Project Officer

Project Officer

Unijobs on behalf of our public sector client have a requirement for a suitably skilled Project Officer to join their team. The duration of this post is 12 months initially with possible extensions thereafter. This role will be Flexible/Hybrid – The successful candidate must be able to attend client sites as required.

Working 35 hours per week, the successful candidate will be employed as an agency employee and will be paid an hourly rate of €31.70 per hour based on an annualised salary of €57,898. You will accrue 30 days annual leave per year and paid Bank Holidays.

Role & Responsibilities

• Project Officers are expected to support the Community Care Record team in the implementation phase of the programme.
• Working closely with each of the six Health Regions to achieve the aim of the Digital for Care Framework.
• Broad stakeholder engagement with regular interactions at national and regional level.
• Assistance with creation and upkeep of project planning artefacts.
• Provide support in the deployment of programme/change management process, tools and templates.
• Overseeing the administrative and clerical aspects of projects to ensure smooth operations.
• Project Officers may be allocated to a workstream in the programme and aligned project tasks. This is to ensure efficient use and maximisation of resource expertise and availability for the duration of the contract.

Skills & Experience:

• A track record of 3+ years working in community services including experience in delivery of projects within the organisation; this must be clearly demonstrated in the submission.
• Experience of project planning, report development, RAID and RACI management along with other project management tools.
• Experience of engaging with a wide range of stakeholders must be clearly demonstrated in the submission.
• Clinical experience or experience working within clinical teams would be an advantage.

Business Competencies:

• Excellent oral and written communication skills including the ability to present information in a confident and logical manner.
• Demonstrate experience in working collaboratively with stakeholders and partners to ensure that the impact of projects is maximised.
• An ability to quickly build relationships with a diverse set of stakeholders.
• Good ICT, administration, presentation and report writing skills.
• Demonstrates and ability to support the development and delivery of a project plan.
• Ability to work with the other project or programme units to ensure that projects are delivered in a cohesive and planned manner.
• Demonstrate ability to support the implementation and management of change and business process re-organisation skills.
• Displays a commitment to achieving quality results including experience in evaluating the provision of services.
• Demonstrates an ability to perform various business analysis activities as deemed necessary for the project.
• Demonstrates good problem solving, analytical and decision-making skills.
• Self-starter with a demonstrable willingness to take on responsibility.

*Applicants must be eligible to work in Ireland at the time of application*

*This position may be subject to Garda Vetting and Foreign Police Clearance, if applicable you will be required to obtain these prior to commencing in this role*

Unijobs is an equal opportunities employer