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About the Role
Sunswift Racing within the Faculty of Engineering, UNSW, is seeking a Project Officer to provide high-quality project coordination, administrative and operational support to ensure the successful delivery of Sunswift’s initiatives. You will contribute to planning, reporting, stakeholder engagement and communications for this internationally recognised program.
Responsibilities
- Provide high-quality project coordination, administrative and operational support.
- Contribute to planning, reporting, stakeholder engagement and communications.
- Liaise effectively with a range of stakeholders.
- Manage multiple tasks and meet competing deadlines.
- Work collaboratively and productively within a team.
- Take initiative and work independently while managing competing demands.
- Understand and commit to UNSW’s aims, objectives and values.
- Adhere to relevant policies and guidelines.
- Understand health & safety responsibilities and commit to relevant training.
Requirements
- Relevant tertiary qualification with subsequent relevant experience or equivalent competence.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with high attention to detail.
- Sound stakeholder management skills.
- Experience working with a range of computer systems and applications, including the Microsoft suite.
- Excellent time management skills with the ability to respond to changing priorities.
- Project experience, with an understanding of the project life cycle and development of project plans, objectives and documentation.
- Working rights in Australia.
- Ability to be on site in Kensington regularly.
- Willingness to undergo pre-employment screening, including reference checks, qualification verification, right-to-work verification, and criminal history screening where relevant.
Skills
- Project coordination
- Administrative support
- Operational support
- Planning
- Reporting
- Stakeholder engagement
- Communications
- Written communication
- Verbal communication
- Attention to detail
- Stakeholder management
- Liaison
- Computer systems and applications
- Microsoft suite
- Time management
- Responding to changing priorities
- Managing multiple tasks
- Meeting competing deadlines
- Judgement
- Initiative
- Project life cycle understanding
- Project plan development
- Objective development
- Project documentation
- Team collaboration
- Independent work
- UNSW aims, objectives and values understanding
- Health & safety knowledge
Location
- Kensington – Sydney, Australia
Work Type
- Part time (0.6 FTE)
- Fixed term – 24 months
Experience Level
- Level 6
Education Level
- Relevant tertiary qualification
Salary/Compensations
- $108,021 to $115,233 per annum + 17% superannuation (pro-rated to 0.6 FTE)
Benefits
- 17% superannuation
About the Company
- Sunswift Racing is one of the University of New South Wales (UNSW)'s flagship student-led engineering projects, founded in 1996 to build solar-electric vehicles for competition. The team has built several solar vehicles, with Sunswift 7 holding a Guinness World Record. Sunswift collaborates with industry leaders to advance clean energy technologies.
- UNSW is a large organisation with a diverse and talented community, driven to be thoughtful, practical, and purposeful. It offers a career where employees can thrive, be challenged, and do meaningful work.
- The Faculty of Engineering at UNSW is a national and international leader in engineering research and education, being the largest engineering faculty in Australia. It offers diverse programs, fosters innovation, and addresses global challenges through strong industry partnerships and cutting-edge research.
Equal Opportunity
- UNSW is committed to evolving a culture that embraces equity and supports a diverse and inclusive community where everyone can participate fairly, in a safe and respectful environment. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and encourage applications from people of diverse gender, sexual orientation, cultural and linguistic backgrounds, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background, people with disability and those with caring and family responsibilities. UNSW provides workplace adjustments for people with disability, and access to flexible work options for eligible staff.