Senior Project Officer Portfolio Services

Senior Project Officer, Portfolio Services

• Location Parramatta CBD with access to hybrid work arrangements
• Full time temporary role for up to 11 months (35 hours per week)
• Salary from $120,859 to $133,183 pa. + super and annual leave loading
• Diverse and inclusive organisation with generous leave entitlements including flex leave and access to Fitness Passport

Your role

As the Senior Project Officer, Portfolio Services you will lead the development, implementation, and evaluation of tools and techniques to ensure the success of our Information and Digital Services (IDS) Portfolio of projects. Your expertise will directly support the achievement of our organisational objectives through robust governance, strategic planning, and effective stakeholder engagement.

What you’ll do

• Manage and oversee all aspects of IDS portfolio planning, governance and reporting via the IDS Project Management tool, including developing new and existing reports to meet quality standards and within the agreed scope in line with the established project management framework.
• Establish and maintain stakeholder relationships through effective communication, negotiation and issues management to engage stakeholders and ensure project, program and portfolio deliverables are met.
• Monitor and evaluate all aspects of portfolio governance and reporting through process automation and the use of appropriate business intelligence tools.
• Manage a project team/s, ensuring compliance with governance and quality requirements, to successfully deliver all key portfolio milestones and outcomes
• Undertake research and formulate recommendations to support evidence-based project planning and decision making
• Provide advice and information to stakeholders on emerging project issues and to support portfolio reports development and delivery in line with established plans, budgets, timeframes, policy objectives and other organizational priorities.

What we’re looking for

• Demonstrated experience in managing project and portfolio governance, planning, and reporting using project management tools and frameworks.
• Strong research and analytical ability
• Proven ability to establish and maintain relationships with diverse stakeholders, ensuring effective communication, negotiation, and issue resolution.
• Clear and concise communication skills, with the ability to provide informed advice and support on emerging project issues.

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We focus on hiring people who share our commitment and goals of inclusion, collaboration, adaptability, courage and integrity. If you meet the essential requirements and the role resonates with you, please apply – you do not need to meet every desired requirement for us to want to talk to you.

What We Offer

We offer a variety of benefits, including:

• A challenging and rewarding career
• Flexible, autonomous work environment
• Competitive pay and conditions
• Training and development opportunities to build and maintain capabilities
• Health & Wellbeing and Employee Assistance Programs.

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We do work that really matters

Working for the Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) provides lots of opportunities to make a real difference. We collaborate with other agencies and community partners, to improve lives and realise the potential of children, adults, families and communities. We're focused on breaking, rather than managing, disadvantage. It’s work that really matters.

Apply now and join Australia’s top public sector employer where we will support you and provide an exciting and flexible working environment!

Are you ready to join us?

Click apply, attach a cover letter (maximum 2 pages) outlining how you meet the requirements of the role as well as an up-to-date résumé (maximum 5 pages).

Applications close Monday, 25 November 2024 at 11:59pm AEST.

Got a question?

For more information about the role or what it’s like to work for DCJ, please contact the hiring manager Mukta Sharma Mukta.Sharma@dcj.nsw.gov.au

If you’ve got a question about applying or would benefit from an adjustment in the recruitment process to help you perform at your best (including an alternate method submission of the application), please call Stephanie Hughes on 02 8688 0027 or via stephanie.hughes@dcj.nsw.gov.au  

Visit Recruitment adjustments on the DCJ website to learn more.

Inclusion and Diversity lies at the heart of how we recruit

We continue to hire great people with a wide variety of skills, experience and backgrounds. This includes people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, women, people identifying as LGBTIQ+, culturally and linguistically diverse people, carers and other diversity groups.

To find out what DCJ are doing to build an inclusive and diverse workforce, visit Inclusion and diversity on the DCJ website.

Other Information

A talent pool may be created for future ongoing and temporary roles and is valid for a period of up to 18 months.

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