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SalarySenior ICT Project Officer
** Aus Citizens only ** No PR or Work Visa**
RFQ ID - DM-22635.
RFQ closing date - Friday, 15 March 2024
Client - Dept. of Industry, Science and Resources
Requirements
Department Overview
The Department of Industry, Science and Resources (DISR) strives to encourage the sustainable growth of Australian industries including the delivery of a national innovation system to drive knowledge creation, international competitiveness and greater productivity.
Requirements
We have an exciting opportunity for a Project Officer working within the Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) Simplification Project with the Chief Information Officer Division (CIOD).
The Project Officer role will directly support the day-to-day work of the project manager including performing administrative tasks, helping to monitor deadlines, reporting, minute taking, maintaining project artefacts, and assisting with implementing frameworks.
The successful candidate will have an understanding of, or a keen interest in learning more about the ICT project environment, and have strong transferable skills such as stakeholder management, time management, and organisation / coordination.
Responsibilities across multiple project implementation streams:
- Plan meetings and project logistics
- Attend meetings on the project managers behalf and record minutes.
- Initial development and ongoing maintenance of project artefacts used to track overall progress including Registers (risks, issues, decisions, actions), the project schedule, Budget sheets, and the project Teams site.
- Monitor project progress and support the creation of project status reports for the Project Board.
- Support the preparation of draft project documentation in line with the PRINCE2 documentation suite.
- Prepare briefing material to support the project manager.
- Develop in-depth understanding of project scope and particulars i.e. timeframes, financials, risks, benefits.
- Lead team meetings, when required, such as stand-up and team meetings and report identified risk/issues/blockers to the project manager.
- Carry out other duties as deemed reasonable and appropriate to the role as directed from time to time.
- A varied role no two days will be the same
- An environment where creative problem solving and ideas are welcome.
- An opportunity to contribute to a project that will make a truly substantial difference to NMI and its ability to achieve its mandate.
- Work with a team that love what they do, and a project manager focussed on your development and job satisfaction.
Initial contract duration - 6 months
Extension term - 6 months
Number of extensions - 2
Location of work - ACT, Offsite
Working arrangementsThe Department supports working from home arrangements on a case-by-case basis subject to the business needs of the supervising manager and business unit. Please indicate clearly in your response if the candidate/s are based outside of the ACT
Security clearance - Must be able to obtain Baseline
Maximum number of candidates per seller - 2
Criteria
Essential criteria
1. 2+ years of experience working in a project coordinator or administrative role
2. Excellent verbal and written communication skills
3. Proven ability to coordinate activities and prioritise tasks to meet outcomes within required time frames.
4. Demonstrated competence in computer applications, including the Microsoft Office suite, in particular Microsoft Project, Excel and Microsoft Teams.
5. An understanding of financial management including budget management.
6. Demonstrated analysis and reporting skills.
Desirable criteria
1. Experience working on ICT projects that that relate to software development.
2. Any Project Management qualifications or understanding of project management frameworks such as Prince2, PMP/PMI, ITIL, and agile ways of working.
3. Experience with DevOps
What to submit
For each candidate, you must include:
- start date
- hourly rate
- responses to selection criteria
- resumés
- references
