Project Officer, Tertiary Programs

3 months ago

Canberra, Australia CSIRO Full time

**Acknowledgement of Country**:
CSIRO acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land, sea and waters, of the area that we live and work on across Australia. We acknowledge their continuing connection to their culture and pay our respects to their Elders past and present.

**Child safety**:
CSIRO is committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people involved in our activities and programs. View our Child Safe Policy.

**The opportunity**:

- **Supportive, rewarding, inclusive and truly flexible environment.**:

- **Innovative and collaborative workplace with fantastic flexibility**:

- **Join CSIRO - Australia's premier research organisation**

CSIRO Education and Outreach (CEdO) delivers a range of internship programs that facilitate tertiary STEM student placements with industry and research organisations to give undergraduate students opportunities to gain hands-on, real-world workplace skills and transition into STEM jobs after graduation.

The CEdO internship programs provide facilitation, student-matching services, mentoring and coaching for the participants, as well as dollar-matched grants for businesses (for some programs). Currently CEdO delivers two internship programs: the NSW based Generation STEM Links program (in partnership with SME Connect) and the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) in Victoria.

The Project Officer will be responsible for the successful delivery of one or more of CEdO’s internship programs, which involves promoting the program to students and industry, securing industry partners to ensure contractual KPIs are met, recruiting and facilitating the matching of students with suitable projects and businesses, providing support and mentoring to participants throughout placements, and maintaining and improving processes to track and monitor the progress of placements.

The Project Officer will be required to travel (in some cases interstate) to conduct visits to educational institutions and business partners, as well as attend to events to promote the programs.

**Your duties will include**:

- Recruit and match students with relevant businesses based on location, project alignment, skills, and STEM background.
- Provide mentoring and support to students and businesses who are participating in the program.
- Conduct placement check-ins (online and face-to-face) with businesses and students and coordinate end-of-placement feedback surveys for both students and businesses.
- Establish and maintain strong relationships with businesses to promote the program and increase participation.
- Engage with universities and VET RTOs, build and maintain relationships with educational institutions students to encourage uptake for the program.
- Utilise program data, evidence and feedback to assist with the ongoing improvement and development of the program processes, evaluation methods and systems.
- Work with the communications team to help with marketing and outreach for the program, including maintaining the program website and social media channels.

**Location**:Any CSIRO sites in the following locations: NSW (preferred), Victoria, South Australia, Queensland & Tasmania

**Salary**:AU$93,267 to AU$105,517 pa + 15.4% superannuation

**Tenure**:Specified term of 18 months (March 27th, 2026)

**Reference**:97954

**To be considered you will need**:
**Essential selections criteria**:

- Tertiary qualifications preferably in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics).
- High level written and oral communication skills, with the ability to represent the team/program effectively internally and externally.
- The ability to work independently and solve problems.
- Experience in establishing sustainable relationships with businesses and industry networks.
- Strong project management skills and experience, including high level of organisational and coordination skills, and ability to prioritise work activities to meet program expectations and deadlines.
- Demonstrated understanding of the factors relating to successful placement of tertiary students in employment.
- A valid Australian Class C driver’s licence.

For full details about this role please review the Position Description

**Eligibility**:
**Flexible working arrangements**:
We work flexibly at CSIRO, offering a range of options for how, when and where you work.

**Diversity and inclusion**:
We are working hard to recruit people representing the diversity across our society, and ensure that all our people feel supported to do their best work and feel empowered to let their ideas flourish.

**About CSIRO**:
At CSIRO Australia's national science agency, we solve the greatest challenges through innovative science and technology. We put the safety and wellbeing of our people above all else and earn trust everywhere because we only deal in facts. We collaborate widely and generously and deliver solutions with real impact.

CSIRO is committed to values-based leadership to inspire performance and

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