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Senior Project Officer

NSW Ageing Disability & Commission

Location – Parramatta (Hybrid working environment)

Employment type – Ongoing Full Time

Salary – $120,859 $133,183 pa plus employer contribution to superannuation and leave loading.

Your role

This role sits within the Communication and Engagement team, with a primary purpose to manage and coordinate the development, implementation, and evaluation of complex projects. These projects align to the ADC’s responsibilities, which aim to improve service delivery and operations, and contribute to promoting better outcomes for individuals, families, groups and communities across NSW.

What you’ll do

The key responsibilities of the Senior Project Officer include :

Establishing and maintaining stakeholder relationships through effective communication, negotiation and issues management to engage stakeholders, meet project deliverables, and ensure there is an effective interface with ADC engagement programs, planning, service design and policy implementation.

Managing and overseeing all aspects of project planning, development and implementation for a range of projects, including developing project plans, coordinating resources, managing budgets, meeting reporting requirements, and supporting project-related activities, to ensure project outcomes are achieved on time, on budget, to quality standards and within agreed scope.

Undertaking research and formulate recommendations to support evidence based project planning and decision making.

Providing advice and information to stakeholders on emerging project issues and to support project development and delivery in line with established plans, budgets, timeframes, policy objectives and other projects and priorities.

What we’re looking for

Experience in strategic and innovative project management, with experience in stakeholder engagement.

Excellent understanding of project methodologies, processes, and procedures.

Commitment to the rights of adults with disability and older people.

Relevant tertiary qualifications or equivalent experience.

Full vaccination against COVID-19.

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.

We do work that really matters

Working for the NSW Ageing and Disability Commission provides lots of opportunities to make a real difference. We collaborate with other agencies and community partners to improve the lives of older people and adults with disability who are at risk of abuse, neglect and exploitation. We're focused on breaking, rather than managing, disadvantage. It’s work that really matters.

Are you ready to join us?

Describe a time when you needed to complete a complex project involving multiple stakeholders. How did you manage and develop relationships during the process to achieve the project outcome(s)?

Outline your involvement in a project you led. What was the project and the outcomes, and how did you measure success?

Applications closes : Sunday, 25th February 2024 at 11 : 59pm AEST .

Got a question?

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.

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.

Thank you for your interest in this role. We look forward to receiving your application.