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Eden Ritchie Recruitment

1 year ago

Principal Planning Officer

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Company
Eden Ritchie Recruitment
Location
Australia, Queensland, Cairns Region, Cairns Australia
Posted
1 year ago
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Job description

  • 12 month role
  • Preferably based in Cairns
Eden Ritchie Recruitment is seeking a planning professional with strong facilitation and engagement skills to join the educational infrastructure team of a Queensland Government department.

Essential Requirements:
  • Strong facilitation and engagement skills, with ability to build trust and relationships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
  • Demonstrated ability to manage multiple tasks, setting priorities and achieve results within tight timeframes in an environment of change and evolution.
  • Demonstrated knowledge of project and program management methodologies, reporting, and experience in supporting multidisciplinary teams to achieve strategic initiatives and successful project outcomes.
  • Ability to balance long-term strategic planning with program constraints, policy frameworks and delivery realities.
  • Skills and experience in identifying and analysing problems and exercising initiative and responsibility to achieve a solution.
  • Demonstrated experience in preparing, monitoring, evaluating and reporting on program/project budgets and ‘managing up’ in order to ensure the key stakeholders remain informed, are proactively alerted to potential issues and risks.
  • Confidence in the use of Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint and Microsoft Teams and OneNote would be highly valued. Experience in the use of the Department of Education Content Manager and Systems Analysis Program (SAP) would also be highly regarded.
Mandatory Requirement - Successful applicants will need proof of holding a blue card prior to being made an offer of employment.

Closing Date: 9 September 2025

If this role sounds like you, APPLY NOW and submit your resume in WORD format.

For more information, contact Angela Anderson, Senior Recruitment Consultant, on [email protected] / 07 3230 0032.

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