Aps6 Project Officer

As one of the Australia’s largest providers of human resources solutions, Chandler Macleod has a proven track record of unleashing potential in people and companies. For over 40 years Chandler Macleod’s recruitment business has connected leading-edge projects and employers with outstanding business professionals.

Our Federal Government client is seeking to engage a APS6 Project Officer on a contract for 12 months with 1x6 months extension option.

Rate between $60-65 per hour plus super depending on expeirence.

**Position Overview**

**Duties & Responsibilities**:
**_Leadership and Accountability_**
- Provide expertise and technical knowledge in the Agency’s project and/or operations management framework including the provision of accurate and specialised advice for project related activities including consultation, planning, schedules, reporting, change control, and administrative and logístical support.
- Provide the coordination and support to ensure an Agency’s project and operations are compliant with the assurance and governance processes for policy, security, clinical safety, and design; monitoring progress, gathering information to produce monthly project status reports and other key projects documentation.
- Accountable to provide a high level of support to project and operational managers to develop and maintain project risk and issue registers; identifying and reporting variances and issues; providing assistance and coordination for risk mitigation, response and treatment actions.
- Manage contracts, service agreements and purchase orders; monitor expenditure and emerging issues that may impact on Agency priorities engaging with risk and undertaking risk management activities for area of responsibility, ensuring compliance and delivery of outcomes.

**_ Management Diversity and Span_**
- Coordinate and provide support to monitor, track and report on the status of project, program and operational deliverables to ensure schedules, cost and quality metrics are in line with approved project plans.
- Responsible for implementing work plans, setting tasks and priorities to implement project, program and operational outcomes, changes and enhancements, ensuring resource availability and allocation.

**_ Job Context and Environment_**
- Conducting reviews to ensure risks and issues related to projects, programs and/or operations under their responsibility are identified, assessed and mitigated and are in alignment with applicable Agency frameworks.
- Provide a range of administration, project, program, support services to facilitate the delivery of outcomes within the Branch.
- Work with teams, partners and/or clients to track progress and compliance against the requirements contained in detailed program, project, governance, communication and reporting plans.
- Monitor and maintain awareness of the mid and longer-term project, program and operational outcomes, adjusting work priorities in line with assigned authority for any changes to Agency priorities.
- Identify what needs to be done following an in-depth analysis of the issues; advising project and program managers on options and appropriate courses of action to take for the more complex changes.

**_ Independence and decision-making_**
- Make decisions within the documented program, project and/or operations plans, taking direction from managers on activities and requirements that have considerably more complexity and sensitivity.
- Research, anticipate and analyse activities to identify business needs, particularly those that may be conflicting. Manage and negotiate resolutions to complex or sensitive issues or use judgement to escalate.
- Prepare reports, analyse trends and write briefing papers for executives to support evidence-based decision making

**_ Stakeholder Management_**
- Manage relationships with internal and external stakeholders to achieve project(s), operations, work area and agency goals; anticipating and responding to their needs and expectations ensuring stakeholder expectations are clearly articulated, documented and understood by the project delivery team
- Communicate and negotiate with stakeholders; working under limited direction to deal with complex and contentious matters requiring persuasion and sensitivity to minimise oppositions and maximise acceptance and cooperation.

**Evaluation Criteria**:
The successful applicants must be able to demonstrate:

- Demonstrated compliance/alignment with the Statement of Requirement
- Relevant skills, knowledge, and education/qualifications
- Value for money

**Mandatory Requirements**:

- Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance at a level designated by the Agency on request
- Ability to obtain and maintain national police check
- Australian Citizenship is a condition of eligibility