Lead Project Officer

1 week ago


Adelaide, Australia SA Government -DEPARTMENT FOR CHILD PROTECTION Full time

**Department for Child Protection**
**Job reference**: 657520
**Location**: 5000 - ADELAIDE
**Job status**: Short Term Contract
**Eligibility**: Open to Everyone

**Role Status**: Full-Time Term Vacancy until 17 February 2026
**Remuneration**: ASO7 ($108,109 - $116,864 p.a. + 11.5% Super)

**Role Details**:
The Department for Child Protection (DCP) is seeking a **Lead Project Officer** to join the Business Improvement Unit on a full-time term basis.

The role is responsible for:

- Building collaborative relationships with a wide range of stakeholders, both internal and external to the department.
- Providing leadership in the development, design, implementation, and evaluation of high priority projects and change activities.
- Providing strategic planning expertise to realise the anticipated benefits for projects, change activities, and directorate planning priorities.
- Conducting high level, evidence based research to provide expert advice on projects, programs, and change activities.

**About You**

To be successful in this role, you need to enjoy resolving complex problems and designing creative solutions in collaboration with a wide range of stakeholders to successfully realise project objectives.

Your person-centred approach to working and ability to effectively communicate will enable you to lead others through change and enable everyone to reach the finish line together.

If you like working with passionate people, a fun team-first environment, collaborating with others to design solutions for complex problems, and building relationships with a wide range of stakeholders then this is the role for you.

**About the Business**

The Department for Child Protection (DCP) plays a key role in the protection of children, young people and their families within South Australia. The department provides support to vulnerable children and young people to be safe, strong and connected.

**Special Conditions**

To find out more about this role, including the **key selection criteria** and **special conditions**, please click on the attached role description.

To **apply** for this role, please click the 'apply' button to be re-directed to the DCP Career Portal.

**Applications close**: 18/03/2025 11:00 PM



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