
Aps 6 - Project Officers - Multiple
2 days ago
$91,702 - $104,753 + up to 15.4% Superannuation
- Brindabella Park - ACT, Edinburgh - SA, Fishermans Bend - VIC
**The Role**
The Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator are seeking to fill multiple positions.
**APS 6 Project Support**
- Perform and achieve complex project work within an integrated workforce.
- Respond to information requests by preparing necessary documentation.
**APS 6 Project Schedulers**
- Respond to information requests, to include supporting governance forums and committee functions by preparing necessary documentation, coordinating schedules, and ensuring that all governance-related activities are carried out efficiently and effectively.
- Perform other PMO and business support tasks as required. This may include assisting with administrative duties, coordinating team activities, and supporting special projects to enhance overall PMO performance.
- Develop and maintain program/project activities through an Integrated Master Schedule (IMS). Coordinate with Program Directors, Mission Leads, and relevant staff to update and manage the IMS, ensuring all tasks, resource allocations, and milestones are accurately captured.
**APS 6 Project Risk Officers**
- Develop and maintain the Branch Risk Register, regularly engaging with Program Directors, Mission Leads, and Mission Risk Leads to update and capture program risks, develop risk strategies and mitigations, and assist in developing risk assessment artefacts for projects.
- Provide regular reports and insights to executives on program and project gaps, risks, issues, and opportunities, reporting status and top risks/opportunities/issues, and developing a process for how Program Delivery Risks will flow into the Enterprise Risk Register.
- Capture and document lessons learned.
**APS 6 Project Finance Officer**
- Ensure accurate and timely program and project budgets through regular tracking, financial management and monthly reporting. Engage with Program Directors & relevant external stakeholders (eg, Defence Science & Technology Group and Defence Finance Group) regularly to update and capture finances, budgets, variance and forecasting for the program and project.
- Support the effective use and control of financial resources of the PMO.
- Analyse and reconcile complex financial data to support reporting and decision-making, to include forecasting.
- Provide analysis on data through regular reporting including development of artefacts as needed. Analyse and reconcile complex financial data to support reporting and monthly dashboard on key financial metrics related to program performance, budget, forecast, outcomes, etc.
- Provide estimating and cost forecasting guidance and advice for programs and missions, to assist with the development of costings (P50 & P80) as required.
**About our Team**
Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator (ASCA) The Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator (ASCA) accelerates the translation of asymmetric technologies into defence capability to take Defence further, faster. Working in close collaboration with defence industry, including Australian primes, small and medium sized businesses and research organisations, ASCA’s priorities are driven by the National Defence Strategy, the Defence Innovation, Science and Technology Strategy and AUKUS Pillar II - Advanced Capabilities priorities.
The ASCA Capability Delivery Branch (CDB) Program Management Office (PMO) is the central hub for portfolio, program, and project management practices across the organisation. Our primary role is to ensure cohesion within the CDB enterprise by standardising practices and requirements, driving efficiency, and allowing flexibility for unique program needs. We support leadership and directors in achieving ASCA capability outcomes and strategic objectives by providing standardised processes, governance, performance analytics, risk management, and reporting. Additionally, the PMO manages the project management matrix, coordinating resource allocation across delivery directorates. By fulfilling these functions, the CDB PMO enhances transparency, supports informed decision-making, and improves overall branch and program efficiency, contributing directly to the success of the ASCA mission.
The Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator (ASCA) is seeking several APS 6 positions within the Capability Delivery Branch (CDB) Program Management Office (PMO), including Project Support Officers, Project Scheduling Officers, Project Risk Officers and Project Finance Management Officers. ASCA is a unique and dynamic Defence organisation that offers rewarding learning opportunities to its workforce. You will be exposed to the breadth of ASCA’s diverse missions and programs that will quickly broaden your expertise. You will have the chance to work across multiple projects at various phases of their lifecycles and become an essential member of outcome-focused teams. You will need to rapidly acquire knowledge, adapt and overcome o
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