AO7 Principal Project Officer

About the Company

Davidson are working with a state government client who is seeking an experienced Principal Project Officer.

About the Role

This role will be operating from within the Commercial Evaluation Team, you will be involved in economic and commercial analyses and the provision of advice on the development and management of financial incentive and funding agreements that aim to boost Queensland’s economic development and competitiveness.

You will be involved in facilitating the execution of funding agreements, liaising with program and sectoral areas. You will be responsible for the management of agreements that have been executed under various incentive programs and fulfilling various reporting requirements.

You will have agreement management responsibilities for several funding agreements under various programs from execution to maintenance and expiration which will include; initial condition precedent and financial and special conditions assessments / verifications, claims verifications, site visits, preparation of variations, preparation of briefs to execute variations, preparation of briefs to seek financial delegate approvals of claims and termination.

As required, you may also assist with other functions in Commercial Evaluation and Management such as financial and commercial analysis, including value-for-money, economic evaluation and assessment of projects and proposals submitted under funding programs and initiatives.

• Provide comments and facilitate the review of draft Term Sheet in a form that is appropriate for approval, including referral of draft Term Sheet to Legal Services Unit and externally appointed legal firms.
• Develop funding agreements to incorporate approved Term Sheet using approved Funding Agreement templates for Advanced Queensland Industry Attraction Fund program. Other programs (e.g. Made In Queensland, Biomedical Attraction Fund, Biomedical Voucher Scheme) and ‘one-off’ funding agreements will have their own funding agreement templates that have been approved by Legal Services Unit or externally appointed legal firms.
• Prepare Briefs and facilitate the approval and execution of funding agreements by appropriate delegate for release to successful recipients.
• Undertake agreement management functions (such as condition precedent assessment, claims verification and approvals, simple variation and approvals) and other functions associated with managing agreements as required.
• Update reporting schedules and spreadsheets including funding commitments and forward estimates.
• Prepare reports, submissions, briefings and correspondence as directed by senior officers and management.

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