Project Support Placement

Who we are:

Volunteers deliver meals, tutor students, sort donations and staff the front desk. We provide emergency shelter, rapid rehousing and case management for families experiencing homelessness. Founded in 1978, we now have 60 employees. The office closes the week between Christmas and New Year's.

About the role:

We run all projects in Jira, Asana and monday, and the intern will become the person who keeps the boards accurate. You can work from home anywhere in Australia. We have no office requirement.

Responsibilities:

• Take notes in project calls and share action items within the hour.
• Create simple onboarding checklists for new project members.
• Draft client update emails for the project manager to review.
• Schedule video calls across time zones using Google Calendar.
• Help run sprint ceremonies such as planning, review and retrospective.
• Track project budgets and hours in a shared spreadsheet.
• Collect requirements and feedback from stakeholders and summarise them.
• Maintain a risk and issue log and flag blockers to the project manager.

Who can apply:

• Based in Australia for the duration of the internship.
• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's degree, graduating 2027.
• Professional tone in emails and messages.
• Basic familiarity with a project tool such as Trello, Asana or Jira.
• Laptop with a working microphone and a stable internet connection.
• Available 25 to 40 hours a week, with some overlap with clients in other time zones.
• Very organised, with a habit of writing things down and following up.
• Comfortable with Excel or Google Sheets.

Bonus points:

• CAPM, PSM I or Google Project Management Certificate.

What you'll learn:

• Writing status reports that people actually read.
• Certificate and a recommendation letter on completion.
• Hands-on use of Jira, Asana and Agile ceremonies.
• Strong interns are considered for a project coordinator role.

Duration: 5 months

Start date: Dec 2026

Stipend: $29.00 to $35.50 p/h

What we offer:

• Access to online training.
• Paid holiday accrued during the placement.
• Graduate scheme fast-track interview.
• Home working allowance.

Duration: 5 months. Start: Dec 2026.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Northern Coalition.