Project Advisor

• Collaborate across diverse teams to deliver meaningful outcomes
• Thrive in an inclusive, supportive environment empowering growth and learning.
• 12month fixed term contract to contribute to high-impact projects

About us:

Unitywater operates in one of Australia's most exceptional environments in terms of natural beauty, geographical and demographic breadth. We operate on Kabi Kabi, Jinibara and Turrbal Country, proudly providing safe and reliable water to customers in Moreton Bay, Sunshine Coast and Noosa. We are a water utility serving one of the fastest growing regions in the country.

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About the role:

Position Purpose – Project Advisor

Be at the heart of delivering Unitywater's strategic projects As a Project Advisor, you'll provide expert guidance, governance oversight, and hands-on support to project and program delivery teams across the organisation. You'll help ensure projects meet governance and quality standards while contributing to the continuous improvement of frameworks, reporting, tools and processes. Through collaboration and coaching, you'll enable high-quality project outcomes that make a tangible impact on our communities.

Key Accountabilities

• Guide and support project managers on governance, stage gates, and project lifecycle requirements.
• Monitor project delivery to ensure compliance with Unitywater's enterprise project management standards.
• Assist with project initiation, documentation, metrics, and reporting to ensure accuracy and completeness.
• Review project closeouts, lessons learned, and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives.
• Provide technical advice on project management governance, tools, and frameworks.
• Support risk, issue, and benefits management, ensuring value is delivered consistently.
• Coach and build capability within the project community to strengthen knowledge and skills.
• Foster strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders to facilitate smooth project delivery.
• Partner with the Enterprise Performance team on change, communication, reporting and governance activities.

About you:

Our One Unitywater behaviours - Create the Future, Care Together, and Own It – define how we work together at Unitywater. To contribute to this, you will demonstrate the following skills and qualities for the role: The requirements for the position are:

Must Haves

• Relevant industry qualifications in business, IT, project management, or related field.
• Experience in project or PMO roles, including managing projects, budgets, and issue resolution.
• Ability to work under pressure, meet deadlines, and prioritise competing tasks.
• Excellent judgement and decision-making in raising concerns to management.
• Strong relationship management skills and ability to collaborate across teams.
• High proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint).
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, organisational, and planning skills.
• Agility to work effectively in a small team environment.
• Excellent presentation and facilitation skills, including engaging executives.

Nice to Haves

• Project, Program, or Portfolio Management qualifications/certifications (PRINCE2, PMBOK, AIPM, DevOps, etc.).
• Experience in change management and communication processes.
• Strong compliance skills with ability to evaluate governance framework adherence.
• Knowledge of, or ability to quickly learn, Unitywater-specific information systems.

Working at Unitywater:

As a Unitywater team member you will enjoy a range of benefits:

• Flexibility: We value flexibility and support work-life balance with hybrid and flexible working, purchased annual leave and access to floating public holidays. Tell us what this looks like for you
• Wellbeing: We offer several initiatives to support your wellbeing, such as discounted private health insurance, salary packaging, employee assistance program, and access to retailer discounts and benefits.
• Learning and Development: We offer a range of opportunities to feed your curiosity such as: Walk on Country experience, study assistance, and access to a dedicated learning program and professional memberships.
• Extras: We invite you to join our dedicated employee networks focused on First Nations Reconciliation, LGBTIQ+, CALD, Gender, Life Stage diversity, and Accessibility.

We celebrate, value and include people of all backgrounds, gender and expressions, sexualities, cultures, bodies and abilities. We are committed to a workforce that reflects the diversity of the community we serve and fostering a workplace that is diverse and inclusive, where you feel connected, are safe to be yourself and supported to be the best version of yourself.

We strive to have a workforce that reflects the diversity of the community we serve and encourage all suitable applicants to apply for this role. Please feel free to share your pronouns and any reasonable adjustments you may need during the interview process.

If you would like to speak to a team member about our commitment to diversity and inclusion, please contact our Inclusion Specialist or Reconciliation Action Plan Advisor

Additional information:

• We are proud to be recognized as an employer of choice for women by WORK180.
• We are proud members of Pride in Diversity and Australian Disability Network.
• We are a 2025 Circle Back Initiative Employer – we commit to respond to every applicant.

How to apply:

Please apply online following the links, and make sure to upload your up-to-date CV.

If you're successful we will need you to undergo a few checks…. We know they might not be the fun part, but you will need to confirm your right to work in Australia and complete relevant pre-employment checks, including verification of criminal history, drivers licence and driving history, alcohol and other drug screening.

Applications close: COB Friday 21st November

For further information please contact the Talent Acquisition team at

Unitywater respectfully acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the lands and waterways in which we live, work and operate, the Kabi Kabi, Jinibara and Turrbal peoples. We honour their enduring connection to these places and their deep cultural, spiritual and environmental knowledge and stewardship over the waterways that sustain us all. We pay our deepest respects to Elders past and present, who hold the wisdom, traditions and stories of their people.