Job title: Program Administrator
Job type: Contract
Emp type: Full-time
Industry: Vic Government
Functional Expertise: Vic Government
Pay interval: Hourly
Location: Melbourne, VIC
Job published: 05-05-2025
Job ID: 40415

Job Description

Role: Program Administrator

Locations: Melbourne   

Duration: Contract – 6 months (with possible extensions)

  

Talent Street is looking for a Program Administrator for one of our large Victorian State government clients.

 

Key Responsibilities: (not limited to)

 

Program Coordination: Assist with planning, scheduling, and coordinating program activities, meetings, and events.

Stakeholder Engagement: Act as a point of contact between the program team and internal/external stakeholders. Facilitate clear and effective communication to ensure program alignment and adherence to government protocols.

Data Management and Reporting: Maintain program artefacts and documentation, ensuring accuracy and accessibility.

Documentation and Compliance: Draft, edit, and manage program documentation, including reports, meeting minutes, and other official records. Ensure compliance with government policies and procedures.

Administrative Support: Provide general administrative support to the program team in day-to-day activities, including onboarding offboarding support, scheduling meetings, taking notes.

  • Support the Project Manager by maintaining core project management artefacts including (but not limited to):
    • Risk, Action, Issue, Dependencies and Decision registers.
    • preparation of reports, briefs and presentations, coordinating resources.
  • Assist with information gathering and project planning activities to ensure the project is set up to be managed according to the approved methodology and framework.
  • Support governance activities including the maintenance of project controls. This includes maintenance of the schedule, monitoring project deliverables, risk, issue and dependency management
  • Establish and maintain project documentation management, including the transition of all project documentation into operational teams once the project is complete.
  • Assist with the development, preparation, collation and coordination of project governance meeting papers, program board papers
  • Managing administrative tasks for the project team
  • Liaise with PMs to facilitate the project / program’s reporting lifecycle including the creation, updating and analysis of agendas, minutes, planning and review meetings, action follow up, reporting calendar upkeep and venue and date coordination.
  • Coordinate onboarding and offboarding of project team members.
  • Provide user access management for tools like JIRA, Confluence, SharePoint, Desk booking

 

 

Key Selection Criteria:

 

1. Experience: Proven experience in program administration or a related field, ideally within a government or public sector setting. Demonstrated experience working in a project, program, portfolio or PMO environment supporting Project Managers and Program Leadership.

2. Organizational Skills: Demonstrated ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines with a high degree of accuracy.

3. Communication Skills: Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to interact professionally with various stakeholders.

4. Technical Proficiency: Competence in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and familiarity with government reporting tools and software. Demonstrated experience producing and presenting high-quality program/project artefacts, translating complex information into simple and easy to understand language.

5. Analytical Ability: Capacity to assess data, draw insights, and make informed recommendations. Demonstrated experience in document creation including templates, processes and toolsets.

6. Adaptability: Ability to work independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

 

Desirable Qualifications:

Education: A Diploma or Bachelor’s degree in Public Administration, Business, or a related field.

Public Sector Knowledge: Understanding of public sector policies, regulations, and compliance requirements.

 

Please apply now or contact Cheska Mitra, Delivery Consultant @Talent Street on  cmitra@talentstreet.com.au for further information. 

Apply with indeed
File types (doc, docx, pdf, rtf, png, jpeg, jpg, bmp, jng, ppt, pptx, csv, gif) size up to 5MB
File types (doc, docx, pdf, rtf, png, jpeg, jpg, bmp, jng, ppt, pptx, csv, gif) size up to 5MB