The Senior Project Officer manages the planning, delivery and evaluation of projects at Collingwood Park State Secondary College, overseeing scope, schedules, budgets, procurement, risks, quality and stakeholder engagement to ensure outcomes align with the schoolￂ﾿s strategic priorities.

The role also focuses on technology and systems improvement, software licensing and hardware asset management, quality assurance, operational documentation, and supporting staff through knowledge sharing, mentoring and technical guidance.

Job details

About us:

Collingwood Park State Secondary College (CPSSC) is a vibrant, inclusive school, inspiring a whole community through high quality learning, engagement and opportunity, to realise individual potential, be of good character, and well prepared for a bright future.

Our key strength as an establishing school, is our enthusiasm and great desire to introduce ourselves to the Collingwood Park community, to ensure positive, long-lasting connections are made. These partnerships enable us to build a community school that provides quality pathways for all our students.

Your opportunity:

Be part of a new and innovative school as CPSSC welcomes its first Year 10 cohort in 2027. Help shape meaningful vocational and employment pathways that prepare every student for a brighter future. Play a key role in connecting students with meaningful vocational, training and employment pathways.

As the Senior Project Officer-Student Pathways and Transitions, you will lead the development and implementation of work experience, school-based apprenticeship and traineeship, and VET initiatives that strengthen partnerships with local industry, TAFE and community stakeholders.

This role provides an opportunity to make a tangible difference to student outcomes by expanding opportunities, strengthening pathway and VET participation and supporting students to transition successfully from school into further training and employment.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Undertake all aspects of project management including scope, time, cost, procurement, quality, risk, human resource and communication management ensuring alignment with the strategic direction of the college/school.
• Undertake planning, consultation and research to ensure best practice approaches to the design, implementation and evaluation of projects being managed.
• Effectively communicate, collaborate, maintain and partner with key stakeholders, clients and external suppliers/vendors developing strategic working relationships to ensure solutions are aligned to business requirements.
• Maintain best practice in service delivery and support through the maintenance of currency of knowledge with the latest technologies being offered and undertake specific research and investigations to identify potential benefits for the school.
• Apply innovative techniques to resolve technical issues and undertake system analysis, system design or more specialist activities that improve productivity and client services.
• Manage software licence and hardware registers to ensure all assets are licensed correctly and accounted for, including undertaking periodic audits and equipment stocktakes, and managing equipment movements, wiping and data backups.
• Adhere to quality assurance policies and procedures and government standards and contribute to the development of documentation for operational infrastructure changes and new initiatives.
• Manage and support the team environment by proactively sharing knowledge with team members through informal interchange, workshops, documentation, as well as mentoring and coaching of other technical and non-technical staff.

Interested? To Apply: 

• Attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant work history)
• Attach a 2-page written statement in response to the attached role description.
• Attach a copy of your mandatory qualifications/registration outlined in the attached role description 

We welcome all applicants to share any support needed to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive.

Applications remain current for 12 months from the closing date and may be considered for appointment to identical or similar vacancies within the Department.

Applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.

Further information

We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.

For a full list of the position responsibilities and mandatory requirements, please ensure you download the attached Role Description and Applicant Information Package and follow the instructions.

Documents

Before applying for this vacancy please ensure you read the documents below.

• MSR704884_26P Role Description (PDF, 275KB)
  Role Description
  
  Application Information Package (PDF, 285KB)
  Information Package for Applicants