Background
Our client, one of the largest Federal Government Departments, is searching for a Senior Project Officer to join an established, high-performing project team working on a large financial systems transformation program. 

The role
The Senior Project Officer will provide support to the Director in a variety of tasks, including group inbox management, task prioritisation, allocation and tracking and register management. This is a dynamic role, and responsibilities will vary day-to-day, week-to-week. 

About you
Attitude is more important than aptitude for this role. To be successful in this role you will need to be a dynamic self-starter who is comfortable working in a varied and fast-paced environment. As this role is working on a team involved in a large finance system transformation, any exposure to finance and accounting and/or large systems transformations projects would be highly regarded. Experience working in the public sector will be highly regarded.

Above all, we're looking for someone who can demonstrate initiative, bring a solution-mindset to problems and is comfortable rolling their sleeves up to get things done. 

What's on offer
This is a contract role, with an initial term through until 30 June, 2026 with potential for further extensions. We're targeting a pay rate of between $700-900 per day, but can be flexible for an outstanding candidate. 

Key responsibilities:

• Provide day-to-day support to the Director across various ad-hoc tasks
• Manage the group mailbox, including prioritising and allocating incoming work requests 
• Track task completion and identify bottlenecks, raising issues to the Director as required
• Ensure registers are up-to-date and accurate

• A can-do attitude
• Demonstrated experience as a Project Coordinator / Officer 
• Experience working on finance and/or systems transformation projects will be highly regarded
• Experience working for Federal Government (or public sector) organisations preferred