Senior Program Officer

Summary about this job

Detail information about job Senior Program Officer . Terms and conditions vacancy

The Senior Program Officer manages and coordinates the implementation and evaluation of complex projects to achieve project reporting obligations, appropriate assurance standards and outcomes to support the achievement of organisational objectives throughout the lifecycle of projects.

Key accountabilities

• Provides a range of project management and support services, including preparation of reports and briefs, coordinating meetings and workshops, acts as secretary for key meetings, maintaining project documentation and implementing and monitoring project plans, to ensure program outcomes are achieved on time, on budget, to quality standards and within agreed scope, in line with established project management methodology
• Manages, coordinates and ensures reporting requirements are met across all programs of work in line with obligations to Infrastructure NSW (INSW), Treasury, Delivery Agencies, Program Managers and other stakeholders as required
• Prepares and maintains project documentation for reporting, monitoring and evaluation purposes to ensure accessibility of quality information and contribute to the achievement of program outcomes Source, collate and compile data and information to identify emerging issues and track and report on project progress against established milestones and deliverables
• Undertake research and analysis, identifying trends and preparing project briefs, to support informed decision-making and management of costs, schedule, milestones, risks and opportunities to deliver project outcomes
• Identify and escalate critical or sensitive issues to the Director’s attention to enable timely discussion and resolution of business-critical issues
• Communicate with key stakeholders and coordinate working groups, committees and delivery agencies to facilitate exchange of information and support project completion in line with project plans Key challenges
• Promoting a strong project and program support-centred ethos focused on collaborating and assisting the development of a continuously improving culture across all geographically dispersed projects, and supporting and enabling project managers to deliver projects on time and on budget
• Delivering a range of project management and support services, given tight deadlines, limited resources, minimal direction, and the need to manage competing priorities
• Aligning and integrating risk, contingency and issues management processes with overall portfolio strategy and project outcomes

To be considered for this role you will need to have a construction, engineering or infrastructure background.

This is an initial 3 month contract with a view to extend.