IT Project Support Officer

State Government organisation in Cairns seeking IT Project Support Officer Your new company A leading and crucial government organisation with operations throughout the state are seeking an IT Project Support Officer to work on improving the Cairns regions digital capabilities. This will see you work onsite from their Cairns based offices (in the CBD) to greatly benefit those across the Far-North region. Your new role Established many years ago to service the needs of Queenslanders all throughout the state, whilst being headquartered in Brisbane, this crucial government organisation is seeking to increase the digital offerings they provide by expanding their digital capabilities in Far-North QLD! Whilst based in Cairns and working in this regions domain, you will be liaising with counterparts across the state with occasional travel if and when required. Working within the IT Digital Team and reporting into the Far-North's Digital Services Manager in Cairns, your new role will see you work within this specialised and multi-disciplinary team to deliver a range of highly crucial projects across the region. Being the teams IT Project Support Officer, you will be part of several key strategic digital projects to be rolled out over the course of several months and years to be used by thousands throughout Far North Queensland. These digital projects cover multiple domains such as the digital infrastructure (cloud migrations, virtual networks, etc) and software (application integrations, system implementations, etc) spaces to name a few. The projects under the management of this team vary in size and scope from a few thousand dollars to several million and are a combination of newly created and existing initiatives. Your duties on these projects will encompass a range of responsibilities which are all aimed at ensuring the smooth running of each project such that major milestones are achieved. To do this, you will conduct a variety of tasks such as reporting, data integrity, facilitating meetings and workshops, action tracking, documentation configuration and ensuring project deadlines are met. Not just limited to back-office tasks, you will also engage with high level stakeholders across the organisation, manage external parties (vendors, suppliers etc), partake in cross departmental meetings and have a major impact on the direction of each project. Although your geographical remit will be wide, you will work from the Cairns based offices (with occasional travel required as and when) which will see you interact with many departments/stakeholders to be able to identify and deliver substantial benefits from a data and overall technical perspective. What you'll need to succeed You will need experience/knowledge across (in no particular order) the following:

Gather and translate technical and non-technical requirements
Work with individuals across all levels of an organization
The creation of use cases, workflows and technical specifications amongst other documentation
Data integrity and reporting
Technical documentation
Working in a project focused environment (with project management exposure a bonus)
Clear and perfect communication skills (both spoken and written)
Government (and health experience) would be advantageous
Full Australian working rights
Currently residing in Australia (those outside will not be considered)

What you'll get in return You will be offered a rolling six month contract with a leading and crucial state government organisation in Cairns paying in accordance with A06 ($68.92 - $73.59 per hour + super). Note: Remote work is not available for this position What you need to do now If you are interested in this role, click 'apply now' or email an up to date resume to [email protected]. If this role isn't quite right for you but you are looking for a new position please do not hesitate to get in touch. Please click here to apply.