Paul McGee
Carlton North,VIC
Summary
Highly skilled and experienced project consultant with over 15 years of experience in high-level roles within the government sector. Demonstrates ability to successfully deliver complex projects in diverse government operational, service delivery, and policy environments. Proven track record of effectively navigating intricate challenges and achieving desired outcomes.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
Work History
Project Officer
The Busy Group
12.2022 - 11.2023
- Provide a range of administrative assistance and other support to various Busy Group training & support programs using advanced Adobe, Outlook and database management skills to: assess and process grant applications, prepare and send advice to program participants regarding successful payment of course costs to their relevant registered training provider/s and de-identifying personal data in CRM for unsuccessful grant applicants
- Accurately prepare grant agreements to a high-quality standard and within timeframes specified using the grant agreement templates provided
- Participate in grant program evaluations as required
- Successfully liaise with other team members and grant applicants to satisfactorily resolve issues and concerns to ensure ongoing achievement of required delivery performance and compliance standards
- Undertake and complete comprehensive grants and skills training and development for the assessment and processing of grants applications on behalf of the Dept of Industry, Science & Resources as required
Project Officer
Department of Education
11.2022 - 12.2022
- Oversee and drive transformation of team records structure in SharePoint to significantly improve profiling of records and overall search functionality for team members
- Communicate project/program plans to relevant stakeholders and build capability and understanding
- Identify and document project/program risk, quality standards and tolerances and proposed mitigation approaches
- Contribute to administration and support of projects including reporting, monitoring of budgets, processing of invoices and tracking of expenditure
- Assist with research, development and implementation of strategic improvement initiatives and policies to support the delivery of the department’s OHS Assurance Program for schools as well as broader health and wellbeing goals for principals and staff
- Prepare a range of documents related to project delivery and public sector processes, including project plans and updates, project status and analytical reports, contracts and agreement variation documents and emails
- Build and maintain productive working relationships with internal and external stakeholders from government departments and agencies and schools to facilitate the achievement of outcomes
- Contribute to the planning and co-ordination of team operations to ensure goals and objectives are effectively met
Project Officer
Office of Projects, Victoria
07.2022 - 12.2022
- Co-ordinate the delivery of projects related to the building of strategic improvements required to support the Victorian government’s overall delivery of major projects
- Assist with research, development and implementation of new initiatives related to understanding and delivering Victoria’s major projects
- Provide support and feedback on strategic improvement initiatives and policies to support the delivery of Victoria’s major projects
- Prepare a range of documents related to project delivery and public sector processes, including project plans and updates, correspondence, business cases and procurement documents
- Build and maintain productive working relationships with internal and external stakeholders from government departments and agencies, as well as industry, to facilitate the achievement of outcomes
- Support the quarterly Construction Leadership Group meeting and monthly newsletter through co-ordination of various contributors to agenda for the meeting and newsletters
- Contribute to the planning and co-ordination of team operations to ensure goals and objectives are effectively met
Project Co-ordinator
Austrade
05.2021 - 06.2022
- Coordinate and track timely delivery of projects working closely with group leads
- Provide a range of daily and weekly program situation and activity reports for senior management and staff
- Co-ordinate meetings and secretariat activities for key advisory groups and both internal and external stakeholders
- Co-ordinate and action Operations Team recruitment activities
- Develop and maintain a wide range of stakeholder and program relationships using strong communications and interpersonal skills
- Contribute to the planning and co-ordination of team operations to ensure goals and objectives are effectively met
Project Manager
Department of Health
12.2020 - 04.2021
- Provide administrative support to the COVID Public Health Contact and Outbreak Management team including systems access and reporting requests
- Receive and enter data and information into the Public Health Event Surveillance System
- Escalation of advice and information requests from the existing case and contact team through Team Leaders
- Keep and maintain accurate and complete records of work activities in accordance with legislative and departmental requirements
Project Manager
Department of Justice and Community Safety
10.2019 - 11.2020
- Provision of high-level secretariat support services including preparation of minutes, agendas, meeting packs, management of executive level and member requests and follow up actions for inter-departmental and internal working groups/steering committees under the Fines Remediation Program
- Provision of administrative support to the Project Management Office including processing of invoices, production of purchase orders, creation and maintenance of contracts, contract variations, production of finance and budget reports
- Oversight of and provision of end-to-end support for program area recruitment and professional development activities including development of convenient and accessible tools to assist managers with their recruitment and training needs
- Implementation of recruitment activity timeline reduction project to reduce delays in recruitment and on-boarding of new staff to business areas
Education
Bachelor of Arts -
Melbourne University
Bachelor of Forest Science - undefined
Melbourne University
User Design and Experience - undefined
APS Training
01.2022
Agile Principles and Methodology - undefined
DOJCS
01.2021
Certificate IV in Project Management - undefined
Swinburne University
01.2020
MS Project Essentials - undefined
DOH
01.2019
Managing Budgets in Government - undefined
DOH
01.2019
Skills
- Agile project management
- Project risk management
- Writing correspondence
- Writing memos
- Writing project plans
- Writing project status reports
- Writing evaluation reports
- Writing technical documents
- Writing web content
- Writing tenders
- Writing EOIs
- Writing contracts
- Writing funding agreements
- Effective communication
- Stakeholder engagement
- Team collaboration
- Self-motivation
- Flexibility
- Teamwork
- Adaptability
- Budget management
- Schedule coordination
- Presentation skills
Certificatescourses
- User Design and Experience, APS Training, 2022
- Agile Principles and Methodology, DOJCS, 2021
- Certificate IV in Project Management, Swinburne University, 2020
- MS Project Essentials, DOH, 2019
- Managing Budgets in Government, DOH, 2019
Timeline
Project Officer
The Busy Group
12.2022 - 11.2023
Project Officer
Department of Education
11.2022 - 12.2022
Project Officer
Office of Projects, Victoria
07.2022 - 12.2022
Project Co-ordinator
Austrade
05.2021 - 06.2022
Project Manager
Department of Health
12.2020 - 04.2021
Project Manager
Department of Justice and Community Safety
10.2019 - 11.2020
Bachelor of Forest Science - undefined
Melbourne University
User Design and Experience - undefined
APS Training
Agile Principles and Methodology - undefined
DOJCS
Certificate IV in Project Management - undefined
Swinburne University
MS Project Essentials - undefined
DOH
Managing Budgets in Government - undefined
DOH
Bachelor of Arts -
Melbourne University
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