Victorian Department of Families Fairness & Housing
Project Officer
Supports all Victorians to have access to safe, secure and affordable housing.
Business operations
Full-time
Office | Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Visa sponsorship · No
Senior · A role for someone with advanced knowledge and skills. May involve mentoring, leading others or specialisation. Typically at least 5 years of experience.
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Why Victorian Department of Families Fairness & Housing
The Department of Families, Fairness and Housing delivers policies, programs and services that support Victorians and help them thrive. The department offers diverse and meaningful career opportunities for professionals who want to help people build better lives and achieve their full potential.
About the role
THE ROLE
Project Officer - Service Delivery and Partnership Support
The Project Officer provides project management support to the newly established Service Delivery and Partnership Support team by coordinating service performance data and reporting and ensuring that Disability Homes Victoria's (DHV) responsibilities are met within departmental systems. The role will play a pivotal role in improving compliance and will seek to identify and promote efficiencies in DHV's ways-of-working. The Project Officer will demonstrate discretion when dealing with sensitive and confidential information and work to build a positive culture while demonstrating behaviours in line with the department's values.
Accountabilities Include
* Provide administrative and project management support to the Manager and Service Delivery and Partnership Support team on DHV priorities and strategic projects. * Manage business functions and processes across the team, such as the delivery of briefings, correspondence, submissions, reports, PPQs, PAECs, and ad hoc responses, ensuring high quality and timely advice. * Contribute to a positive workplace culture within DHV, ensuring collaboration, service excellence, accountability and trust. * Demonstrate well developed interpersonal skills and build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders to enable business functions and enhance DHV service delivery.
What you'll be responsible for
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Project Initiation
Manage people, materials, and budget to ensure they are efficient and effective in achieving the project objectives
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Project Coordination
Coordinate people and processes to ensure the effective and timely running of a project
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Program and Project Risk Management
Identify, assess, and manage risks that may impact the program or project's success
Skills you'll need
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Collaboration
Works with others by being open, clear in communication and listening to achieve goals
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Prioritization
Compares and ranks the relative importance &/or urgency of different tasks to identify the best order of actions
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Verbal communication
Speaks clearly to convey information effectively to a target audience
Meet the team
