Project Officer - NGOR
Job No.: 690782
Location: 553 St Kilda Road, Melbourne
Employment Type: Full-time
Duration: 12 month fixed-term appointment
Remuneration: $96,768 - $104,450 pa HEW 6 plus 17% superannuation
- Amplify your impact at a world top 50 University
- Join our inclusive, collaborative community
- Be surrounded by extraordinary ideas - and the people who discover them
The Opportunity
The School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine invites internal applications for the position of Project Officer within the National Gynae-Oncology Registry (NGOR), Cancer Research Program.
NGOR monitors standards of care for women diagnosed with gynaecological cancers across Australia, with a focus on improving treatment quality and patient outcomes. This role supports delivery of the multi-million dollar Cervical Cancer Project, a major national data linkage initiative aligned with Australia’s National Strategy for the Elimination of Cervical Cancer.
Reporting to the NGOR Program Manager, the Project Officer will provide high-level project coordination and administrative support to ensure timely delivery of project milestones. The role works closely with hospitals, research partners, government stakeholders and registry teams, and plays a key role in managing ethics and governance processes, coordinating documentation, and supporting committee and stakeholder engagement activities.
About the Role
Key responsibilities include:
- Providing end-to-end project coordination support, including scoping deliverables, tracking progress and preparing reports
- Managing ethics and governance applications, progress reports and site approvals
- Developing briefings, position papers, presentations and project documentation
- Coordinating meetings and providing executive support to project committees
- Liaising with internal and external stakeholders to facilitate collaboration and communication
- Analysing project information and contributing to issue resolution and process improvement
- Supporting continuous improvement initiatives to enhance registry operations
About You
You are an organised and proactive project professional with experience supporting complex research or health-related initiatives.
You will bring:
- A degree in a health-related discipline or equivalent experience
- Demonstrated project coordination and administrative expertise
- Strong planning and organisational skills
- Ability to exercise sound judgement and work both independently and collaboratively
- Well-developed analytical and problem-solving skills
- Highly developed written and verbal communication skills
- Advanced computer literacy, including experience using project management systems
Experience with REDCap, academic writing, qualitative data analysis, or familiarity with cancer diagnosis and treatment pathways will be highly regarded.
About Monash University
At Monash, work feels different. There’s a sense of belonging, from contributing to something ground breaking – a place where great things happen.
We value difference and diversity, and welcome and celebrate everyone's contributions, lived experience and expertise. That’s why we champion an inclusive and respectful workplace culture where everyone is supported to succeed.
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Monash supports flexible and hybrid working arrangements. We have a range of policies in place enabling staff to combine work and personal commitments. This includes supporting parents.
To Apply
For instructions on how to apply, please refer to 'How to apply for Monash Jobs'. Your application must address the Key Selection Criteria.
Diversity is one of our greatest strengths at Monash. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, culturally and linguistically diverse people, people with disabilities, neurodivergent people, and people of all genders, sexualities, and age groups.
We are committed to fostering an inclusive and accessible recruitment process at Monash. If you need any reasonable adjustments, please contact us at hr-recruitment@monash.edu in an email titled 'Reasonable Adjustments Request' for a confidential discussion.
Your employment is contingent upon the satisfactory completion of all pre-employment and/or background checks required for the role, as determined by the University. Monash University seeks applicants for this opportunity who are able to demonstrate present valid and current Australian work rights.
Enquiries: Dr Sharnel Perera, NGOR Program Manager, +61 3 9903 9257
Position Description: Project Officer
Applications Close: Tuesday 7 April 2026 at 11:55pm AEST
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