Senior Project Officer (SPOT)

Senior Project Officer (SPOT)

• Employment Type: Full time (35 hours per week)
• Duration: Continuing
• Remuneration: Level 7 $106,351 - $115,103 (depending on experience) + 17% super + leave loading
• Location: Kensington, NSW (flexible hybrid work)

About UNSW:

UNSW isn’t like other places you’ve worked. Yes, we’re a large organisation with a diverse and talented community; a community doing extraordinary things. Together, we are driven to be thoughtful, practical, and purposeful in all we do. Taking this combined approach is what makes our work matter. It’s the reason we’re one of the top 20 universities in the world and a member of Australia’s prestigious Group of Eight. If you want a career where you can thrive, be challenged and do meaningful work, you’re in the right place.

Why your role matters:

The Strategic Projects and Operations Team (SPOT) within the Transformation, Planning and Assurance Division leads the development and implementation of programmatic change initiatives that solve institution wide problems across the University in line with UNSW strategy.

The Senior Project Officer plays a key role in SPOT providing project management support, reporting, developing effective organisation wide communications, support change management activities, build key internal and external stakeholder relationships and consult on multiple, concurrent projects.

This role reports to the SPOT Director and has no direct reports.

Responsibilities:

• In collaboration with the Project Manager, develop and determine project scope, writing of project charters, timeline development and participate in other planning processes as required.
• Assess, manage and update project risks and issues, ensuring that deliverables are defined, emerging issues escalated, and opportunities identified.
• Routinely monitor, track and report on the status of project deliverables according to baselined plans to meet strategic priorities for the division’s portfolio. Liaise with key stakeholders to determine areas for improvement and develop action plans as a result.
• Communicate actions to project team and follow up engagement to ensure progress and actions remain in scope.
• Develop and manage effective project communications with key stakeholders, both internal and external to the University.
• Develop and coordinate the change management activities for SPOT strategic projects and initiatives in collaboration with the project teams.
• Utilise quantitative and qualitative data and liaise with relevant stakeholders to develop and edit content for organisational wide project communications.
• Identify and implement opportunities to improve the quality or efficacy of communications across concurrent SPOT projects.
• Provide planning input to and work across multiple, concurrent projects including scoping, broad stakeholder management, monitoring budgets, implementing effective project management and methodology, communications plans, identifying and proactively managing and mitigating risks, reporting and evaluation.

Skills and Experience

• Relevant tertiary qualification with a depth of subsequent relevant experience or equivalent competence gained through any combination of education, training, and experience.
• Ability to plan, organise and co-ordinate projects and tasks and experience in developing project documentation associated with different stages of the project life cycle.
• Demonstrated experience in distilling complex information into simple messages for communication to a diverse group of stakeholders.
• Excellent time management and organisational skills, with the ability to navigate through competing deadlines.
• Superior written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to create planning and project documents, develop communications and content, present materials, contribute to meetings, prepare project charters and display data in an engaging manner.
• Demonstrated interpersonal and stakeholder management skills, including consultation, influencing, communication, negotiating and networking skills, along with the ability to liaise and work effectively with a range of stakeholders to achieve successful outcomes.
• Demonstrated ability to work under pressure.
• Demonstrated success working effectively and collaboratively with a range of people at different levels within the organisation.

Further details can be found in a copy of the Position Description linked below or via https://www.jobs.unsw.edu.au/

Benefits and Culture:

People are at the core of everything we do. We recognise it is the contributions of our staff who make UNSW one of the best universities in Australia and the world.

Our benefits include:

• Flexible Working Options.
• Career development opportunities
• 17% Superannuation contributions and additional leave loading payments
• Additional 3 days of leave over Christmas period
• Discounts and entitlements (retail, education, fitness)

For further details on the benefits, please visit https://www.jobs.unsw.edu.au/lifestyle-benefits

To Apply: If this is of interest to you, please submit your CV and Cover Letter.

Contact: Amy Denney -Talent Acquisition Coordinator [email protected]

Please note applications sent directly to the contact above cannot be accepted.

Applications close: 11.55pm, 6^th May 2024

UNSW is committed to equity diversity and inclusion. Applications from women, people of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, those living with disabilities, members of the LGBTIQ+ community; and people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, are encouraged. UNSW provides workplace adjustments for people with disability, and access to flexible work options for eligible staff.

The University reserves the right not to proceed with any appointment.