Ict Project Officer

APS Level 6
- Adelaide, SA; Brisbane, QLD; Canberra, ACT; Melbourne, VIC
- $101,833 - $111,979

**About the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations**
We are committed to empowering futures, ensuring rights and enriching lives. We support people to have safe, secure and well-paid work with the skills for a sustainable future as we ourselves strive to be a model employer.

We provide the framework for fair and productive relationships between employers and employees. We also oversee skills development and training initiatives to support those entering the workforce or re-training to take advantage of emerging employment opportunities.

With us your work directly contributes to shaping the employment landscape. Whether you're engaging in policy development, program implementation, or direct support services, your efforts will have a tangible impact on job seekers, employees and the economy by giving them a framework to build a future anchored and realised through employment.

**Please note, this opportunity is for Ongoing**Department of Employment and Workplace Relations/APS employees only.**

**Please discuss the possibility of release with your manager before applying.**

**The Role**
Reporting to the Assistant Director, the ICT Project Manager is responsible for the management of ICT projects to support the VET Student Loans (VSL) program, in coordination with technical and business teams. The ICT Project Manager develops business requirements to enhance and maintain VSL systems, manages priorities and risk to keep projects on track, advises system stakeholders and delivers project objectives within agreed timeframes and budgets.

**Skills and Capabilities**
We are seeking 3 individuals with the following skills and capabilities:

- Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to liaise with a diverse range of stakeholders to achieve outcomes.
- Demonstrated ability to understand and explain complex problems and work with stakeholders to develop solutions.
- The ability to facilitate and drive stakeholder workshops, meetings and system walk-throughs to elicit and document stakeholder needs and system requirements.
- The ability to work collaboratively with colleagues in a team environment.
- Attention to detail in matters of administration, including in adhering to policies and procedures and when undertaking governance or secretariat functions.
- Strong organisational skills to meet deadlines and achieve results.
- Sound judgement, creative thinking and strong problem-solving skills to develop innovative solutions to complex problems.
- A high attention to detail and a focus on producing quality outputs in a timely manner.
- The ability to be flexible, manage competing tasks and operative effectively in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.

**The Opportunity**
This position is available to Ongoing Department of Employment and Workplace Relations and/or APS employees as a temporary transfer at level and/or a temporary performance (Acting) opportunity for a period of 12 months.

**Eligibility**

**How to Apply**
Applicants are required to provide up to a one-page summary (no more than 500 words) that outlines skills, knowledge, and experience and why you should be considered for this vacancy. You should take into consideration the position overview (including any detailed position specific requirements) when drafting your response. Where possible include specific relevant examples of your work.

The APS work level standards accommodate the diversity of roles across the APS and are structured to clearly differentiate between the work expected (i.e. responsibilities and duties) at each classification level.

In eRecruit (the department’s online recruitment system) you will also need to:

- upload a Curriculum Vitae
- provide contact details for 2 Referees.

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