These are long term contract opportunities to work within the CIO office of a large, Australian government department

The roles are hybrid and can be based in Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne or Brisbane

Job Description:

The Senior Project Coordinators will be working to support a large program of work to replace several legacy systems and outdated infrastructure - across several project streams

Responsibilities include:

• Management, tracking and review of project dependencies, risks, treatments and mitigations
• Support project delivery including scheduling, reporting and task coordination
• Ensure coordination and reporting appropriately for project milestones and deliverables within agreed timeframes
• Development of project artifacts including Project Plans, Executive Papers, risk registers, change approvals, financial reports etc.
• Program governance and reporting as required (includes overall status, registers for decisions, risks and issues)
• Liaising with business and technical areas to facilitate the timely resolution of issues as they arise
• Assist with the management and coordination of project resources
• Perform additional responsibilities as required

Essential criteria

• Demonstrable experience in IT project or program delivery - including planning, scheduling, budget and resource management, risk and issue management and reporting
• Must be able to obtain Negative Vetting Level 1 (Australian citizenship essential)
• Ability to liaise effectively with internal and external stakeholders, including technical and non technical staff; and senior leadership.
• Well developed problem solving skills and the ability to proactively move roadblocks in a sensitive and positive way.
• Ability to work both autonomously and collaboratively with large agile delivery teams.
• Experience working within Agile project frameworks and proficiency in using IT tools to maintain project/program records and information (e.g. MS Suite, electronic record management systems, Azure DevOps, etc.).
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills – including the ability to draft key project artefacts such as project plans, risk registers and executive papers in line with organisational standards
• Experience working with contracts and procurement activities - ensuring alignment with government procurement guidelines

Desirable criteria

• Demonstrable experience providing administrative support for a program/project in the Federal government context.
• Experience working within a SAFe Agile environment
• Certification in SAFe Agile, SCRUM, PRINCE2 Agile

Consultant: Colin Massey

Keywords: Federal government, Australian government, Project Coordinator, Senior Project Coordinator, Project Plans, Executive Papers, risk registers, change approvals, financial reports, MS Suite, electronic record management systems, Azure DevOps, NV1, Agile, PRince2, waterfall