Project Support Officer - Research

Project Support Officer - Research Department of Health - Queensland Toowoomba part-time, onsite

Join Darling Downs Health in Toowoomba as a Project Support Officer – Research and contribute to the delivery of impactful projects that enhance healthcare services. This position requires organisation, insight, and collaboration to support research initiatives that positively affect patients and communities.

Daily Activities As a Project Support Officer – Research, you will play a crucial role in facilitating the smooth operation of research projects and achieving significant outcomes for the health service and community. Your responsibilities will include coordinating project activities, supporting teams and stakeholders, and ensuring projects remain on track and connected.

Your contributions will involve:

• Advancing projects through the preparation of plans, reports, and clear communications to inform and engage stakeholders.
• Fostering collaboration by coordinating meetings, workshops, and events to unite teams towards shared objectives.
• Enhancing project outcomes by managing data, tracking progress, and ensuring information is organised and accessible.
• Improving operational efficiency by assisting in the design and maintenance of systems that streamline processes and boost team productivity.

About You You are an individual who excels at bringing structure and clarity to complex tasks. You are adept at building strong relationships, communicating effectively, and maintaining organisation amidst shifting priorities. You find satisfaction in supporting work that leads to improved services and outcomes for others, and you are driven by contributing to initiatives that genuinely benefit the community. With a foundational approach of compassion, integrity, and curiosity, you are prepared to offer ideas, resolve issues, and support meaningful change.

Skills and Experience The following will be beneficial for success in this role:

• Significant experience utilising digital tools such as Microsoft 365 and database systems.
• Proficient communication and stakeholder engagement skills across varied groups.
• Demonstrated capacity to manage competing priorities, adhere to deadlines, and support multiple projects.
• A collaborative approach complemented by sound judgement and meticulous attention to detail.

Experience supporting research or project environments, and/or exposure to healthcare or complex organisations would be advantageous.

Above all, you will demonstrate a commitment to making a difference and contributing to a team that upholds compassion, integrity, dignity, innovation, and courage in all its endeavours. Your work in this role will translate ideas into action, supporting research that strengthens care and improves lives throughout the region.

About Darling Downs Health Darling Downs Health serves over 300,000 individuals across its extensive region, from Taroom in the north to Texas in the south. Our core purpose is to ensure accessible and sustainable care. This involves complex, challenging work that yields tangible positive impacts, offering extensive career possibilities.

Whether your background is in medicine, nursing, allied health, facilities, or administration, you will witness the direct impact of your contributions. Darling Downs Health provides unique opportunities, including the chance to lead initiatives, develop specialisations, and assume responsibilities that might take considerably longer to access within larger health services. Here, you can advance your career more rapidly and help shape the future of care across our region.

Benefits Your career at Darling Downs Health includes valuable rewards:

• Maximise your take-home pay with salary packaging and generous leave entitlements.
• Benefit from flexible work arrangements that promote balance and variety.
• Access professional development funding, study leave, and clear career progression pathways.
• Be part of a diverse and inclusive culture that prioritises learning and collaboration.
• Support your wellbeing with Employee Assistance Program access, private health insurance discounts, and the Fitness Passport.

For a complete overview of benefits, please visit: Darling Downs Health Benefits

Application Instructions If you are ready to make a meaningful impact and advance your career within an organisation that values people and purpose, we encourage you to apply.

Click “Apply Now” to submit your application and upload the required documents.

Learn More Discover more about working with Darling Downs Health by visiting our careers site: www.health.qld.gov.au/darlingdowns

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