Senior Project Officer

My client is currently seeking a Senior Project Officer to work on an exciting contract opportunity with one of Australians financial leaders. This is an opportunity to work on a long term contract opportunity with a high chance to go permanent after 12 months. Ideally this candidate will have a strong background working as a Senior PO in either the Banking/Telco industry. This Candidate will have previously worked on end to end projects with budgets over $3 million dollars and will be required to be hands on at a Junior Project Management level.

ROLE REQUIREMENTS:
* Support the organisation of research, development and partnership activities, participate in discussions related to the core activities and event based projects;
* Monitor and report on the progress of event based projects and core activities;
* Prepare contracts and commissions and progress payments;
* Draft/present briefings to a range of audiences using communications methods appropriate to the topic subject and audience;
* Liaise with colleagues within and external to the Project Team, ensure all deadlines are met;
* Support distribution of materials and the collection and collation of responses;
* Support the creation of materials to aid development/enhancement of agreed project deliverables. Support the needs of colleagues within and external to the Project Team
* Provide deputy cover for PM;
* Provide technical support of presentational equipment and PowerPoint presentations

SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE:
* A track record of working at as a Project Officer, supporting the delivery of a major multi-partner programme;
* Knowledge of both theoretical and practical aspects of project and management;
* Mentor and develop a high performance team;
* Think strategically and turn into meaningful, practical applications;
* Able to use MS Office and Project software;
* Prioritise/balance demands from different projects within a programme of event based project work;
* Work on own initiative, make decisions within agreed framework of actions;
* Able to develop/maintain relationships with stakeholders, partners and sponsors;
* Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, able to articulate information, present clear, accurate and concise project performance reports;
* Competent in influencing and negotiating at all levels within an organisation, external agencies, public and private sector partners and sponsors;
* Be proactive, results-oriented, innovative and self-motivated and maintain the highest standards of professionalism and integrity.

This is an exciting opportunity to work for an industry leader in a long term contract role,APPLY now and a experienced consultant will be in touch to discuss your application in more detail.