Project Managers (2) are required to lead and manage activities for planning, development and implementation of projects and systems to meet organisational requirements. You will plan and manage the delivery of projects. You will be highly organised, dynamic and with excellent communication skills, outcome oriented to take responsibility for the planning and implementation of highly complex ICT infrastructure and capability projects.

Key duties and responsibilities

Take full responsibility for leading and managing activities for planning, development and implementation of projects and systems to meet organisational requirements.

• Advise and ensure improvement and enhancement of organisational project methodologies;
• Lead and manage capability lifecycles of systems development or enhancements;
• Plan, initiate and manage procurements to support program and organisational requirements;
• Lead and manage large stakeholder groups focused on business outcomes;
• Lead and manage project review and reporting mechanisms; project financial management; change control and quality reporting;
• Coordinate project resourcing according to priorities;
• Identify and manage project/program risks and issues.

Technical skills

• Formal qualifications in Project Management;
• Procurement;
• Finance.

You must be willing to undergo a agency Organisational Suitability Assessment (OSA) prior to engagement.

You should provide a one page pitch to address all criteria specified (5000 characters).

Criteria

• Financial management: Level 4 (SFIA) – Monitors and maintains financial records to agreed requirements for compliance and audit. Assists with identifying and calculating process, service, project and component costs for financial planning and budgeting. Collates required financial data and reports for analysis and to facilitate decision-making.
• Project management: Level 5 (SFIA) – Takes full responsibility for the definition, approach, facilitation and satisfactory completion of medium-scale projects. Provides effective leadership to the project team. Adopts appropriate project management methods and tools. Manages the change control process and assesses and manages risks. Ensures that realistic project plans are maintained and delivers regular and accurate communication to stakeholders. Ensures project and product quality reviews occur on schedule and according to procedure. Ensures that project deliverables are completed within agreed cost, timescale and resource budgets, and are formally accepted, by appropriate stakeholders. Monitors costs, times, quality and resources used and takes action where performance deviates from agreed tolerances.
• Requirements definition and management: Level 4 (SFIA) – Defines and manages scoping, requirements definition and prioritisation activities for initiatives of medium size and complexity. Contributes to selecting the requirements approach. Facilitates input from stakeholders, provides constructive challenge and enables effective prioritisation of requirements. Establishes requirements base-lines, obtains formal agreement to requirements, and ensures traceability to source.
• Stakeholder relationship management: Level 5 (SFIA) – Identifies the communications and relationship needs of stakeholder groups. Translates communications/stakeholder engagement strategies into specific activities and deliverables. Facilitates open communication and discussion between stakeholders. Acts as a single point of contact by developing, maintaining and working to stakeholder engagement strategies and plans. Provides informed feedback to assess and promote understanding. Facilitates business decision-making processes. Captures and disseminates technical and business information.