Program Advisor

Posted 17 May 2023
- SalaryNegotiable
- LocationCarseldine
- Job type Contract
- DisciplineProject Services + Transformation
- Reference261452_1684280887

**Job description**:
A Brisbane-based government department is currently seeking a Program Advisor to provide project support to project managers on one or more projects. On a contract until February 2024.

As Program Advisor, you will play an essential role in assisting project managers with the preparation of project documentation, maintaining project schedules, preparing financial reports, monitoring change, risk, and issue registers, and performing other duties as required.

**Responsibilities**
- Assist the Project Manager with the preparation of project documentation including project initiation documents, work package documents and status reports within a PRINCE2 environment, providing a quality assurance role over project artefacts.
- Assist the Project Manager to maintain the project schedules, including undertaking weekly reviews with the Project Manager, ensuring timesheets have been submitted with correct allocation to project activities, ensuring actuals and to go hours have been applied to project activities, maintaining project leave calendars, and ensuring resource allocations and project forecasts are accurate.
- Prepare project financial reports reconciling and reporting budgets, actuals, forecast, variances, and billing information.
- Assist the Project Manager to maintain and monitor change, risk, and issue registers by providing weekly reviews.

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**Qualifications**
- Experience in project management and hold a relevant degree
- You should have excellent organizational skills, an eye for detail, and the ability to work to tight deadlines.
- Be a self-starter with the ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills are essential