Principal Project Officer

2 months ago


Brisbane, Australia Agriculture and Fisheries Full time

**You will**:

- Develop and promote a culture of continuous improvement that facilitates positive project efficiencies and outcomes, constructive business relationships and engagements and mutually beneficial collaboration with key stakeholders.
- Ensure all aspects of the project/s including planning, resourcing, monitoring, reporting and implementation occur in a timely manner and to the highest standards as required.
- Actively prioritise, coordinate and undertake project activities and effectively address and/or communicate any issues promptly depending on impact and criticality.
- Utilise contemporary change management theory and skills to ensure the successful delivery of project outcomes and solutions to the business.
- Provide expert advice and information to senior officers and stakeholders on project variables including emerging impediments and any opportunities and present solutions and recommendations to support successful program outcomes.
- Develop and/or implement strategies and tools for the continuous monitoring and evaluation of the project/s including risk and contingency planning and management, benefits realisation and quality measures and standards.
- Utilise specialised skills and technical knowledge by undertaking ongoing high-level tasks and prepare and/or provide timely and well-researched complex reports, briefing notes, submissions and verbal briefings and presentations to senior leadership and internal and external stakeholders as required.
- Ensure all associated governance arrangements, statutory obligations, policies and procedures and protocols are followed and/or reported as they relate to project requirements.
- Lead and/or mentor team members to support the agency in meeting policy commitments and initiatives in addition to individual professional development needs.
- Represent the unit or the department in a range of forums including inter departmental and stakeholder meetings as required.
- Actively contribute to other program/policy activities as directed.

Essential requirements
- Advanced project management skills.
- High level analytic, conceptual, organisational and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to effectively provide authoritative advice using effective oral and written communication skills.

You may also have
- A relevant tertiary qualification is highly desirable.

Why join the department?
The work we do is widespread and varied, but our people are united by an innate sense of purpose, and a passion to serve their fellow Queenslanders. Our people are talented, down-to-earth, and resilient, and the work they do every day fills them with gratification and pride. This is what keeps them coming back.

Just imagine what you could achieve with us.

Please refer to the role description for further detail.

Applications to remain current for 12 months.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License.



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