Smart City Project Officer

**Smart City Project Officer**:
**Job no**: 498098

**Work type**: Temporary Full Time, Temporary Part Time

**Classification**: Band 7 ($100,064 - $110,990 pa)

**Categories**: Information Technology, Project Management

**Create our future together at the City of Greater Geelong**
At City of Greater Geelong, we are committed to working together for a thriving community. We do this by delivering over 130 services to our rapidly growing population and working hard to protect and improve what it is that makes Greater Geelong on Wadawurrung country such a great place to live, work and study.

We’re going through an exciting period of change that will help us serve our community better. From digital modernisation to the contemporary, sustainable office we’ve built in Central Geelong, now more than ever is a great time to join our team at the City of Greater Geelong.

Our Community is made up of diverse people from all walks of life, and it’s important to us that our workforce represents and celebrates this strength.

We encourage great people from all backgrounds to join us. We encourage authenticity, because inclusion makes us stronger.

If you’re excited about working together to create a Clever and Creative Greater Geelong, and joining a workplace where all people can thrive, then hit **apply** - we’d love to meet you

**About the role**
The role of the Smart City Project Officer is to help achieve the City’s smart city vision by delivering agreed smart technology and city innovation projects on schedule, to scope and to budget

Key responsibilities include:

- Define project scope, objectives, milestones, budget and reporting of ambitious and beyond the curve initiatives, that solve problems using new technologies and rollout of visionary ideas.
- Provide accurate advice and guidance in the form of written reports, presentations and verbal advice to the Senior Manager, organisation and Council clients on a range of smart city matters as and when directed
- Day-to-day management and execution of all project aspects including technical efforts, communication, risk management, issues management, costs, budget, reporting, procurement, go-live and quality.
- Identify, engage and manage key stakeholder relationships across the organisation ensuring customer requirements and change requests are managed throughout the project lifecycle.
- Ensure all relevant legal and statutory requirements are met and that appropriate standards of data accuracy, content and quality are maintained

**About you**
To be successful in this role, you will have:

- Relevant tertiary qualification in a relevant field such as Information Technology, Business or Public Administration
- Working knowledge of project management methodologies.
- Demonstrated extensive experience managing large projects which require entrepreneurial spirit and desire to work in a dynamic and largely uncharted environment.
- Highly developed conceptual, analytical and problem-solving skills, working with complex and/or challenging internal and external stakeholders.
- Highly developed partnering and networking skills with a proven track record in liaising and building effective relationships with government, non-government and community organisations

**A career with us**
With flexible working options, our people have choice in how and where they work. Our employees connect with us from across the Greater Geelong region and beyond.

Central Geelong-based City employees are now based in our new Civic Precinct, Wurriki Nyal. Meaning ‘speak and talk together’ in local Wadawurrung language. Wurriki Nyal sets the benchmark for what a sustainable, inclusive and culturally safe workplace can be, including industry leading sustainability standards, a flexible and people-focused design, safe and inclusive spaces and public realm.

We’re committed to supporting better accessibility for our customers and our people. We encourage you to talk to us about any adjustments or additional support you may require during the recruitment process, as well as how this role can be flexible for you.

We offer:

- flexible work arrangements
- salary sacrificing and novated lease options
- cultural and ceremonial leave
- study leave
- paid parental leave (16 weeks primary and six weeks secondary) and superannuation payments on all 52 weeks primary parental leave
- IVF, surrogate and miscarriage bereavement leave
- training and career development opportunities
- a healthy and safe environment
- our employee wellbeing program
- corporate membership rates for health insurance
- corporate membership rates at Swim Sport and Leisure facilities

**Applications and Enquiries**
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