Employment Opportunities

Are you looking for a meaningful role supporting housing and homelessness services?

Shelter Tas is looking for a Senior Project Officer to join the Shelter Tas team and play a key role in providing project capacity and capability, sector analysis and expert advice to Shelter Tas and its members.

Applications close Monday 19th May 2025

Senior Project Officer

Shelter Tas is the peak body for housing and homelessness services and low to moderate income housing consumers in lutruwita/Tasmania. Shelter Tas is a for-purpose member-based organisation.

We are looking for an experienced candidate who, like us, believes that affordable, appropriate, safe and secure housing is a fundamental human right. They will play a key role in providing project capacity and capability, sector analysis and expert advice – to Shelter Tas and its members – to support systemic advocacy on housing and homelessness issues in Tasmania.

This Hobart-based role is for approximately 30 hours per week (to be negotiated with the successful applicant), paid at Level 7.1 SCHCADS Award, and aligned with a four-year funding contract.

Position Overview

This is a senior position within Shelter Tas, tasked with developing and implementing projects as required and, where necessary, providing expert advice and support to the CEO, staff members, and the Shelter Tas Executive and Policy Committees.

The Senior Project Officer’s primary responsibility is to fully extend the scope of the Shelter Tas Strategic Plan and its underpinning Operational Plan. This requires identifying suitable projects to optimise the Plan, with a focus on enhancing the capacity and capability of Shelter Tas to engage in project-specific tasks designed to support the housing and homelessness sector.

The Senior Project Officer will therefore take a leading role in developing and implementing all projects required of or for Shelter Tas.

Selection Criteria

Shelter Tas will only consider applications that address ALL selection criteria.

Essential

1. Proven experience, with successful and timely completion, in project development, coordination and implementation.
2. Relevant tertiary qualifications or appropriate expertise and experience in housing and social policy analysis and/or project delivery.
3. Highly developed conceptual and analytical skills and the ability to synthesise complex information from a variety of sources including from our member organisations.
4. Excellent interpersonal skills, including verbal communication skills, and demonstrated ability to represent an organisation such as Shelter Tas in a professional manner externally.
5. Capacity to deliver succinct, clear, evidence-based, and targeted written communications and reports.
6. Adaptable approach to managing work in a small, busy team environment, including leadership or management experience.
7. Well-developed strategic understanding of current social policy issues, government processes and the impact of housing and homelessness policy on the community sector and service users, or the ability to develop this understanding quickly.
8. Demonstrated capacity to work to strict deadlines under limited direction

Desirable

More information can be found in the Position Description and Advice to Applicants documents.

Shelter Tas promotes equal employment opportunity. All selection is based on proven experience, qualifications and/or training and the applicant’s potential to most efficiently and effectively undertake the responsibilities of the position.

If you have any questions, please call (03) 6224 5488 or email Shelter Tas Admin and Project Coordinator, Trish Donnelly at training@sheltertas.org.au

Applications close 5:00 pm Monday 19th May 2025