Project Officer

**Are you a driven and skilled Project Officer ready to take the next step in your career? Join our dynamic team at the Office of Sport**

We are seeking a Project Officer to join our Operations Team on a fulltime ongoing basis. The role location is flexible within one of the Office and Sport’s Centre, ex-Olympic Venues, or Offices.

**Working with us is great**

The Office of Sport is the lead NSW Government agency for sport and active recreation.

With a vision of _sport and active recreation creating healthier people, connecting communities and making a stronger NSW_, we provide the people of NSW with the leadership, policies, programs, funding and infrastructure necessary to maximise the social, health and economic benefits realised through this valued sector.

Our work is spread across NSW, with ten Sport and Recreation Centres, six Olympic Sport Venues and offices throughout the state.

**About the role**

The Project Officer performs project management and support activities to contribute to the development and delivery of a range of projects in line with organisational objectives.

The Project Officer will be supporting and contributing to enhance and improve our commitment to operational excellence across 10 Sport and Recreation Centres and six ex-Olympic Venues.

The role will also support other key priorities and assist in responding to emerging issues.

In this role you will be required to:

- Provide project and operational leadership, including monitoring and reporting on project plans, milestones, and deliverables, to ensure time, cost and quality indicators are in line with approved project plans.
- Undertake research and analysis in assigned project areas to assist in the development of project briefs to support informed decision making and planning.
- Lead the project team to complete tasks and implement project plans to ensure agreed outcomes are achieved.
- Consult with various stakeholders to ensure successful project development, implementation, and review.

For more information view the role description.

**About you**

You will have the ability to support and undertake project management in an environment with a high volume and variety of tasks, competing priorities and tight deadlines. You can deal effectively and professionally with business clients and industry stakeholders whilst managing their expectations and balancing competing priorities. You foster a positive customer experience, and you are technology savvy.

**The Office of Sport is a great place to work, we offer**:

- A family friendly and flexible working environment
- A competitive salary
- Generous leave entitlements including recreation, sick/carer’s, family and community services, and flex leave
- Access to salary packaging, Fitness passport, and the Employee Assistance Program.
- Access to training and development opportunities.

**Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion**

The Office of Sport is committed to building a workplace that values and supports diversity and inclusion. We actively promote the employment of women, people with a disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, LGBTQIA+ and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

The Office of Sport is committed to keeping children safe. It is the responsibility of all staff, regardless of role, to act to keep children safe from harm.

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**How to apply**
- Provide your responses to the two pre-screening questions (maximum of 2 pages).
- Provide a resume that details your current and previous experiences (maximum of 4 pages)

**Pre-screening questions**

1. Briefly highlight your experience in managing different projects relevant to this role.

2. Please outline an engagement strategy you have utilised to enlist the support of your co-workers, employees, or managers to achieve a project deliverable.

**Notes**
- For further information about the role please contact Ryan O’Loughlin on 0450 185 163 or view the role description.
- This is a child-related position. You will be required to obtain a Working with Children Check (WWCC) clearance as a condition of employment. For more information, visit the Office of the Children’s Guardian website.
- No offer of employment will be made until all relevant clearances are finalised.

**Applications Close**: Tuesday 22 October 2024 at 11:59pm