EL2 Senior Project Manager

Australian Citizens residing in Australia only respond. - Contract start 01 October 2023 to 12 months, 24 months extensions. - Australian Citizen, Clearance, ACT, QLD, SA, VIC Send your responses to  Services Australia is seeking to identify suitable Candidates to perform the role of Program, Project and Scrum Masters from junior levels to expert and manager levels to help the agency monitor project schedules and budgets, prepare progress reports, and liaise with key stakeholders. Program Officers provide high-level procedural, administrative and operational support to a work area aiding the delivery of the agencys programs. They contribute to strategic planning and policy development and to changes in workplace practices and business improvement strategies. Program Officers also liaise with internal and external stakeholders and provide advice to ensure the consistent delivery of program services. Project Officers support the delivery of the agencys projects. They play a role in managing straightforward projects, developing, and maintaining relationships with internal and external stakeholders and provide specialist advice to ensure the consistent delivery of project outputs. Scrum Masters enable teams to self-organise, self-manage, and deliver, using agile values, principles, and practices. They guide teams towards structuring and managing their own work to meet their stated objectives. Scrum Masters help to balance the work of the team in the context of competing priorities, including contributing to planning, changes in workplace practices and business improvement strategies. They support Product Owners to ensure there is an appropriate backlog of prioritised work items based on the overall strategy and overarching business objectives. The level of Security Clearance required for a Role will be confirmed at the time of Contract. Job Title Senior Project Manager APS Equivalent Level EL2 Main Duties manage, lead and deliver projects that may have an agency wide impact develop, implement and evaluate project plans and schedules in accordance with the agencys project management framework and consider project interdependencies collaborate with staff in immediate work area and with internal and external stakeholders oversee project design, governance arrangements and operational integration ensure project deliverables and milestones are met on time and within budget lead strategic planning for longer term project initiatives provide high level strategic advice and feedback to stakeholders and the agency's executive research, review and evaluate projects within a section or specialist area report on project objectives and outputs for presentation to the executive, and oversee ongoing project reporting oversee, review and advise on written material including business cases, plans, reports, executive and ministerial briefs and corporate documentation plan, manage and monitor financial budgets and oversee the management of contracts, procurement, resources and expenditure identify, assess, manage, escalate, report and monitor project risks, issues and benefits, including developing treatment strategies analyse project performance and oversee quality management to ensure that project deliverables are fit for purpose and meet client needs drive innovation, manage and lead change, and actively contribute to and implement the agencys strategic direction engage, negotiate and manage key strategic stakeholder relationships to deliver projects and respond to changes in needs and expectations represent and negotiate on behalf of the agency to advance the agency's interests at external, cross-agency, inter-jurisdictional and other forums Main skills/attributes Skills for the Information Age (SFIA) required: Organisational change management CIPM - Level 6 Measurement MEAS - Level 5 Project management PRMG - Level 6 Quali