Facilities Project Officer

• Local Council
• Temporary Contract
• 6 Months with Possibility of Extension

Local Gov in South Brisbane

Your new company

Our client is a local council who is driven to create a positive change for the citizens within its district. They are involved in a range of local schemes to improve the quality of lifestyle and are looking to add a Facilities Project Officer to join the Growing Corporate Property Branch team.

Your new role

This position supports the Corporate Property Branch by providing project management subject expertise in analysis, coordination, monitoring and creation of project materials. Working with project team members, the Project Officer contributes to the efficient and effective delivery of projects across the organisation.

Project Administration

• Providing research, administrative support and quality assurance across each stage of the project lifecycle.

• Focus on lessons learnt to continually improve the services of Logan City Council.

• Provide timely and efficient coordination and dissemination of project materials such as managing and maintaining project briefs, project scheduling, action logs, budgets, and project performance monitoring.

• Assist with stakeholder management and communications, including status reporting, meeting minutes and other project documentation to various stakeholders.

• Assist with the preparation of project plans

• Manage, coordinate, and monitor special projects and regularly report on the progress stages of these projects.

• Preparing reports on project activities and identified risks.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Apply effective and engaging interpersonal skills to maximise engagement of stakeholders.
• Build collaborative and respectful relationships with key project partners and stakeholders.
• Contribute to communication initiatives to ensure regular and consistent messaging is delivered to stakeholders

• Ensure all correspondence and documentation produced is properly referenced and captured for proper record keeping requirements and to ensure ease of recovery.

What you'll need to succeed

Qualifications:

Credentials and / or certification in relevant fields such as change management, agile methodology (e.g. PROSCI, Agile fundamentals, ITIL) would be highly regarded.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

• Considerable experience in a moderately complex project management environment.
  
• Experience working in a team and supporting delivering of projects / programs of work.
  
• Awareness of the breadth and complexity of project / program / portfolio management (P3M).
  
• Experience within a public sector environment, preferably within a local council (highly regarded).
  
• Time management skills, self-motivation with the ability to remain innovative under pressure.
  
• Ability to prioritise while working to demanding deadlines.
  
• Sound written and verbal communication skills to write and / or interpret business cases, reports and other documentation.
  
• Sound problem-solving skills in a specialist / technical environment.

• Possession of a current "C" class driver's licence. Possession of a current "C" class driver's licence.

What you'll get in return

You will be given an opportunity to work alongside a dynamic team, with an opportunity to better your local environment. This is a contract role, with an opportunity for extension down the track.

What you need to do now

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