Project Officer

Hybrid working model | Flexible work arrangements
- Staff benefits including 5 weeks leave & Salary Packaging
- Bring your innovative thinking to Northcott Innovation

**How we look after our employees**:
5 weeks annual leave

Salary packaging up to $15,900 and $2,650 meals and entertainment

Fitness Passport, reduced insurances and many discounts via Perkbox

13 days sick leave

14 weeks maternity leave after 12 months

**About the opportunity**:
The Project Officer will:

- Provide project management and administrative support to Northcott Innovation’s flagship projects, primarily NEST, a home-matching platform for people with disability, developed by Northcott Innovation.
- Provide strategic project management and administrative support to Northcott Innovation’s new and emerging projects.
- To assist with the development, coordination, provision and evaluation of design workshops.

**Role Requirements**:

- Ability to develop and maintain relationships with NEST users (people with disability, their support network, property advertisers) and other external stakeholders.
- Ability to work with people across the organisational spectrum, from senior executive to frontline.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills.
- An enthusiastic team member who is happy to take a hands-on, practical approach to task completion and problem solving.
- Advanced organisational skills with the ability to multitask and prioritise duties.
- Experience working in disability, social impact or non-profit sector.

**Typical duties might include**:

- Taking a lead role in the management of NEST.
- Taking a lead role in the day-to-day management and implementation of Northcott Innovation projects and initiatives, including the administrative, financial and operational processes surrounding project implementation.
- Maintaining a high level of inclusivity and accessibility across all projects, initiatives, workshops and training opportunities.
- Managing and participating in the processes surrounding grants, submissions, funding proposals and/or fundraising initiatives including, but not limited to: research, content creation, budget creation and approvals, operational approvals, stakeholder/customer engagement.
- Providing administrative support to core Northcott Innovation projects such as: data entry; background research; data reports; financial processing.
- Feeding into multi-channel marketing and engagement strategies to promote the work of NI.

**Pre-Employment Requirements**:

- Graduate level qualifications.

**About Northcott**:
Northcott is a not-for-profit disability service provider that works with customers to realise their potential.

As one of Australia’s largest not-for-profit disability service organisations, we provide services from metropolitan and regional locations throughout NSW, QLD, and the ACT. We have more than 90 years of experience and expertise in the disability service industry.

A registered NDIS provider, we employ approximately 2,600 staff and provide empowering, personalised services to over 13,500 people with disability, their families and carers each year.

**Our Values**

Our values have always been a significant part of our service to customers and they have helped shape Northcott into the wonderful organisation it is today. We are Innovative because we develop new ideas and solutions with creativity in anticipation of changing needs. We are Respectful because we believe that everyone’s voice is unique and that they have the right to be heard. We are Brave because we have the courage to stand up for people with all abilities even in the face of adversity.

**Diversity and Inclusion Statement