Aps4 Project Officer Mel: Services Australia Aurora

**Job Information**:
Industry
- Government & Public Sector

City
- Melbourne

Province
- Victoria

Country
- Australia

Postal Code
- 3000

Number of Positions
- 1

**About Services Australia**
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We touch the lives of almost every Australian and we are here to help people meet life’s challenges. Services Australia is responsible for the delivery of advice and high quality, accessible social, health and child support services and payments. We continually build on our foundation of service excellence to shape how government services are delivered to the Australian community. Our task is to modernise the way we work to deliver simple, helpful, respectful and transparent services every time. We offer work that improves the lives of Australians, great working conditions, workplace diversity and inclusion that reflects the community we serve and flexible work practises for work and family life balance.

**Aurora offers**:

- 18-month employment contract with a competitive salary
- Learning and development - including on-the-job and formal training/qualification
- Ongoing support and coaching throughout the program from an experienced neurodiversity specialist provider
- A dedicated agency relationship manager.

**About the role**

2 x APS4 Project Officer
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**About the team**
You will be an integral component of the Birth of a Child project team, working towards the goals of our pilot project.

This is an exciting time to be coming on board as we take the outcomes of the first few years of our pilot and further expand the reach to both a broader geographical footprint and an expanded customer cohort.

This role will offer a wide variety of work which is both challenging and fulfilling, opening up a multitude of opportunities for the right person.

**Tenure***

The roles are full-time, non-ongoing/ongoing, non-ongoing contracts for up to 18 months.

**Location of role**

This role is located in Melbourne CBD, VIC.

**What you will do**

Project Support professionals support the Project Manager. They monitor project schedules and budgets, prepare progress reports, and liaise with key stakeholders.

Project Officers undertake procedural, administrative or operational tasks to support the delivery of the agency’s projects.

Working under the support and general direction of senior staff, their responsibilities include assisting with research and analysis, drafting project documentation and providing general administrative support to project related activities.

**As a Project Officer you will work as part of a multi-skilled team to**:

- assist and support senior staff with the coordination of straightforward processes
- support the development and management of project teams and schedules in accordance with the agency’s project management framework
- contribute to strategic planning and continuous improvements
- provide advice, procedural guidance and administrative support to staff and stakeholders.
- assist with research and analysis on relevant project activities.
- assist and support regular project reporting including status updates and exception reports.
- assist in drafting project documentation for review by senior staff.
- under supervision, assist with monitoring a project budgets, reporting on expenditure and reconciling the payments.
- assist with the identification and treatment of risk.
- build rapport and maintain stakeholder relationships to support the delivery of projects.
- represent the team or work area at meetings and forums.
- exercise delegations appropriate to roll in accordance with legislation and guidelines.

**Requirements**:
**_
What you should have_**

These things are important to have:

- work in and adapt to a fast paced changing environment
- think critically and have problem solving skills.
- work on tasks autonomously and seek assistance when required.
- analyse business requirements and design documentation.
- interact with project stakeholders, including team leads and other project officers.
- good time management skills.
- good communication skills.
- good attention to detail.
- add positive attitude towards learning new frameworks, technologies and products.
- knowledge of an agile project delivery lifecycle.

**_
What is nice to have_**

These things are not essential, but if you have them that’s great:
Obtained a qualification in Project Management, Software Engineering; Software Development; Information Technology; Systems Engineering; Computer Science; Network Security; Data and Analytics; Mathematics; Statistics; Engineering; Business; Software Development; Cyber Security or related disciplines or have relatable real-world experience in same or similar fields.

Knowledge of project and programme management frameworks

**_
What you must have:_**
- Must be 18 years of age or older
- Must have a diagnosis of autism (includes Autism Spectrum Disorder; Asperger’s Syndrome; Autistic Disorder or PDD-NOS). ‘Specialisterne will be required to provide evidence of