Projects Officer, Strategic Program Engagement and Quality

Projects Officer, Strategic Program Engagement and Quality

Employment Type: Part Time – Exempt (Up to November 2025)
Position Classification: Health Manager Level 2
Remuneration: $109,857.00 - $129,624.00 per annum, plus superannuation and 17.5% leave loading
Hours Per Week: 20
Location: 1 Reserve Road, St Leonards, Sydney
Requisition ID: REQ553267

Contribute to improving cancer outcomes for people in NSW. Bring your project experience to apply to strategic projects in the Cancer Screening and Prevention Division.

• Be part of an organisation that makes a difference in cancer control in NSW
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are encouraged to apply

Where you’ll be working

The Cancer Institute NSW is the NSW Government’s cancer control agency, established to lessen the impact of cancer across the state.

Working at the Cancer Institute NSW means joining a team of committed and dedicated staff who are proud to be a part of the Institute’s purpose of overseeing and accelerating the effectiveness of cancer control in NSW.

The Cancer Institute is a collaborative working environment that encourages diversity and inclusion in how we work and the way we work together. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are strongly encouraged to apply. Greater consideration will be given to suitable applicants, in order to improve access to employment and career opportunities (GSE Rule 26).

What you’ll be doing

The purpose of this role is to support the implementation, management, monitoring and evaluation of a range of projects to achieve strategic and operational objectives for the Cancer Screening and Prevention Division. This will include supporting the new lung cancer screening program implementation, and for quality improvement initiatives for the division.

Remuneration/Benefits

In addition to base salary:

• 11.5% superannuation
• 4 weeks annual leave (plus 17.5% leave loading)
• 10 days sick leave
• 40 hours per week which include accrual of monthly Allocated Day Off (ADO) x 12 per year.

Access to:

• Generous Flexible Working practices
• Fitness Passport: a membership card for NSW government employees that gives you and your family unlimited access to 400+ gyms and other facilities at one low price.
• Novated car leasing arrangement
• Salary sacrificing to superannuation.

For your application to be considered

To submit your application, please provide:

• Your resume (maximum five pages)
• A covering letter addressing the Essential Requirements, as outlined in the Role Description
• A response to the Pre-screening questions, as outlined below.

Essential requirements

• Demonstrated experience in project management and the application of project management principles and techniques.
• Ability to communicate effectively with multiple internal and external stakeholders to deliver and meet project objectives and requirements.
• Tertiary and/or postgraduate qualification in an appropriate discipline such as health, public health or health promotion or equivalent and relevant professional experience and training.
• An understanding of the NSW and or federal health system including a knowledge of relevant trends, issues, policies and practices.

If successful for interview candidates must bring original copies of essential qualifications to be sighted by the panel, and one copy to provide to panel.

Pre-screening questions

• Please outline an example that demonstrates your experience in providing project support to a complex project with multiple competing priorities. What was your role, what were some of the challenges you faced and how did you overcome them to make sure the project was successfully implemented?
• Outline a time when you needed to communicate with a group of external stakeholders to meet project objectives and requirements. What approach did you take to identify all relevant stakeholders, and what communication channels did you adopt for successful engagement.

Interested?

For more information:

1. Click here for the Role Description
2. Find out more about applying for this position

For more information about the Cancer Institute NSW please visit www.cancer.nsw.gov.au. For role related queries or questions contact Mary Mitchelhill on Mary.mitchelhill@health.nsw.gov.au

Applications Close: Tuesday 11th March 2025 at 11:59PM

All Cancer Institute roles are based at St Leonards, Sydney, and candidates are required to be Sydney based.

The CORE+4 Values define what is important to the Cancer Institute NSW and our employees.
Our values are: Collaboration, Openness, Respect, Empowerment, Strategic, Supportive, Innovative and Flexible.

The Cancer Institute NSW is unable to offer salary packaging. Salaries will be negotiated commensurate to experience and qualifications of the role.

The Cancer Institute NSW supports flexible working practices for all employees and welcomes applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from diverse cultural backgrounds and people with disabilities. Stepping Up aims to assist Aboriginal job applicants by providing information about applying for roles in NSW Health. For more information please visit www.steppingup.health.nsw.gov.au.

Please indicate if you have any accessibility requirements in your application or speak with the contact person should you be called for an interview. We provide reasonable adjustment for people with a disability during the recruitment process and during their employment.

To be eligible for permanent appointment to a position in NSW Health, you must have Australian citizenship or permanent Australian residency.

To submit your application please visit https://jobs.health.nsw.gov.au/cinsw