Senior Strategic Project Officer

Full-Time, Fixed-Term - 12 months48.13 per hour + super + salary packagingWork for a multi-award-winning iconic community health organisationGenerous salary packaging options to reduce your cohealth taxable income

So why cohealth?

cohealth leads the way in reducing health and social inequity in partnership with people and the communities in which they live. Named Premier's Health Service of the Year (Primary) and the Supporting LGBTIQ+ Health Service at the Victorian Public Healthcare Awards, cohealth's 1000 staff demonstrate courage, leadership, innovation, and agility in their commitment to providing inclusive and culturally safe health services that protect the human rights of all people of all gender identities, sexualities, ages, cultural and linguistic backgrounds, faiths, and abilities.

Our inclusive workplace culture enables staff to bring their whole selves to work, where uniqueness is valued, and people experience a feeling of belonging. Our aim is for everyone to thrive in their role. Please click here to find out more.

About the role

As a Senior Strategic Project Officer, you will play a key role in executing strategic initiatives by establishing governance structures, coordinating cross-functional teams, managing project timelines, and ensuring alignment with cohealth's mission.

Please refer to the Position Description for more information.

Your duties include :

• Collaborate with the Leadership Hub, Leadership Network, key operational roles, and the broader community to align with organisational goals and strategic priorities
• Develop, manage, and refine comprehensive project milestone and deliverable schedules, ensuring the effective sequencing and prioritisation of projects
• Provide advice on issues, options, and solutions as directed and collaboratively implement agreed outcomes
• Build transformation capability across the organisation in collaboration with the Executive Director, Strategy and Development

What cohealth offers :

• Exciting Parental leave benefits: cohealth offers primary carers 14 weeks paid parental leave upon completion of only 6 months of continuous service. Eligible co-workers will continue to receive superannuation on unpaid parental leave as well.
• Salary packaging to suit you - tax free amount of up to $15,900 p.a (mortgage, rent, or credit cards) and a further $2,650 p.a (meal, entertainment expenses, and holiday accommodation) alongside generous reward programs from our salary packaging providers. Find out more on salary packaging here.
• Novated Leasing available
• Counselling services for you and your immediate family through our EAP-Access provider, and mindfulness, resilience, and wellbeing programs
• We offer inclusion, equality, and opportunity in a workplace where making a difference counts (based on our guiding principles and values)

Our ideal candidate :

• A tertiary qualification in business, project management, or a related field and minimum five (5) years of project management experience
• Experience in supporting the planning and monitoring of organisational strategy and/or complex service development projects within a legislative framework
• Ability to analyse and synthesise qualitative and quantitative data
• Strong coordination, organisational and time management skills

Application Process

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Applications close 31 August 2025 at 10pm.

We will be conducting interviews for this role as applications are received. If you have any questions regarding this role, please contact Grace Crowe at

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check (NCCHC), a Working With Children Check (WWCC), complete a Pre-Employment Declaration Form, evidence of legal rights to work in Australia, and evidence of vaccination.

Successful applicants will be required to provide evidence of immunisation assessment including Influenza within 12 weeks of commencement. This is in accordance with the Victorian Minister of Health Mandatory Vaccination Orders and legislated requirement for influenza vaccination.

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