Acknowledgement of Country

CSIRO acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land, sea and waters, of the area that we live and work on across Australia. We acknowledge their continuing connection to their culture and pay our respects to their Elders past and present. View our vision towards reconciliation

Child Safety

CSIRO is committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people involved in our activities and programs. View our Child Safe Policy.

The Opportunity

CSIRO Science Connect connects society, government, and industries to science. Science Connect does this by delivering mature science and innovation-based products and services to established national and international markets. We currently do this by running 5 customer focussed businesses: Education & Outreach, Futures, CSIRO Publishing, SME Connect and Infrastructure Technologies.

For many customers, a Science Connect business is the first and sometimes only experience of CSIRO. Science Connect plays a critical role, therefore, in driving trust for CSIRO and science. We are CSIRO’s extension brand.

As a Science Connect Projects Officer you will support the Leadership Team of Science Connect. You will work closely with the Deputy Director to support various business processes and strategic initiatives across a diverse portfolio of Programs.

The position will have a particular focus on supporting the Deputy Director and the Director, Education and Outreach. Your role will be responsible for supporting, and in some cases managing under supervision, components of internal initiatives (e.g., on-going roll out of the Science Connect strategy, Education & Outreach’s business plan), business processes (e.g., coordination of internal opportunities and initiatives) and interactions with key stakeholders.

Your duties will include:

• Managing and contributing under supervision to the execution of various initiatives that have been identified by the Deputy Director, Research Connect or Director, Education and Outreach.
• Undertaking a range of administrative tasks in accordance with established procedures.
• Recommending improvements to systems and procedures and implementing any approved changes.
• Providing executive support to more senior staff (particularly the Deputy Director, Science Connect and Director, Education and Outreach), providing precedent-based policy and procedure interpretation and advice.
• Maintaining clear communication with clients regarding mutual expectations and monitoring their satisfaction.
• The role may involve providing instruction to staff on administrative process and training other staff in the performance of routine activities.
• Assisting the coordination of internal and external business processes.
• Providing support to Services’ staff to enhance skills that improve business efficiency and effectiveness.
• Assisting in the preparation and delivery of events, business documents, reports, presentations, analyses, plans and briefings.

Location: Flexible
Salary: AU$89,680 to AU$101,459 plus up to 15.4% superannuation
Tenure: Specified term until 30 June 2025
Reference: 92859

To be considered you will need:

• High level experience in providing support to senior staff including administrative tasks, providing precedent-based policy and procedure interpretation and advice, and preparing business documents, such as reports, presentations, and plans.
• Ability to build strong and productive working relationships, and experience in managing and/or contributing collaboratively to initiatives that involve multiple internal and external stakeholders.
• Experience in project delivery, including formulating workplans, defining deliverables, execution, and completion.
• Ability to work independently under limited supervision on a wide variety of activities.
• Excellent organisational skills with a demonstrated ability to independently manage competing complex demands; determine optimal solutions for a range of problems faced; establish or renegotiate priorities; and meet deadlines, including the ability to effectively adapt in ambiguous, urgent and/or complex situations where information is incomplete or not available.
• Experience in communicating with internal and external stakeholders and able to respond to their needs in a timely and satisfactory way.

For full details about this role please review the Position Description

Eligibility

Applications for this position are open to Australian/New Zealand Citizens, Australian Permanent Residents or you must either hold, or be able to obtain, a valid working visa for the duration of the specified term. The successful candidate will be asked to obtain and provide evidence of a Working with Children check.

Appointment to this role is subject to provision of a national police check and may be subject to other security/medical/character requirements.

Flexible Working Arrangements

We work flexibly at CSIRO, offering a range of options for how, when and where you work. 

Diversity and Inclusion

We are working hard to recruit people representing the diversity across our society, and ensure that all our people feel supported to do their best work and feel empowered to let their ideas flourish. 

About CSIRO

At CSIRO Australia's national science agency, we solve the greatest challenges through innovative science and technology. We put the safety and wellbeing of our people above all else and earn trust everywhere because we only deal in facts. We collaborate widely and generously and deliver solutions with real impact. 

CSIRO is committed to values-based leadership to inspire performance and unlock the potential of our people.

CSIRO is committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people involved in our activities and programs, whether we are undertaking research, engaging with the public or nurturing future scientists in person or online. Source – CSIRO Child Safe policy 2023

Join us and start creating tomorrow today!

How to Apply

Please apply on-line and provide a cover letter and CV that best demonstrate your motivation and ability to meet the requirements of this role.

Applications Close

18 June 2023, 11:00pm AEST/AEDT