Special Projects Officer
Reference number: PD119
Closing date: 24 Dec 2025
Position summary
Selection criteria
- Demonstrated experience supporting or delivering complex projects, strategic initiatives, or transformation programs
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate complex information into clear, actionable insights
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including experience preparing materials for senior leaders
- Proven ability to manage multiple priorities and work effectively in fast-paced environments
- Strong stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to collaborate and influence across teams and levels
- High level of professionalism, adaptability, and accountability, with a strong alignment to EY values
Essential:
- Tertiary qualification in a relevant discipline (e.g. Business, Finance, Nursing or similar)
- Current Driver's Licence
- Current Police Check
Key responsibilities
- Support the planning, execution, and delivery of strategic and transformation initiatives across MTHCS
- Conduct quantitative and qualitative analysis to inform decision-making, business cases, and recommendations
- Develop clear, concise, and compelling presentations and reports for the Executive and Operations team and key stakeholders
- Coordinate cross-functional teams to ensure milestones, timelines, and deliverables are achieved
- Assist with change management activities, including stakeholder engagement, communications, and project planning
- Identify risks, issues, and dependencies, and proactively propose mitigation strategies
- Track project progress, benefits realisation, and performance metrics if required
- Support continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to enhance processes, governance, and ways of working
- Contribute to ad-hoc initiatives as required, often under tight deadlines and shifting priorities
- Other duties as directed.
Employment with MTHCS
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Occupational Health & Safety and Environmental
All MTHCS employees will:
- Ensure that they take reasonable care to protect their own health and safety, and the health and safety of others.
- Use any equipment provided for health and safety purposes.
- Obey reasonable instructions given by MTHCS in relation to health and safety at work.
- Help MTHCS meet our duty of care, such as by undertaking hazard inspections.
- Comply with all MTHCS OHS policies and procedures.
- Ensure they do not interfere with or misuse anything provided in the interests of health and safety.
Section 21 of the Occupational Health & Safety Act 2004, requires an Employer to provide and maintain, so far as is reasonable and practicable, a safe workplace for all employees and ensure that no employee is placed at risk of injury while performing the duties and responsibilities required by their position.
To comply with this obligation, MTHCS requires all candidates/employees to have the mental and physical capacity to safely perform the inherent requirements of the position they are applying for (or have been appointed to).
If a risk is identified and fitness to safely perform the duties of the position needs to be determined, MTHCS with the agreement of the candidate/employee, will arrange an independent medical assessment to determine capacity to safely perform the inherent requirements of the position to minimise the risk of injury or aggravation of any pre-existing condition the candidate/employee may have.
Compulsory Training
As per the schedule.
Performance Appraisal
Conducted as per appraisal schedule.
How to apply
Your application must clearly state the position title specified on the advertisement and include:
- A statement addressing each Key Selection Criteria clearly demonstrating your ability to meet the objectives of the role. Note: Read the Position Description (PD) carefully so you have a good understanding of what is required and remember to address what knowledge, skills and attributes you have.
- General resume.
- Copies of any formal qualifications. Note: hard copies of your qualifications will need to be produced at interview.
Appointment is subject to satisfactory completion of a Police Record Check and also a Working With Children Check for nominated positions.
To apply please forward current resume with covering letter addressing the key selection criteria to:
People and Culture
PO Box 130, Ouyen VIC 3490
Or alternatively an application can be emailed to careers@mthcs.vic.gov.au
Applications received earlier than the closing date may be assessed, interviewed and offered employment prior to the closing date.
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