Senior Project Officer
St Lucia Campus: Part time: Posted Today: R-*****
Full-time equivalent base salary will be in the range $97,268 to $104,348 + 17% super (HEW Level 6)
About This Opportunity
Join the School of Political Science and International Studies as a
Senior Project Officer
and play a key role in delivering an exciting ARC Future Fellowship project, "Paths to Primacy: How Rising Powers Win Domination in Asia, ****–Present." Working closely with Professor Andrew Phillips and School leadership, you will support the end‐to‐end coordination and delivery of this significant research project. You'll coordinate public-facing events, engage with high-level stakeholders, support research dissemination, and manage project timelines, budgets, travel and communications.
Key responsibilities will include, but are not limited to
Coordinate the project delivery cycle, including planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation, while tracking milestones, timelines and deliverables.
Manage and deliver scholarly workshops, public-facing events and stakeholder meetings, including event design, invitations, logistics, communications and follow‐up.
Promote project outputs through online, social media and traditional platforms, and support the analysis and communication of project impact.
Monitor project expenditure and financial commitments, maintain accurate working budget records, and support forecasting, administration and reporting.
About You
A Bachelor's degree and/or relevant experience in the tertiary education, government or industry sector, combined with demonstrated project management capability.




Demonstrated experience coordinating complex projects involving multiple deliverables, deadlines and stakeholders.
A developing understanding of project management methodologies and frameworks, with the ability to support planning, monitoring, evaluation and reporting.
Excellent organisational and time‐management skills, including the ability to balance competing priorities and deliver outcomes within tight timeframes.
Advanced written and oral communication skills, with the ability to prepare clear project documentation, updates, briefs and research dissemination materials.
Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively and exercise diplomacy and judgement when engaging with senior academic and professional staff, government and non‐government representatives, industry partners, donors, alumni and project participants.
Experience using Microsoft tools, social media and web content platforms, or a demonstrated ability to learn recent project management and communication systems quickly.
An interest in the social sciences, particularly political science and international studies, is welcomed but not required.
About UQ
As part of the UQ community, you'll have the opportunity to work alongside the brightest minds,



who have joined us from all over the world, working together to create a better world. Join a community where excellence is at the core of our culture, contributions are valued and a range of advantages and rewards are available.
Enjoy up to 26 weeks paid parental and primary care leave
17% super
17.5% leave loading
versatile and hybrid working options
health and wellbeing programs
a heavily discounted Study for Staff program
on‐campus childcare
affordable parking
salary packaging
For more information about this opportunity, please contact Professor Katrina Lee Koo, Head of School at ******.
Pre-employment checks may include: verification of the right to work in Australia. This may also include checks relating to gender-based violence matters or other integrity and conduct requirements.
You must maintain unrestricted work rights in Australia for the duration of this appointment to apply. Employer sponsored work rights are not available for this appointment.
We're dedicated to equity, diversity, and inclusion. We recognise that career pathways and opportunities differ and encourage applications from candidates who may not meet every criteria but can demonstrate their potential relative to opportunity. We're also happy to support any accessibility needs throughout the recruitment process. Just let us know how we can help by emailing ****** or calling ***************.
Please note that interviews have been tentatively scheduled for Monday 12 October ****.
Applications close Monday 28 September **** at *****pm AEST (R-*****).
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📌 Senior Project Officer (Canberra)
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