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Senior Project Officer


Native Title Claims Resolution; Native Title and Indigenous Land Services; Lands; Brisbane City (Cairns, Toowoomba and Warwick also Considered)

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Our Native Title and Indigenous Land Services team are seeking a Senior Project Officer with strong research and legislation interpretation skills to join their team on a permanent basis. Are you looking for a role with an important purpose? Join us where your contribution will count!

Job details

Position status Permanent
Position type Full-time
Occupational group Administration
Classification AO6
Workplace Location Brisbane Inner City,Cairns region,Darling Downs - Maranoa,Toowoomba region
Job ad reference QLD/625980/25
Closing date 04-Apr-2025
Job duration
Contact person Jacinta Marshall
Contact details Ph: (07) 3096 6804
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Our Native Title and Indigenous Land Services team are seeking a Senior Project Officer to join their team and bring their best self to work every day! While our main location of 1 William Street Brisbane is on offer, the locations of Cairns, Toowoomba and Warwick will also be considered.

As a successful candidate with our team, you will contribute to the Government's response to native title claims and other native title matters while supporting officers involved in negotiations of such matters.

Your savvy skills in research, data analysis and legislation interpretation will see you providing support to your team with the production of complex documents and reports that will help establish outcomes to the Government's response on native title matters.

Your strong communication skills and your ability to adapt your communication style for the various stakeholders, local authorities and peak industry groups will see you developing strong relationships that you'll be able to call on to assist with your progress across all material preparation to support your manager and state negotiator.

Your natural leadership will see you effectively coordinate the team's deliverables to ensure compliance is to a high standard, and your natural flair for developing others will see the team's results provide successful outcomes for the stakeholders you'll be working with and supporting.

Your attention to detail will see you produce your deliverables to a high standard when preparing court documents and reports and you'll be a team member who can proactively assist others to ensure projects for the team are prioritised to achieve results with careful planning and insightful decisions.

Sound like you? Keen to know more? Contact Jacinta Marshall for a confidential chat on Ph: (07) 3096 6804 and refer to the further detail within the role profile (including how to apply).

Why join us?
We are committed to being a workplace that focusses on people. This is about building resilience, encouraging innovation, and understanding that learning is a journey that never ends.
We promote a safe, inclusive and respectful place to work where all staff feel valued.
We are a mobile, flexible, and agile workforce. We live by our guiding principles - proactive, courageous, pragmatic, collaborate, resilient and respectful - underpinned by the Queensland public service values.

What we offer?
• Competitive superannuation and salary sacrificing options.
• Flexible working options that encourage a healthy work-life balance.
• A variety of fantastic leave provisions, supported across the broader Queensland public sector.
• Rewarding professional career development and training opportunities.
• Relocation assistance and provisions.
• Have visible impact in your community, and directly contribute to making good jobs, better services and a great lifestyle for all Queenslanders.

Work in an inclusive work culture while making an impactful difference for all Queenslanders. To know more about the benefits of working with the Department of Natural Resources and Mines, Manufacturing and Regional and Rural Development click here: https://www.nrmmrrd.qld.gov.au/about-us/careers

Discover a purpose-driven career with the Department of Natural Resources and Mines, Manufacturing and Regional and Rural Development. Unleash your potential, grow and #MakeADifference!

Applications to remain current for 12 months.

Job Ad Reference: QLD/625980/25

Closing Date: Friday, 04 April 2025

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