Portfolio Officer

Job Description
We are unique
Essential Energy is an organisation that values your voice, empowers your autonomy, recognises the strength in diversity, and prioritises your well-being while offering attractive remuneration and benefits. Take pride in having a meaningful impact on regional, rural and remote communities while being a pivotal player in the energy industry's future.

About The Role
We are seeking a proactive and detail-oriented Portfolio Officer to join our Governance and Corporate Services division. In this role, you will support the Portfolio Services team by providing program and project support, governance oversight, portfolio and compliance reporting, quality assurance, risk and issue management, and toolset administration. You will play a key role in ensuring accurate reporting and governance processes that align with strategic delivery goals.

This role will be based within the Essential Energy footprint with the ability to work from home in a hybrid work environment and will be a Fixed Term Contract for 12 months.

About You
You are a collaborative and organised professional with a passion for supporting project delivery and governance. You thrive in dynamic environments, communicate effectively with diverse stakeholders, and are committed to continuous improvement and capability uplift across teams.

About Your Skills

• Strong communication and customer service skills
• High-level interpersonal skills to build and maintain stakeholder relationships
• Excellent time management and organisational abilities
• Proficiency in MS Office, MS Project, and SharePoint
• Advanced administration experience in SharePoint and MS Teams
• Ability to manage complex workloads and meet business targets under pressure

Required Qualifications

• Certificate IV in Project Management or demonstrated capability through relevant experience and/or qualifications

Desired Experience

• PMO experience in a coordination role, ideally within an EPMO
• Experience preparing and delivering reports and presentations to management
• Understanding of project lifecycles and governance processes
• Experience managing project financials
• Experience in managing project compliance and assurance
• Experience using Project Management tools, preferably Project Online

Why Essential Energy
Essential Energy provides employees with a broad range of employee benefits through our corporate partnerships with organisations such as Qantas, Optus, nib and Mildura Health Fund. You will also gain access to our Health and Wellbeing programs including fitness passport. Visit our employee benefits page for more information.

We are proud to be recognised as a WORK180 Endorsed Employer for All Women .

An energy network doesn't just keep the lights on… it's a living network that needs to adapt to new and emerging energy generation technologies while still meeting the energy needs of customers.

It requires innovation, commitment, and collaboration to bring people together to solve the energy delivery challenges of the modern world.

Your potential will be realised, and you'll feel a real sense of purpose and satisfaction knowing you have a pivot role to play in delivering the energy of the future to the people who need it today.

For further information please contact Sue Wells – Senior Portfolio Services and Assurance Specialist on

Applications close on Monday 20 October 2025 at 11:55pm
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Essential Energy is committed to building a culturally diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourages applicants to apply regardless of gender, age, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or disability.
As an organisation, our aim is to champion inclusivity in the workplace and celebrate the difference in all our employees.
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