The Role

As an ASD 5 Project Support Officer, you will be responsible for supporting an integrated team and contribute to aspects of the Capability Life Cycle. This will entail:

• Understanding project management practices to support iterative/agile working.
• Supporting the vision of the project’s outcomes and associated benefits.
• Supporting senior staff in the translation of requirements into project plans.
• Achieving a more in-depth understanding of the importance of project costs, schedule and expected benefits.
• Demonstrating interpersonal skills to foster and promote a positive and inclusive workplace culture that aligns with ASD values.
• Engaging with and supporting communication to a diverse range of stakeholders.
• Support writing information in report/ updating reports from a data source.
• Demonstrating an analytical approach to work.
• Providing support to senior staff and undertaking work under limited supervision.
• Accepting opportunities for mentoring or coaching.
• Assisting with financial and procurement processes to support project goals.

As an ASD 6 Project Support Officer/Manager, you will be responsible for supporting integrated teams and contribute to aspects of the Capability Life Cycle. This will entail:

• Supporting project management practices to support iterative/agile working.
• Supporting project delivery, maintaining knowledge of ICT project management tools, including but not limited to, risk management, quality assurance, finance, cost modelling, procurement, acquisition strategy, test and evaluation, resourcing, project briefs, project management plans and post implementation reviews.
• Maintaining and communicating a vision of the project’s outcomes and associated benefits.
• Translating requirements into project plans.
• Scheduling project resources as well as monitoring and reviewing project costs, schedule and expected benefits.
• Supporting interdependencies of specific project business strategies and objectives.
• Supporting a framework for implementing business initiatives, or change within a project setting.
• Accountability for supporting team cohesion, setting work area priorities, managing workflows and evaluating business outcomes.
• Demonstrating interpersonal skills to foster and promote a positive and inclusive workplace culture that aligns with ASD values.
• Assisting the team to answer enquiries and to understand common problems and offer solutions.
• Providing mentoring support to junior staff, in order to build a stronger understanding of the polices, processes and procedures;
• Ensuring the team is keeping end-users informed on the progress of issue resolution and estimated timeframes for resolution.
• Demonstrating an analytical approach to work.

Further information can be found at: I’m changing my career | Australian Signals Directorate (asd.gov.au)

About our Team

We are seeking energetic, highly organised and task-orientated Project Support Officers and Project Managers accountable to perform procedural, operational, administrative and business support work to achieve project management outcomes within an integrated workforce.

Our team drives project management maturity improvements and is comprised of members of diverse skills and disciplines who work together to deliver positive capability development outcomes for all of our stakeholders. Through these stakeholders, including Air Force, Army, Navy and other Defence Groups, we deliver complex project/programs to enable ASD and the ADF to stay ahead of technical advancements in the region.

Within the group, the role will be accountable to perform and achieve complex procedural, operational, administrative and business support work within an integrated workforce. They are accountable to ensure they have knowledge of, and compliance with, legislative frameworks, government decision-making and ASD’s mission and policy requirements.

You will be required to work closely with other project equity owners and other areas across the organisation.

ASD offers flexible work practices, excellent training, mentoring and development opportunities as well as a competitive salary and benefits packages.

Our Ideal Candidate

As an ASD 5 Project Support Officer, our ideal candidate will:

• Have a desire to work in a project environment and willingness to learn.
• Demonstrate strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Show high attention to detail and an analytical approach.
• Be able to work independently and collaboratively in a team.
• Display adaptability and a positive, inclusive attitude.
• Have an understanding of, or experience in agile project management.

As an ASD 6 Project Support Officer/Project Manager, our ideal candidate will:

• Demonstrate experience in project management and an understanding of agile project management processes and methodologies.
• Demonstrate highly developed written and oral communication skills and ability to communicate information coherently and concisely to stakeholders.
• An ability to work collaboratively to achieve results and has a willingness to learn and adapt to the needs of their customers.
• Demonstrate interpersonal skills to foster and promote a positive and inclusive workplace culture that aligns with ASD values.
• Highly developed attention to detail.

ASD is seeking applicants to fill current and anticipated vacancies and to create a merit pool for future vacancies.

Application Closing Date: Sunday 11 May 2025

For further information please review the job information pack, reference ASD/03665/25 on www.asd.gov.au/careers.