Job Description:
This is a key role in managing discrete projects and working with stakeholders to ensure project outcomes.
About the Role
* We are seeking a highly skilled Project Officer to provide project management support services, advice, and support to the Project Manager and other senior staff.
* You will collaborate with relevant teams to manage the development of key project deliverables, including research, project planning, scoping, communication plans, procurement activities, contract management, project monitoring, and evaluation within budget.
* You will produce high-quality reports and briefings on project milestones and deliverables, preparing high-level correspondence involving politically sensitive and complex social matters linked to the current projects.
Key Responsibilities
* Provide project management support services, advice, and support to the Project Manager and other senior departmental staff.
* Manage the development of key project deliverables, including research, project planning, scoping, communication plans, procurement activities, contract management, project monitoring, and evaluation.
* Timely production of quality reports and briefings on project milestones and deliverables.
Selection Criteria
* Demonstrated experience in project management and ability to drive, coordinate, and manage projects and milestones on time.
* Demonstrated capability in research, project planning, design, and scoping, and understanding of principles and standards of monitoring and evaluation practice.
* Demonstrated strong work ethic with evidence of goal setting, minimal supervision, responding to changing situations, and producing quality work individually and as a team member.