Project Manager

Description

Remote is looking for a highly organised and dynamic Project Manager with excellent communication skills to join ASD. The successful candidate will be responsible for planning and implementing highly complex ICT infrastructure and capability projects. This role requires an outcome-oriented individual who can effectively manage and deliver projects.

Role Information

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

Essential criteria:

1. 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.

2. Organisational change management: Level 5 (SFIA)
   Develops the change management approach and a change management plan in collaboration with sponsors, users and project teams. Creates and implements action plans to ensure everything is ready for the change before going live. Acquires change management resources and develops their capabilities to deliver the required changes. Gathers feedback to allow timely improvements to the change management plan and approach. Assesses risks and takes preventative action. Develops and communicates tailored change management plans for senior stakeholder groups. Provides guidance and makes suggestions to support change sponsors.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. 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.

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