Project Manager (PROJ-4516)
Job Description
Remote is seeking multiple Project Managers to support the Department of Home Affairs. The Project Managers will manage ICT project lifecycles, ensuring projects are completed on time, within budget, and to the required quality standards. The successful candidates will have a strong understanding of project management principles, and practices, including the ability to produce high-quality project documentation, lead project implementation and delivery, and effective negotiation and stakeholder engagement. The Project relates to the implementation of ICT in partnership with internal and external delivery providers. (RFI 34-2526)
Role Description
Responsibilities include:
- Manage project activities, inputs, and outputs in accordance with Department practices, methods, and standards.
- Support the management of cross-functional teams to deliver project objectives.
- Implement project planning, scheduling, budgeting, and resource allocation.
- Identify and manage risks and opportunities, incorporating them into planning, decision-making, and priority setting.
- Build and maintain effective relationships with stakeholders, team members, and other stakeholders, using influencing and negotiation skills.
- Analyse project performance, develop strategies to achieve outcomes, and initiate corrective actions as needed.
- Develop, maintain, and prepare project documents, reports, and submissions, including those for higher delegate and committee consideration.
- Provide guidance, coaching, and development opportunities to team members.
Skills:
- PRMG 4: Defines, documents and executes small projects or sub-projects. Works alone or with a small team actively participating in all phases of the project. Applies appropriate project management methods and tools. Identifies, assesses and manages risks effectively. Agrees project approach with stakeholders and prepares realistic project plans (including scope, schedule, quality, risk and communication plans). Tracks activities against the project schedule, managing stakeholder involvement as appropriate. Monitors costs, times, quality and resources used takes action where these exceed agreed tolerances.
- REQM 4: Select requirement approaches for projects, manage scoping and definition for medium-sized initiatives, facilitate stakeholder input, establish baselines, and manage changes to requirements throughout the delivery lifecycle.
- RLMT 4: Deals with problems and issues, managing resolutions, corrective actions, lessons learned, and the collection and dissemination of relevant information.
Implements stakeholder engagement/communications plan. Collects and uses feedback from customers and stakeholders to help measure the effectiveness of stakeholder management. Helps develop and enhance customer and stakeholder relationships.
- BENM 4: Analyse potential benefits, develop a benefits management plan, track progress, and ensure that the benefits align with the overall business strategy.
Desirable qualifications:
- Prince2 Practitioner Certification.
- AlPM CPPM and/or CPSPM Certification.
- One or more of the following:
• Certificate IV Project Management Practice
• Diploma of Project Management
• Advanced Diploma of Project Management
Required knowledge/experience and tools:
- 3+ years project-related experience in a Project Manager role.
- Able to apply project management methodologies and practices, e.g. Prince2 and PMBOK.
- Proficiency using project management tools.