PERSOLKELLY brings together the legacy and experience of four organisation that shaped the staffing landscape over the past century: Kelly Services, who pioneered the modern temporary help industry in 1946; SKILLED, who crafted the staffing industry in Australia in 1964; Programmed, the leading provider of operations and maintenance services across Australia and New Zealand; and PERSOLKELLY, the largest workforce solutions provider in APAC.

PERSOLKELLY is seeking a Project Manager to join the Local Council Information Technology Division.

This position is responsible for effectively planning, managing, and executing a variety of small to large IT projects across all phases of the project lifecycle, typically with direct business impacts and firm deadlines. This position must effectively plan and execute their projects, utilising both internal and external resources, while managing time, cost, scope, and quality to deliver successfully against agreed project objectives.

Your main duties and responsibilities will include

• Required to identify, assess, and manage risks to the success of the project through benefits realisation, ensure realistic project plans are maintained, and ensure regular and accurate communication to stakeholders.
• Ensure quality customer outcomes / strong relationships with strategic partners through the use of effective customer service principles, educating customers, understanding the business, and by promoting a customer centric mentality across council.
• Define the project scope and develop project plans that achieve the goals and objectives and align with the Councils overall business strategy.
• Develop project documentation relevant to the size of the project.
• Ensure appropriate Project and Information Governance is applied to all projects including stage gate approvals, appropriate record keeping practices and reporting to relevant steering committees.
• Assemble and effectively lead project teams. Identifying skills and resources and assigning tasks and deadlines in consultation with appropriate stakeholders and customers.
• Define and sequence activities, accurately estimating task duration to develop and maintain a realistic schedule.
• Accurately estimating the project budget and monitoring and reporting actual spend to budget.
• Ensure the planned deliverables meet the expectations of the key stakeholders and maintain constant communications to provide these stakeholders with updates of the ongoing progress.
• Identify key risks associated with projects and develop and communicate potential mitigation measures to avoid or minimise these risks.
• Collect project data to monitor and measure progress compared to the plan and adjust and reallocate resources to accommodate any changes.

What are we looking for?

• Tertiary qualification (Project Management/Business) or significant industry experience within project/program management (Agile/Waterfall).
• ITIL or ITSM certifications preferred.
• Formal Project or Program Management qualifications with demonstrated industry experience.
• 5-10 years' experience in project management, ideally in larger projects in large and complex environments across the planning and delivery lifecycle.
• Proficient to an expert in Project / Program Management concepts and iterative development across a diverse enterprise environment.
• Demonstrated proficiency up to high level of skills and experience in delivering small up to multiple, complex projects simultaneously within a large multi-disciplinary organisation.

If interested in this role please apply today or alternatively send your resume to Neema Mehra, [email protected] . Please note that due to the high volume of applicants only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Who are we

At PERSOLKELLY, our passion is - and always has been - putting you first.

We propel our people forward by supporting their careers in fresh ways, backed by our expertise and capability.

We're committed to creating a safe and inclusive environment which values and respects diverse styles, backgrounds, experience and perspectives.

We welcome and encourage women, people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent and people from diverse backgrounds to apply.

So it's over to you. If you would like to join our team, please APPLY now.

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