The Assistant Project Officer role at the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development supports Soil Conservation Service projects across regional NSW. The work covers project records, meeting papers, procurement, budget monitoring and reporting, with particular interest in applicants based around Queanbeyan, Armidale, Dubbo and Coffs Harbour.
This guide explains how to apply for Assistant Project Officer through a current résumé and a two-page cover letter. The cover letter should connect your administrative experience to the practical systems used in construction project delivery, including project software, records management and financial processes.
View the official job ad before you start. The role is a useful entry point for applicants who already support projects or business operations and want broader exposure to procurement, budgets and delivery reporting.
Your application checklist
- Assistant Project Officer Role Snapshot
- Application requirements for Assistant Project Officer
- Evidence to include in your Assistant Project Officer application
- How to structure the cover letter and résumé
- Help with your Assistant Project Officer application
Assistant Project Officer Role Snapshot
| Role title | Assistant Project Officer |
|---|---|
| Organisation | Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Soil Conservation Service |
| Location | Regional NSW, with preference for Queanbeyan, Armidale, Dubbo and Coffs Harbour |
| Job reference | 510128 |
| Work type | Two temporary full-time opportunities, 12 months |
| Salary | $87,199 to $95,482 plus super and leave loading |
| Closing date | 13 September 2026 at 11:55pm |
| Official job ad | View the official job ad |
Application requirements for Assistant Project Officer
The two-page cover letter is where you need to show how your experience matches the project and business support work. A useful response names the systems and processes you used, explains your responsibility and gives the panel a result they can assess.
- Current résumé or CV
- Cover letter, maximum 2 pages
The preferred candidate may need reference checks, a national police check, bankruptcy check, health assessment or other assessments. These conditions sit outside the written application task.
Evidence to include in your Assistant Project Officer application
This role needs an administrator who can keep project information trustworthy. Your examples should show how you maintain records, support procurement and budgets, prepare useful documents and give project staff current information.
| What the role needs | How to show it |
|---|---|
| Construction project management software | Name systems such as InEight, OranaSoft, Procore or Aconex and explain how you used them to track information or progress. |
| Customer-focused project and business services | Use a fast-paced example where your support helped a project team or stakeholder get a timely result. |
| Procurement, financial administration and budget monitoring | Describe your role in purchase orders, invoices, reconciliations or budget tracking and the checks you applied. |
| Government procedures and protocols | Show how you interpreted and followed an administrative policy or process while keeping work moving. |
| Records and office systems | Explain your use of Content Manager or a similar system, SAP or myWorkZone, and Microsoft Office products. |
How to structure the cover letter and résumé
The application requires a résumé and a cover letter explaining your relevant skills, experience and fit. The cover letter can be a maximum of two pages. The table below gives each stated requirement a clear place in the letter.
| Cover letter section | What to include |
|---|---|
| Opening paragraph | Summarise your project-support setting, regional connection where relevant and experience with business systems. |
| Project systems and service | Use an example where you maintained project information and supported colleagues or customers in a busy environment. |
| Procurement and budgets | Explain your role in purchase orders, invoices or budget monitoring, including how you protected accuracy. |
| Government records and procedures | Show how you applied a protocol and kept records current across the systems you used. |
| Closing paragraph | Confirm your interest in the regional project portfolio and the value you would bring to its delivery support. |
What strong project-support evidence looks like
- Specific systems and project records you have maintained
- Accurate procurement or financial administration
- Service that helps project teams meet deadlines
- Sound handling of government procedures
- An improvement in reporting, record quality or workflow
Help with your Assistant Project Officer application
Use the exact names of the systems you know and explain what you did inside them. That practical detail helps the panel distinguish direct project support experience from a general administration background. Recheck the official job ad before applying.
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