Project Officer

• Salary: $97,955 - $111,142 (Plus Superannuation)
• Fixed-Term to 30 June 2027
• Usual hours of work: Full time (flexibility may be available)
• Usual work location: Regional based (flexibility may be available)

The Role

As a Project Officer, you will be responsible for supporting the delivery of complex high value high risk social infrastructure. You will be undertaking a wide variety of activity across the team. You will demonstrate experience and knowledge in infrastructure project delivery, together with excellence in stakeholder management and communication skills are required for this role.

The team's key deliverables include the Nyaal Banyul Geelong Convention and Event Centre, the Twelve Apostle Precinct Redevelopment, Bendigo Art Gallery and Bendigo Regional Employment Precinct.

 Key accountabilities include:

• Contribute to the implementation and delivery of complex projects, oversee contractual arrangements, and facilitate dynamic partner and stakeholder relations, ensuring key deliverables (scope, budget and project/program governance and manage expectations) are met.
• Support a partnership approach to delivery with agencies such as Development Victoria and other key partners across Local, State and Federal Government, and Traditional Owner Corporations, to support a culture of collaboration, integrity and continuous improvement.
• Develop, and maintain productive working relationships with key internal and external stakeholders and demonstrate a creative and partnership-based approach to infrastructure project development and delivery, particularly with a commercial focus.
• Provide advice to senior management on complex project issues and solutions and prepare detailed reports, business cases, Cabinet submissions, Ministerial briefings, and discussion papers, on time, and that demonstrate an understanding of the policy, political and legal context. 

The Team

The position of Project Officer will work across Regional Economic Growth and Investment/Priority Projects branch, which sits within Regional Development Victoria group.

Regional Development Victoria group works with businesses, communities and across government to deliver economic growth, create jobs, build resilience, and support economic recovery in our regions. We have a strong role in activating networks; building partnerships; realizing outcomes that boost local economic and community resilience; and bringing the lived experience of communities into government decision making. In delivering our portfolio priorities, we work closely with parts of government given the many synergies and linkages with other priorities across government.

 About You

To be successful in this role you will have the following skills and experience:

• Contribute to the implementation and delivery of complex projects, oversee contractual arrangements, and facilitate dynamic partner and stakeholder relations, ensuring key deliverables (scope, budget and project/program governance and manage expectations) are met.
• Support a partnership approach to delivery with agencies such as Development Victoria and other key partners across Local, State and Federal Government, and Traditional Owner Corporations, to support a culture of collaboration, integrity and continuous improvement.
• Develop, and maintain productive working relationships with key internal and external stakeholders and demonstrate a creative and partnership-based approach to infrastructure project development and delivery, particularly with a commercial focus.
• Provide advice to senior management on complex project issues and solutions and prepare detailed reports, business cases, Cabinet submissions, Ministerial briefings, and discussion papers, on time, and that demonstrate an understanding of the policy, political and legal context.

Further Information

For a confidential discussion, please contact Jim Rodgers, Director, Priority Projects on 0436 815 794.

The department is committed to creating and maintaining a child safe organisation. We have zero tolerance of child abuse and are committed to taking the necessary steps to protect children from harm by adopting a preventative, proactive and participatory approach to child safety in accordance with the Child Safe Standards.

Successful candidates will be required to undergo a National Police Records Check prior to commencing employment with the Department. For further information on the position, please refer to the attached position description.

Please note: We are accredited as a Disability Confident Recruitment (DCR) organisation and committed to inclusive recruitment. If you require an adjustment to participate in any stage of the recruitment process or have a particular requirement to be communicated with by either telephone or email only, please notify the DJSIR Recruitment Team on 0472875685, or via email at recruitment@ecodev.vic.gov.au with the position number in the subject line. For additional contact details for our team please review the attached Position Description, located under Job Attachments in the right hand menu.

How to Apply

Please click the ‘Apply Now' button. As part of the application process, you will need to provide a copy of your cover letter, resume and respond to the key selection criteria outlined in the position description.

Applications close at 23:59pm on Monday, 23 June 2025.