Project Manager

Looking for a Project Manager who oversees the coordination of diverse project teams and collaborates closely with both business and technical stakeholders to successfully deliver projects of various sizes and complexities.

The Project Manager is responsible for:

1. Ensuring the quality, professionalism, and timeliness of project documentation, including business cases, project briefs, project plans, reports, and other relevant materials.
2. Communicating clearly with all project team members, ensuring they are aware of their roles and responsibilities through both face-to-face and written communications, and establishing an effective governance and decision-making structure for each project.
3. Delivering projects successfully by adhering to best practices and meeting agreed specifications, timelines, budgets, and quality standards, within the scope of the position's responsibilities.
4. Providing strong leadership and management to project teams, fostering professional relationships staff and staff from participating institutions.
5. Leading the development and implementation of best practice frameworks and standards to ensure continuous improvement.
6. Maintaining confidentiality of all stakeholders information as required, ensuring discretion in all matters.

Essential Criteria

• Demonstrated success in leading or significantly contributing to the delivery of complex IT solutions and projects within multi-stakeholder environments, with hands-on experience in infrastructure, application development, and business/process-related initiatives.
• Extensive experience managing all phases of the project lifecycle including definition, planning, design, development, and implementation. Proven ability to conduct project health checks, create recovery plans, and effectively allocate resources to achieve business objectives.
• Solid understanding of business analysis, the software development lifecycle (SDLC), testing procedures, transition processes, and change management methodologies.
• We are seeking candidates with strong ITSM experience.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and implement standard processes, templates, and tools that ensure consistency and standardization across all project phases.
• Proven ability to engage, collaborate, and build strong working relationships with colleagues and diverse stakeholders in a consultative and cooperative environment.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple tasks, meet deadlines, adapt to changing priorities, and work independently with minimal supervision.
• High-level written and verbal communication skills, including experience in preparing business cases, formal documentation, and comprehensive reports.

Desirable Criteria

• Understanding of the tertiary and/or secondary education industry, including its structures, processes, and challenges.
• Demonstrated ability to develop, manage, and deliver multiple projects simultaneously, with expertise in initiating, planning, executing, and reporting across various programs of work.
• Possession of professional certifications such as PRINCE2 Practitioner, Agile, or PMP qualifications.

Benefits:

• Competitive Salary Package
• Paid Annual Leave
• Flexible Work Arrangements

Job Reference # 268113

To be considered for the role click the 'apply' button or for more information about this and other opportunities please contact Aditi Yadav on 02 9464 5530 or email: [email protected] and quote the above job reference number.

Paxus values diversity and welcomes applications from Indigenous Australians, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds and people living with a disability. If you require an adjustment to the recruitment process, including the application form in an alternate format, please contact me on the above contact details.