Project Officer (PROJ-4233)

Job Duties and Responsibilities

• Assist with project planning, delivery and work package management.
• Assist with development and maintenance of key project artefacts, including the project schedule.
• Support the implementation and maintenance of appropriate information management and record keeping practices.
• Assist with capturing and coordinating project tasks and actions.
• Assist with risk, issue and dependency management.
• Procure ICT-related goods and services.
• Work collaboratively and constructively as part of an Agile delivery team to ensure the timely delivery of a quality ICT capability.
• Work with fellow team members to improve team business processes and share knowledge

Desirable

• Demonstrated ICT project support competencies.

Technical skills

• Experience working with Microsoft 365 and other software applications.

Essential criteria

• Supports programme or project control boards, project assurance teams and quality review meetings
• Takes responsibility for the provision of support services to projects. Uses and recommends project control solutions for planning, scheduling and tracking projects
• Sets up and provides detailed guidance on project management software, procedures, processes, tools and techniques
• Provides basic guidance on individual project proposals. May provide a cross programme view on risk, change, quality, finance or configuration management
• Assists in the development of new or improved practices and organisational processes or standards
• Assists projects, functions or teams in planning the quality management for their area of responsibility. Facilitates localised improvements to the quality system or services
• Demonstrated knowledge of procurement processes, and familiar with relevant legislation governing government procurement.

Desirable criteria

• Contributes to the collection of evidence and the conduct of formal audits or reviews of activities
• Examines records for evidence that appropriate testing and other quality control activities have taken place
• Determines compliance with organisational directives, standards and procedures and identifies non-compliances, non-conformances and abnormal occurrences.