Program Support Officer

**Title**:
Program Support Officer

**Your KBR future - delivering solutions and changing the world**

**About KBR**:
**We are a company of innovators, thinkers, creators, explorers, volunteers and dreamers who all share one goal — to improve the world.**

KBR delivers science, technology and engineering solutions to governments and companies around the world. KBR employs approximately 34,000 people performing diverse, complex, and mission-critical roles in 33 countries.

For 65 years, KBR and its heritage companies are proud to have delivered some of Australia’s largest and most complex projects.

With around 2,000 employees in 6 primary offices throughout Australia, we are committed to social and environmental sustainability and delivering projects with a digital mindset driving innovation within our business and for our customers.

We help ensure mission success on land, in the air, at sea, in space and cyberspace for our defence customers. From individual technologies and services to comprehensive project delivery and mission execution, no other company can match the breadth and depth of KBR.

KBR comprises a diverse team who provide a broad spectrum of capabilities across Australia and the Asia Pacific. Our proven project teams readily address complex and multi-disciplinary activities, providing low-risk and cost-effective solutions to the defence force.

Learn more about our business here.

**The Opportunity**:
The Program Support Officer plays a crucial role in ensuring the successful support, governance, and execution of KBR Programs. They are responsible for administrative support (such as scheduling, SharePoint management and documentation generation) and travel support across several programs and will work closely with both the Senior Program Manager - Space, Cyber and Information Systems as well as individual Program Managers. The role will also support with the coordination of risks across programs and projects, liaising with specialist stakeholders to ensure that the risks and treatment requirements are appropriately recorded.

The Program Support Officer will be required to leverage KBR and client systems to support project staff, and is required to have a solid understanding of the governance requirements of both KBR and the client in question. The position requires a highly analytical and organized individual with a keen eye for detail, with a working knowledge of the Microsoft Office product suite and SharePoint. Communication skills, both verbal and written, are critical for the role in view of the dynamic nature of projects required to be supported.

**Responsibilities**

The key responsibilities of the role will include, but are not limited to:

- Collaborate across the business to support the operationalisation and administration of compliance to travel both domestic and international.
- Assisting teams in the preparation of required documentation to support finance, procurement and travel ensuring completeness and maintenance of appropriate records as required.
- Support Risk Management requirements across programs, including the recording and updating of Risk Management databases and treatment plans.
- Support meeting engagements, including scheduling, documentation preparation and meeting outcome correspondence.
- Update and maintain program records and databases, complying with administrative systems and processes to ensure that all information is accurate, stored correctly and accessible.

**Essential**:

- Excellent organisational and administrative skills
- Working knowledge of SharePoint and the Microsoft Officer product suite
- Ability to work independently with limited direction
- Experience with travel bookings and overseas travel requirements
- Experience with risk management
- Good listening skills, with a high attention to detail
- Demonstrated experience in governance and compliance of programs of work
- NV1 Security clearance

**Desirable**:

- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration or a related field
- Defence or defence industry experience

**What we will offer you**:

- A workplace culture certified as a Great Place To Work
- Flexible working
- Competitive salary (including annual reviews)
- Paid parental leave
- Income protection
- Corporate rewards
- Salary packaging/Novated leasing
- Employee stock purchase plans
- Flu shots, skin checks and discounted private health insurance
- KBR acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and their continuing connections to land, sea, community and culture. We pay our respects to Elders past and present._
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