Snr Project Officer

Role Description:

The Senior Project Officer will support the Program Manager of the National Alert System for Critical

Antimicrobial Resistances (CARAlert) and the Australian Passive Antimicrobial Resistance

Surveillance (APAS) programs, in delivering the end-to-end project and contract management,

stakeholder engagement, data governance, and reporting support to ensure the effective operation

and continuous improvement of both surveillance systems.

This includes managing service provider and ICT contracts, coordinating onboarding and reintegration

of contributing laboratories, overseeing data access and governance processes, supporting the

development and publication of reports and dashboards, and maintaining operational resources and

user access. Collectively, these activities ensure system integrity, stakeholder confidence, and timely

delivery of nationally relevant surveillance outputs.

This role will support the APAS and CARAlert Program Manager across the areas of:

• Project and program management and coordination across AURA programming
• Contract, procurement and funding administration
• Stakeholder engagement and coordination
• Data governance and data request management
• Reporting publications and communications
• Data dashboard and analytics coordination
• Operational and administrative support.

As this role is supporting a highly technical team, recruitment of a person with public health or

microbiological, knowledge or experience is highly desirable to perform the associated functions.