APS6 Project Officer in Sydney

• Talent International is currently recruiting for an
• APS6 Project Officer to work for one of our Federal Government clients at

Surry Hills.

The position isa

12-month contract with the possibility of extension.

The role pays

$61.85 per hour + Super.

7.6 hours per day and 38 hours per week

About the role

You will support the planning, coordination and delivery of activities across a complex ICT program and project environment.

Working closely with project leadership and multidisciplinary teams, you will track milestones, dependencies, risks and deliverables to help keep projects aligned with agreed priorities and timeframes.

This opportunity suits a proactive, highly organised project professional who can coordinate technical and business stakeholders, manage competing priorities and identify emerging delivery issues.

Key responsibilities

• Support the planning, coordination and delivery of ICT project activities against agreed priorities, milestones and timeframes.
• Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, action registers, risk and issue registers, decision logs and other project documentation.
• Track milestones, deliverables and dependencies, follow up outstanding actions and escalates emerging risks, issues or delays.
• Coordinate governance meetings, including preparing agendas, meeting papers, minutes and action items.
• Gather, analyse and consolidate information from technical and business stakeholders to prepare accurate project status reports.
• Build effective relationships across ICT delivery teams, business areas and internal and external stakeholders.
• Coordinate stakeholder input and communication to help resolve issues and progress project activities.
• Support risk assessment, mitigation tracking, resource planning and prioritisation across multiple workstreams.
• Prepare high-quality briefs, correspondence, presentations and reports for a range of audiences.
• Maintain accurate project records and contribute to improvements in project processes, templates and tools.

About you

To be successful, you will demonstrate

• Experience supporting project planning, coordination and delivery within a complex ICT or digital environment.
• Strong organisational skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities, monitor multiple workstreams and support delivery against agreed milestones.
• Experience developing and maintaining project plans, schedules, status reports, action registers, and risk and issue registers.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills and the ability to work effectively with technical, business and delivery teams.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including preparing project reports, briefs, governance documents and correspondence.
• Initiative, sound judgement and problem-solving skills, including identifying emerging risks and dependencies and escalating matters appropriately.
• Experience working within an Australian Government ICT program or project environment.
• Knowledge of contemporary project management methodologies and ICT governance practices.
• Experience working in Agile, hybrid or multidisciplinary ICT delivery teams.
• Experience using Jira, Confluence or similar project management, collaboration and reporting tools
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