Project Support Officer, Clinical Trials and Research Ethics

**Project Support Officer, Clinical Trials and Research Ethics**

**Employment Type**: Permanent Full Time

**Position Classification**: Health Manager Level 1

**Remuneration**: $84,436.00 - $112,331.00 per annum, plus superannuation and 17.5% leave loading

**Hours Per Week**:38

**Location**: 1 Reserve Road, St Leonards, Sydney

**Requisition ID**: REQ577982
- Be part of an organisation that makes a difference in cancer control in NSW
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are encouraged to apply

**Where you’ll be working**

The Cancer Institute NSW is the NSW Government’s cancer control agency, established to lessen the impact of cancer across the state.

Working at the Cancer Institute NSW means joining a team of committed and dedicated staff who are proud to be a part of the Institute’s purpose of overseeing and accelerating the effectiveness of cancer control in NSW.

The Cancer Institute is a collaborative working environment that encourages diversity and inclusion in how we work and the way we work together. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are strongly encouraged to apply. Greater consideration will be given to suitable applicants, in order to improve access to employment and career opportunities (GSE Rule 26).

**What you’ll be doing**

The Project Support Officer, Clinical Trials and Research Ethics undertakes a range of operational and high-level administrative activities to support and co-ordinate the delivery of work across the Clinical Trial Program and PHSREC team, including the NSW Cancer Plan objectives. This role will develop and maintain key relationships with external clinical trial stakeholders.

**Remuneration/Benefits**

In addition to base salary:
11.5% superannuation

4 weeks annual leave (plus 17.5% leave loading)

10 days sick leave

40 hours per week which include accrual of monthly Allocated Day Off (ADO) x 12 per year.

Access to:
Generous Flexible Working practices

Fitness Passport: a membership card for NSW government employees that gives you and your family unlimited access to 400+ gyms and other facilities at one low price.

Novated car leasing arrangement

Salary sacrificing to superannuation.
- Your resume (maximum five pages)
- A covering letter addressing the Essential Requirements, as outlined in the Role Description
- A response to the Pre-screening questions, as outlined below.

**Essential requirements**
- Strong understanding of project and program operations, with relevant qualifications or experience in a related field.
- Proven ability to provide effective customer service, both verbally and in writing.
- Experience in managing multiple tasks with competing deadlines.
- Ability to work both independently and collaboratively within a team.
- Proficiency in managing digital records and systems.
- Strong attention to detail and commitment to maintaining accurate data.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office, with a willingness to learn other digital systems.
- Experience in improving administrative processes is highly desirable.
- Availability to provide secretariat support for occasional evening meetings is desirable.

**Pre-screening questions**

1. Please describe a data-related project you have worked on. How did you maintain a high level of attention to detail throughout the project? How did you engage and communicate with stakeholders? How did you balance this work with other responsibilities and manage competing priorities?

2. Please describe a time when you guided a client or customer through resolving a problem. How did you communicate with the client or customer? What tools, resources, or references did you use to assist in solving the issue? Whether the issue needed to be escalated, and if so, how did you handle the escalation? How was the problem ultimately resolved?

**Interested?**

For more information:
Click here for the Position Description

**Applications Close**: Wednesday, 18th June 2025 at 11:59PM

The CORE+4 Values define what is important to the Cancer Institute NSW and our employees.

Our values are: Collaboration, Openness, Respect, Empowerment, Strategic, Supportive, Innovative and Flexible.

The Cancer Institute NSW is unable to offer salary packaging. Salaries will be negotiated commensurate to experience and qualifications of the role.

To be eligible for permanent appointment to a position in NSW Health, you must have Australian citizenship or permanent Australian residency.