Consulting - Advisor - Project Coordinator

**Where careers go further**
- Work with Commonwealth clients that are making a difference and shaping our future
- Use your exceptional project coordination/management skills and pick up tips along the way
- Work in a collaborative environment

**Project Coordinator**

Are you looking for an opportunity to use your project coordination skills in a consulting environment? We are seeking an early career professional to join our team.

The Proximity Consulting group provides astute advice and solutions on some of the most interesting and complex Commonwealth government programs and projects. As part of the Consulting team, your eye for detail will enable you to support the team to achieve key outcomes for our government clients. You will be working across many of our projects, getting exposure to diverse work and working with our team of advisors and experts. If you are looking for meaningful work that makes a difference, you love variety, are not afraid of ambiguity - please reach out to talk with us today.

Proximity sees the opportunities others miss. We bring together brilliant minds in legal, commercial, and consulting specialisations, working collaboratively with our clients to unveil what's possible. We know that solving challenges need different professionals working closely together, our multidisciplinary approach takes our clients further enabling them to do extraordinary work for the betterment of our community. We're passionate about the work we achieve together, we champion each other, our clients, and our communities.

This role is an exciting opportunity to:

- Develop project management skills on complex government projects
- Undertake project assurance, risk management, governance and develop business cases
- Manage project budgets, timelines and outcomes

Some of the responsibilities could include:

- Project managing and driving project success by coordinating tasks, schedules, and resources and planning activities
- Assisting with stakeholder consultations: question development, synthesising feedback, developing, and analysing survey data
- Undertaking document reviews and literature scans, discovery, assessments
- Project support: coordinate meetings, summarise actions, track progress/issues/risks, and produce status reports
- Research: synthesising complex document information, and provide desktop research to support the preparation of advice, reports, or presentations
- Writing client documents: drafting reports, briefings, policies, and procedures

As a Proximity team member, your role is that of a trusted sidekick - helping our clients' teams succeed by embracing the complexity and sensitivity of commercial law issues and knowing how to be helpful in the context of the public sector environment.

**Culture matters**

We're looking for someone who fits and lives our values - someone who is:

- **Passionate and tenacious.** Someone with a can-do attitude, ready to make an impact by being results-driven and dedicated to delivery.
- **Client-first.** Someone who can develop deep and meaningful relationships, keeps one step ahead, anticipating client and team needs and empowering them.
- **A team player**. Someone with exceptional emotional intelligence and integrity who is willing to share knowledge, pitch in, rally others and uplift skills to help our teams continually improve.
- **Flexible.** Someone who is comfortable with change and who is adaptable and likes variety. Someone who can work as part of client teams on-site.
- **Broad thinking and solution oriented.** Someone who can think beyond the immediate questions and challenges and produce comprehensive solutions.

**To succeed in this role, you will need**:

- 2+ years' project coordination experience gained within a corporate or government environment
- High level analysis and information synthesizing skills
- Strong verbal, written, and visual presentation skills
- Coordination skills to keep project tasks on track
- Desire to work closely with clients, being adaptable and responsive
- You may hold a project management qualification or have a strong desire to achieve one
- Have an Australian Government Security Clearance (or the ability to obtain one)

**The Proximity difference**

We believe work should be a positive part of your life. It should challenge, engage and support you in equal measure. We focus on cultivating a genuinely caring and collaborative workplace. By joining Proximity, you will enjoy:

- **We care - **your Health and Wellbeing and Professional Development is supported
- **Give back** - opportunities to work with Proximity's NFP partners Menslink, Fearless Women, Inclusive Australia, The Farm in Galong, The Women's Legal Centre and Tjillari Justice Aboriginal Corporation
- **Make work work** - make the hours work for you and your team
- **Promotion pathways - **build your career with us
- **Belong** - be part of the amazing Proximity team

**Working with Proximity**

Proximity is a leading pro