Project Officer

**Project Officer X2 - Capital Delivery Team**

Utilise your project management skills in a unique heritage environment to keep our works on track. As the Project Officer you will join a high-achieving team and play a pivotal role supporting the planning, execution, and monitoring of capital projects. Your organisational skills, analytical thinking, and effective communication will ensure the successful delivery of projects on time and within budget.

**What the opportunity is**:

- Employment with Museums of History NSW.
- Clerk Grade 7/8. Remuneration package includes salary ($106,025 - $117,363), employer's contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading.
- Two (2) full-time temporary employment up to 30 June 2025.
- The role will work across Sydney.

**What we do**

MHNSW brings together the museums, historic houses and associated collections previously in the care of Sydney Living Museums with the vast collection of more than 13 million items held by the former NSW State Archives. This includes one of the world’s most complete and important collections documenting colonisation.

**What you’ll do with us**

This role will manage and implement a range of construction, conservation and other service delivery projects across Museums of History NSW’s portfolio to achieve project outcomes, corporate plan objectives while meeting statutory obligations under the Museums of History Act 2022 and other relevant legislations.

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**What you need to do to apply**
- A one-to-two-page cover letter outlining how your skills and experiences meet the essential requirements for this role,
- A current resume listing two referees, and

**What you need to tell us - Targeted questions**:

- Please outline your experience in managing major projects. What were the key challenges you faced in managing competing priorities and what were the outcomes?
- Good interpersonal skills will be critical for this role. Can you describe a project you have worked on that demonstrates your ability to build effective relationships with stakeholders and staff, and how you manage situations in which teams may have competing needs?

**Essential requirements of the role**
- Tertiary qualifications in Project Management within the Built Environment architecture or experience in delivering projects in a multi-disciplinary cultural, museums or heritage environment.
- Experience in preparing technical and other project documentation including specifications and schedules of work, technical reports, professional correspondence and budget reports.
- Experience in managing construction works using either the Mini Minor Works (MMW) and Minor Works 21 (MW21) Contacts.
- Experience working with a range of technical and trade contractors and professional consultants.
- Experience in managing construction projects, budgets, work programs and delivering project plans with the ability to prioritise and meet competing deadlines.
- A strong record of developing and coordinating relationships across teams, divisions and externally to deliver planned outcomes.
- Excellent written and verbal communications skills.
- Knowledge of current heritage conservation principles and practices in Australia, and knowledge of key legislation including the NSW Heritage Act 1977 and the Environmental Planning & Assessment Act 1979 and the Museums of History Act 2022. Ability to work within the boundaries of heritage environment, legislation and statutory requirements particularly the Museums of History Act 2022 and the NSW State Plan.
- A current NSW driver’s license.
- Willingness to work across and ability to travel to multiple work locations.

**Also note**:

- To be eligible for an ongoing role in the NSW Public Sector you need to be an Australian Citizen or Permanent Resident. For temporary and casual roles, you need to hold a valid visa giving you permission to work in Australia as required by the role.
- A talent pool may be created for future ongoing and temporary roles and is valid for a period of up to 18 months.

**Diversity and Flexible Working**

We are expert keepers and tellers of history, and its many stories, peoples, and cultures. We want to create a team and workplace that reflects this diversity as well as the diversity in the communities we serve. We know through experience that different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds create a stronger and more creative work environment that delivers better, more inclusive results and connects our people to our communities, to our history, and to each other.

Our vision is to support and empower First Nations people, communities and culture, and across the sites that we care for, we are committed to shifting perspectives, truth telling and delivering honest reflections on history.

We understand that flexibility means different things to different people and are committed to offering flexible work arrangements where and