On behalf of my clients who operate in the Australian Federal Government sector I am currently looking for an experienced Program Scheduler who has prior experience in managing schedules for large scale ICT project or programs.

This role is being offered as a long-term day rate contract role and will be based from client's site in Canberra.

Due to the nature of the work, only candidates that hold a current Australian Security clearance of baseline or above can be considered.

THE ROLE:

As the Program Scheduler you will be play a key part in the successful development, preparation and maintenance of the master schedule and will lead the operationalisation of the management of program dependencies.

Activities will include monitoring, tracking and evaluation of program activities, identifying risks and developing and facilitating intervention procedures where required, and working with stakeholders to maintain, monitor and provide analysis and reporting on the master schedule.

KEY DUTIES:

• Contribute to the development, preparation and maintenance of the program schedule.
• Support and oversee schedules, plans, task coordination and timeline/critical path monitoring including scheduling of program activities
• Collaborating with stakeholders to maintain, monitor and provide analysis and reporting on the master program schedule.
• Support the strategic uplift of program scheduling and support the continuous improvement of reporting artefacts to meet the needs of the program’s stakeholders.
• Support detailed program reporting activities
• Conduct evaluation of program activity progress, identifying risks and developing and facilitating intervention procedures where required.
• Support detailed program reporting activities.

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:

• Demonstrated experience managing schedules within large-scale ICT projects or programs, using an Agile methodology.
• Experience and skilled in using Microsoft Project for scheduling.
• Experience and skilled in using Microsoft Azure DevOps.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• BASELINE (or above) clearance is MANDATORY
• Must be based in Canberra

This is an URGENT role, so my clients are looking to move quickly with regards to screening resumes and conducting interviews.

If you have the aforementioned skills / experience and would like to be considered or learn more about this role please APPLY now with a copy of your updated resume for immediate consideration.