding positively to changes in requirements
• Strong communication skills (oral and written) and excellent time management skills, including the ability to prioritise competing priorities and meet deadlines

Eligibility/Other Requirements:

• To be eligible for employment in this role, you must be able to provide evidence of Australian citizen, be able to obtain a satisfactory National Police Check.

How to Apply:
To apply for this opportunity, please submit your application to Connie at Talent International by clicking the “APPLY NOW” button. Alternatively, you can contact Connie on 02 6129 6318 for further information.

About the Role:
12-month contract with potential beyond for a APS6 level Co-Design & Engagement Officer to join the Communications & Engagement Division of a Large federal agency currently undertaking several major transformation projects.

12 Month initial hourly rate contract, paying $60.26 hourly + Superannuation.
Based in Richmond or Geelong with 3 days in the office and the rest from home.

Key Duties:

• Coordinating co-design working groups, workshops and other events.
• Managing the development of co-design meeting materials.
• Contributing to the development, implementation and monitoring of targeted co-design and engagement strategies and alignment for the broader engagement strategy and frameworks, with branch and divisional business plans.
• Designing and delivering co-design workshops including conducting and facilitating workshops, generating meaningful insights, and producing effective workplans.
• Building and maintaining relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Coordinating and facilitate the NDIA’s participation in a diverse range of co-design activities and events, including stakeholder meetings, information sessions, forums and webinars.
• Contributing to the implementation and operationalisation of a targeted, proactive engagement strategy, including a forward planned co-design calendar.
• Preparing reports, briefing papers, Ministerial correspondence, and discussion papers for review by Senior Executives.

Key skills required for role/s:

• Stakeholder engagement and lived experience working with people with disability
• Co design experience
• Human centered design
• Project Management

Eligibility/Other Requirements: The successful candidate will be required to undergo a pre-employment National Police History check, Worker Screening check and/or Working with Children Check (where required) and provide evidence of Australian Citizenship.

How to Apply:
To apply for this opportunity, please submit your application to Sam at Talent International by clicking the “APPLY NOW” button. Alternatively, you can email: Samuel.beckett@talentinternational.com for further information.

Opportunity knocks…

Our leading financial-services client has an exciting opportunity available for an outstanding Senior Project Coordinator to join a 12 month contract.

What’s in it for you?

• Auckland central location, hybrid working
• Fortnightly pay
• Competitive daily rate

Why you’re special…

• You will be a seasoned senior project coordinator who is ready to hit the ground running and who brings a positive, adaptable and resilient mindset.
• Prior financial-services experience at a senior level is highly preferred.
• You have experience using project management tools including PPM, Confluence and JIRA.
• You have exceptional communication and organisation skills.

Sound like a role for you? Don’t delay! Hit “apply” today!

Please note, this role is for somebody who has the rights to live and work, and is currently based in Auckland, New Zealand.

• Government Department – Contract until end of June 2025
• CBD Location – Hybrid Working Arrangement
• Project Administration Support

The Business Coordinator will assist in the management of key program governance forums, and production of program and governance artefactsas well as providing wide ranging administration and support functions.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage various program activities such as program retrospectives
• Preparation and updating of various project documents
• Prepare reports and reports to the project team on the report findings
• Support business case development
• Backlog grooming
• Provision of administration support in business-as-usual functions
• Conduct stakeholder identification, analysis and management
• Development of agenda’s and minutes for meetings

Key Skills

• Prior experience working in a Project Officer position
• Strong governance experience
• Strong communications kills and the ability to present to stakeholders
• Keen eye for detail
• Great stakeholder engagement and ability to build trust and rapport
• Prior government department experience would be highly regarded
• Experience in backlog grooming

What in it for you:

• Government Department – Contract until end of June 2025
• CBD Location – Hybris Working Arrangement
• Project Administration Support

This Victorian Government client requires all candidate to have two doses of COVID vaccine plus the booster as per ATAGI guidelines

For more information please call Sarah Jordan on 03 9236 7765 or APPLY ONLINE NOW

• APS5 Co-Design and Engagement
• Contract Term: 6 Months + possible extension options
• Hourly Rate: $55.24 per hour exclusive Super
• Deakin location + Hybrid working arrangement

About the Team:
The Co-Design and Engagement Branch is responsible for developing a NDIS Engagement Framework which will describe the differences between co-design, consultation and information engagement. Co-Design engagement is planned and managed with input from the Co-Design Advisory Group, which has members of the Independent Advisory Council (IAC) and Disability and Carer Representative Organisations (DRCOs).

