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As our Senior Project Officer, you will:
• Support the Manager, FAST, to provide teams with effective project coordination and monitoring of project activities, including key deliverables and risk strategies and provide timely, detailed reports to leadership and governance bodies.
• Build a thorough understanding and sound skills in using existing systems and mapping tools to monitor progress on key deliverables and present/report accurate data for varied audiences and purposes.
• Collaborate closely with colleagues working across multiple projects to ensure alignment and to leverage the knowledge, skills and experience of a multidisciplinary team.

Just imagine what you could achieve with us.

Job details

As our Senior Project Officer, you will:
• Support the Manager, FAST, to provide teams with effective project coordination and monitoring of project activities, including key deliverables and risk strategies and provide timely, detailed reports to leadership and governance bodies.
• Build a thorough understanding and sound skills in using existing systems and mapping tools to monitor progress on key deliverables and present/report accurate data for varied audiences and purposes.
• Collaborate closely with colleagues working across multiple projects to ensure alignment and to leverage the knowledge, skills and experience of a multidisciplinary team.
• Review, strengthen and maintain FAST's data collection, storage, analysis, representation and reporting to support implementation and evaluation of multiple, high priority projects.
• Assist in drafting, reviewing, approval and publication processes for strategic plans, operational plans and individual project plans, reports to internal and external committees, presentations, guidelines and correspondence (including briefing notes and ministerial correspondence).
• Support the Manager, FAST, with governance and reporting processes including assisting with secretariat responsibilities for governance and key stakeholder meetings.

You may also have
• Tertiary qualifications in a relevant discipline and/or relevant transferable experience
• Demonstrated proficiency in programs such as Excel and Power BI
• Familiarity with mapping tools such as ArcGIS would be an advantage.

Licences and registrations
• A current, unrestricted ‘C' class driver's licence

The work we do is widespread and varied, but our people are united by an innate sense of purpose, and a passion to serve their fellow Queenslanders. Our people are talented, down-to-earth and resilient, and the work they do every day fills them with gratification and pride. This is what keeps them coming back.

Here are some other reasons why our people choose us:
• Have visible impact in your community, and directly contribute to making Queensland a better place to live.
• Flexible working options that encourage a healthy work-life balance.
• Salary sacrificing options and competitive superannuation.
• A variety of fantastic leave benefits, supported across the broader Queensland public sector.
• Access to confidential and free counselling for you and your immediate family members through our Employee Assistance Program.
• We are committed to preventing violence against women and are proud to be a White Ribbon accredited workplace.
• Join us and help preserve and protect Queensland's biosecurity.

Visit www.daf.qld.gov.au to learn more about us and what we do.

This position is located in Brisbane or Berrinba, please indicate your location preference for this role on your application.

Applications to remain current for 12 months. 

Job Ad Reference: QLD/645341/25
Closing Date: Thursday, 10 July 2025

Further information

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

Please ensure you download all attachments and follow the instructions on how to apply.

Documents

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

• dpi-candidate-information-pack (PDF, 256KB)
  
  
  645341 25 - Role Description (Word, 987KB)