Senior Project Officer

• Work in Parkville, just a hop away from the CBD, Melbourne Zoo & Queen Victoria Markets
• Attractive salary $104,965 per annum + super
• Full time contract to make an impact and contribute to Australia’s largest child health research institute
• Parental leave cover until February 2025

Are you passionate about leveraging digital platforms to drive meaningful change in children’s health and development?

The Centre for Community Child Health is seeking a dynamic and skilled Senior Project Officer to lead our website redevelopment efforts and advance knowledge translation in this critical field.

What’s in it for you?

• Maximise your pay through salary packaging including entertainment and novated leases
• Enjoy flexible working options
• Be part of a team who are passionate about making a difference
• Work in a supportive and energetic environment with our growing team
• We value our employees, which is why we offer a health and wellbeing program including free access to an Employee Assistance Program

The opportunity:

The Centre for Community Child Health provides leadership within and beyond the Centre for the synthesis, dissemination and application of knowledge to optimise the impact of research and improve the health, development and wellbeing of children and families.

We are seeking a skilled and innovative Senior Project Officer to support our knowledge translation efforts by taking a key role in website redevelopment. The Senior Project Officer will have a strong background in content development and a passion for using digital platforms to facilitate the dissemination and exchange of knowledge.

They will be part of a team focused on enhancing the online presence of projects and ensuring our websites are effective tools for sharing research findings, engaging stakeholders and fostering collaboration. The ideal candidate will have a passion for using digital platforms to facilitate knowledge translation to improve the health, development and wellbeing of children.

Your responsibilities include:

• Collaborating with researchers and stakeholders to identify knowledge translation needs, goals and priorities
• Supporting the redesign and redevelopment of websites to ensure they align with the objectives of initiatives
• Supporting the content contributors to ensure consistency, quality, and adherence to best practices for website content development and publishing
• Managing knowledge translation projects from initiation to completion, ensuring deliverables are met on time and within budget
• Developing project plans, timelines and milestones, and monitoring progress against established goals and objectives

About you:

• Tertiary qualifications in relevant field (e.g. public health, communications, digital media)
• Demonstrated experience in knowledge translation/science communication or a related field
• Demonstrated experience in web content development, content migration and content management systems
• Experience in building and maintaining effective partnerships with diverse stakeholders
• Experience in project management

How to apply

Please click ‘Apply Now’ for further information and to apply.

Any specific questions related to this position should be directed to Vikki Leone at [email protected] using the subject line: Senior Project Officer enquiry via EthicalJobs.

To be considered, applicants should submit:

• Cover letter
• Resume
• Responses to ‘selection criteria’ via the attached position description.

Please submit your application in one combined pdf document.

We welcome all genders, ages, ethnicities, cultural backgrounds, abilities, religions and sexual orientations in our workplace and encourage talented people of any identity to apply to our vacancies. We will provide reasonable adjustments in our recruitment process and in the workplace, please contact the People Leader listed above if this is needed.

All applicants, please be aware that in line with the Murdoch Children’s and VCGS COVID-19 Vaccination Policy, all Murdoch Children’s and VCGS workers must be fully vaccinated (boosted), unless a valid medical exception applies.

Please note, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the closing date once a sufficient number of applications have been received.