The Co-Design and Engagement Branch supports all Agency policies, processes or initiatives that require a co-design approach and/or interface with community, mainstream and sector stakeholders. The branch provides advice and operational support when engaging with sector stakeholders and the disability community. It is responsible for managing events and activities logistics for all Agency engagement.

Key Duties:
Responsibilities of the role include but are not limited to:

• Working as part of a high performing team to effectively engage with people with disability, their families and carers using a nationally consistent engagement approach.
• Representing the NDIA at external meetings, providing information and guidance to people with disability, NDIS participants and the wider community.
• Proactively delivering co design and engagement activities and projects against the NDIA Co design and Engagement strategy by applying co design communication and engagement experience.
• Delivering clear, concise and effective messaging to people with disability, their families and carers as well as other community and mainstream stakeholders.
• Creating accessible meeting documents and written communication

Skills and Experience
Key skills required for role/s:

• Written communication
• Project support/management
• Engagement

Desirable skills to have for the role/s:

• Writing accessible documents
• Experience with people with disability
• Facilitation skills

Eligibility/Other Requirements: The successful candidate will be required to undergo a pre-employment National Police History check, Worker Screening check and/or Working with Children Check (where required) and provide evidence of Australian Citizenship.

How to Apply:
To apply for this opportunity, please submit your application to Connie at Talent International by clicking the “APPLY NOW” button. Alternatively, you can contact Connie on 02 6129 6318 for further information.

• Project Officer – EL1 equivalent
• Contract Term: Initial contract until October 2025 + up to 12 Months extension option
• Barton ACT Location – Full time Onsite – Minimum NV1 Security Clearance

About the Role
The Project Officer will assist the Civilian Armoured Vehicle (CAV) team in the management of the Agency’s CAV capability. The successful candidate will work closely with the Armoured Vehicle (AV) team, business areas and technical experts to successfully deliver a range of service improvements and capabilities for CAVs. The Agency operates and manages a fleet of over 100 CAVs constructed by a variety of armourers in over 20 locations internationally.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive administrative support to project teams, including scheduling, documentation, and coordination of activities.
• An ability to develop and maintain a service-oriented culture that provides high quality, reliable and timely support to the CAV Team.
• Experience with designing and producing infographics to support project presentations, reports, and marketing materials.
• Assist in the development and execution of communication plans, create content for various channels, and ensure clear and effective communication within the project team and with stakeholders.
• Assist in the development and implementation of change management strategies to ensure smooth transitions and successful adoption of new processes and systems.
• Assist in the development and delivery of training programs and project plans, supporting the successful implementation of project initiatives.
• An ability to assist in the development and implementation of frameworks, policies, guidelines and other resources that deliver business outcomes
• Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders, ensuring their needs and expectations are met throughout the project lifecycle.

Skills and Experience

• Proven experience in project management or a similar role.
• Vehicle fleet management experience essential.
• Outstanding communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Proficiency in creating infographics and other visual aids.
• Experience in change management practices and principles.
• Experience in developing project plans.
• Demonstrated ability to engage and manage stakeholders effectively.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and/or project management software.

Eligibility/Other Requirements:

• To be eligible for employment in this role, you must be able to provide evidence of Australian citizen.
• Successful candidates will be required to hold a minimum Australian Government NV1 Security Clearance prior to commence the role.

How to Apply:
To apply for this opportunity, please submit your application, including a current CV, a statement of capability of up to 500 words, and contact details for two referees (who will only be contacted if the candidate progresses past the interview stage), to Connie at Talent International by clicking the “APPLY NOW” button.