Senior Project Officer - Darling Downs South West Region

Job Reference QLD/DSR608692/24T
Closing date January 12, 2025
Location Darling Downs - Maranoa,Toowoomba region
Contact 0460 002 602

About this job

About the Department:

The Department of Education is dedicated to building an inclusive and diverse workforce that reflects the community and schools we support by treating everyone with respect and dignity. This starts with recruitment and selection. The methods of assessing suitability in the recruitment process may vary. This includes making reasonable adjustments to support applicants at all stages of the process and employee lifecycle.

About the Role:

The Student Child and Family Connect team identify and support vulnerable students to access multi-agency support to engage in continuous schooling.

As the Senior Project Officer, you will:

  • Undertake specialist project activities to achieve the outcomes expected of the project.
  • Oversee the development, implementation and monitoring of program plans and phases, including the coordination of the various activities associated with achieving the project objectives.

Qualities and skills required by the Senior Project Officer include:

  • Strong organisation and time management skills;
  • Demonstrated interpersonal communication and case management skills, including the ability to effectively communicate and build relationships with young people, families, and external services;
  • Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain collaborative relationships;
  • Ability to participate in designated project and organisational change activities;
  • Ability to provide clear and regular reporting to senior officers and other staff on progress and agreed performance indicators to assist in monitoring and decision making;
  • Ability to resolve problems and assist in the development and implementation of initiatives, plans, policies, procedures, processes and systems for effective and efficient administration of departmental services; and
  • Demonstrated ability to support a positive team environment.

This is a flexible, full-time position and can be based in either of the Toowoomba, Warwick, Roma or Kingaroy offices.

Please view the Role Description for a full list of responsibilities.

Please refer to the attached role description for any mandatory requirements for this position.

Interested? To Apply: 

  • Attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant work history).
  • Written statement, maximum 2 A4 pages, highlighting achievements, skills and abilities as relevant to the role description and vacancy summary.

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.

When working in regulated employment an employee must have a current Working with Children Clearance (blue card) issued by Blue Card Services.

Salary rate shown is reflective of full-time (1.0 FTE).

The Department of Education is a family inclusive workplace. Click here to find out more about our Inclusion and Diversity strategies.