Project Officer

5 days ago

Melbourne, Australia Department of Health Full time

Location: Melbourne | CBD

Job type: Full time / Until 30 June 2026

Organisation: Department of Health

**Salary**: $91,418 - $103,725

Occupation: Projects

Reference: VG/DH/HI/1740146

**Role purpose**

The Project Officer will provide coordination and administrative support to various Asset Management continuous improvement projects. The role provides key support with administration of the program of works to be delivered including procurement, correspondence, preparing documents and record management. The role is the primary point of contact for system support for internal and external users including personnel from program areas and health services in addition to external contractors and consultants.

**Are you**:

- A person with excellent written and verbal communication skills?
- Passionate about working collaboratively to achieve project deliverables?
- Committed to delivery of business improvement projects?
- A highly organised individual, looking to work across a breadth of activities?

**Technical expertise**:
Knowledge of health systems and project management would be an advantage.

**Knowledge and skills**:

- **Problem solving**: seeks all relevant information for problem solving; investigates and probes for the facts; liaises with stakeholders; analyses issues from different perspectives and draws sound inferences from information available; identifies and proposes workable solutions to problems.
- **Project management**: produces project plans where objectives are clearly defined and action steps for achieving them are clearly specified; regularly communicates with, and supports project team members; ensures project objectives are met by anticipating and managing potential and emerging issues.
- **Self-management**: plans and prioritises work to ensure outcomes are achieved; resists the temptation to react immediately without taking time to think things through; uses strengths to contribute constructively and consciously manages the impact of own weaknesses; anticipates own reactions to situations and prepares accordingly.

**Personal qualities**:

- **Detail focus**: observes fine details; identifies gaps in information; looks for logical sequences of information; highlights practical considerations of plans and activities.
- **Flexibility**: adaptable; open to new ideas; accepts changed priorities without undue discomfort; recognises the merits of different options and acts accordingly.
- **Relationship building**: establishes and maintains relationships with people at all levels; promotes harmony and consensus through diplomatic handling of disagreements; forges useful partnerships with people across business areas, functions and organisations; builds trust through consistent actions, values and communication; minimises surprises.
- **Teamwork**: cooperates and works well with others in pursuit of team goals, collaborates and shares information, shows consideration, concern and respect for other's feelings and ideas, accommodates and works well with the different working styles of others, encourages resolution of conflict within the group.

**Qualifications**:

- A tertiary qualification in project management or business management would be desirable.
- Proven skills and abilities in data analysis and reporting would be desirable.

**Mandatory Vaccination Policy**

**HOW TO APPLY**:

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