Ao7 Principal Portfolio Officer

15 hours ago

Brisbane Central Business District, Australia HAYS Full time

Opportunity to join QLD Government on a 12 month fixed term contract.

**Your new company**
This is an opportunity to join a diverse Queensland Government Department on a 12 month contract. You will work to support the delivery of services enabling better lives for Queenslanders. This opportunity is based from Brisbane CBD with flexible working arrangements available.

**Your new role**
As the Principal Portfolio Officer you will:

- Provide expert portfolio-level advice and support to the Manager, Portfolio Management Office, Director, Portfolio and Change, program and project members and other key stakeholders.
- Support relevant portfolio governance framework(s) to enable effective decision-making regarding organisational investments and priorities.
- Coordinate a range of portfolio functions supporting delivery of successful programs and projects.
- Establish and maintain a portfolio of work reporting framework linked to initiatives, schedules, plans, costs and regular highlight reports for approved projects.
- Work collaboratively across the department to ensure integration of the reporting framework with existing work practices, strategies, plans and methodologies.
- Coordinate the project assurance process, including conducting assurance profiling, gated assurance review coordination and review resource scheduling, analysis of the assurance reports.
- Coordinate the initial privacy impact assessment process, including conducting threshold privacy impact assessment workshops, liaising with the Information Privacy Officer, gated assurance review coordination and reviewers resource scheduling, analysis of the assurance reports.
- Provide ad-hoc advice and support in accordance with Queensland Government project management methodologies and documentation, in alignment with QSS’s strategic direction / roadmap objectives

**What you'll need to succeed**
- Demonstrate skills and knowledge in current and progressive Portfolio management and Program and Project management methodologies and governance.
- Coach and guide others in fit-for-purpose approaches, including ability to review and provide feedback on written documentation to develop project management capability across the organisation.
- Display research, analytical, conceptual and problem solving skills, including the proven capacity to initiate appropriate strategic and operational responses to key issues affecting the portfolio.
- Provide proven knowledge and practical experience in a portfolio planning and scheduling environment.
- Demonstrate your ability to prepare reports for a broad range of stakeholders.
- Engage, negotiate with, and persuade a wide range of stakeholders and work collaboratively to achieve portfolio and program goals.

**What you'll get in return**
- Competitive salary package with Super at 12.75%
- Flexible working arrangements available
- Generous leave entitlements
- Ongoing career development and progression opportunities

**What you need to do now**

If this job isn't quite right for you but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.

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