The client is seeking to identify suitable Candidates to perform the role of Project Manager to help the agency monitor project schedules and budgets, prepare progress reports, and liaise with key stakeholders.

Project Managers support the delivery of the agency’s projects. They play a role in managing straightforward projects, developing, and maintaining relationships with internal and external stakeholders and provide specialist advice to ensure the consistent delivery of project outputs. The level of Security Clearance required for a Role will be confirmed at the time of Contract.

Estimated start date  immediate

Initial contract duration  28 Feb 2025

Extension term 12 months

Working arrangements The candidate will be required to attend and undertake their work at a Services Australia office in Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra or Melbourne for a minimum of 3 days per week.

Security clearance Must be Australian Citizen with the ability to obtain Baseline

Candidates that are suitable to perform Senior Project Manager (EL2)

Main Duties may include, but not limited to, some or all of the following:

• manage, lead and deliver projects that may have an agency wide impact
• develop, implement and evaluate project plans and schedules in accordance with the agency’s project management framework and consider project interdependencies
• collaborate with staff in immediate work area and with internal and external stakeholders
• oversee project design, governance arrangements and operational integration
• ensure project deliverables and milestones are met on time and within budget
• lead strategic planning for longer term project initiatives
• provide high level strategic advice and feedback to stakeholders and the agency's executive
• research, review and evaluate projects within a section or specialist area
• report on project objectives and outputs for presentation to the executive, and oversee ongoing project reporting
• oversee, review and advise on written material including business cases, plans, reports, executive and ministerial briefs and corporate documentation
• plan, manage and monitor financial budgets and oversee the management of contracts, procurement, resources and expenditure
• identify, assess, manage, escalate, report and monitor project risks, issues and benefits, including developing treatment strategies
• analyse project performance and oversee quality management to ensure that project deliverables are fit for purpose and meet client needs
• drive innovation, manage and lead change, and actively contribute to and implement the agency’s strategic direction
• engage, negotiate and manage key strategic stakeholder relationships to deliver projects and respond to changes in needs and expectations
• represent and negotiate on behalf of the agency to advance the agency's interests at external, cross-agency, inter-jurisdictional and other forums

Main skills/attributes:

Skills for the Information Age (SFIA) required:

• Project management PRMG - Level 6

• Organisational change management CIPM - Level 6

• Quality management QUMG - Level 5

• Requirements definition and management REQM - Level 5

• Stakeholder relationship management RLMT – Level 5

• Measurement MEAS - Level 5 • Resourcing RESC - Level 4

Ability to:

• Apply knowledge and skills in project and program management frameworks
• Understand the audience and context, anticipate responses and effectively tailor communication and communication styles
• Develop and manage key strategic stakeholder relationships
• Demonstrate personal resilience and apply well developed influencing, negotiation, conflict resolution and mediation skills
• Demonstrate highly developed strategic planning skills to determine work priorities and deliver business outcomes
• Make balanced decisions using professional judgement, risk evaluation and in the context of ambiguity and a changing environment

This role will be working on delivering retail projects in QLD for our Major Retail client in Australia. The project will provide a variety of deliverables from concept design cost planning to agreement of final accounts. 

The role is an end-to-end cost management role within cost planning and delivery team providing accurate and efficient cost management resource capability to the team. The job scope are:

• Pre contract cost planning services during design stages of projects
• Post contract progress claim and variation assessments
• Engage with the local property market to gain market knowledge for use in the delivery of our services
• Assist with the commission management of our commissions to assist in the successful delivery of our services
• Integrate with full cost management and project management teams in Queensland and support when required
• Work independently and take responsibility for deliverables

You will be working in the Retail team overseeing one of the major retail clients in Australia as Feasibility Lead and support to the QLD team. Your job scope will be:

• Producing and reviewing cost plans, ensure consistency and quality is delivered nationally.
• Delivering insights regularly to a national team
• Manage team to deliver Feasibility Cost Planning Nationally.
• Take ownership of templates / processes / ways of working and drive best practise.
• Take lead on benchmarking nationally.
• Ensure quality and consistency is maintained across different geographies.
• Engage with the local property market to gain market knowledge for use in the delivery of our services.
• Integrate with full cost management and project management teams nationally and support when required.
• Work independently and take responsibility for deliverables.

Your Career

As a Regional Sales Manager, you will focus on Mixed Enterprise Accounts, you will be responsible for generating new opportunities in our growing territory. You are the primary point of contact for these accounts and are accountable for delivering at above quota sales performance in your region. You are motivated by a hunger to solve critically difficult challenges that face our clients. You develop trusted relationships at a high, executive level, focusing on the strategic nature of the partnership. This means that you have a concrete understanding of our product suites, and are able to help identify areas that can be resolved by Palo Alto Networks solutions.

You will lead to identifying and signing appropriate channel partners as well as training them on our solutions. Additionally, your credibility will guide your customers in their search to transition to a more secure online environment. You feel empowered by our product offerings - and love a technical challenge.

Your Impact

• You will specifically be responsible for acquiring and managing Enterprise accounts in Queensland

• Employing world-class account management skills to identify cross-selling and up-selling opportunities within the target accounts

• Be a highly competent presenter, with a proven track record in selling to C-level executives

• Develop and maintain detailed account profiles including organisational charts for all accounts to be reviewed by management on a quarterly basis

• Facilitate communication on strategic and tactical issues facing our clients and partners

• Maintain continuity and up-to-date knowledge of industry trends, technical developments, and governmental regulations that affect target markets

• Develop market strategies and goals for each product and service - understand the strategies, goals, and objectives of accounts

• Lead coordinating account strategy and tactics for sales support team (inside sales, systems engineering, sales management)

• Take full responsibility for accurate sales forecasting by demonstrating in-depth knowledge of sales cycles from initial contact through the procurement process

• Extensive domestic travel and possible International travel as necessary

• Ability to work autonomously and within varied and complex team working arrangements.
• Very high-quality writing ability, and proven history of bid writing and development for government clients.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Contribute to and develop a great team culture.
• High quality reporting and deliverables in relation to work status, project deliverables and requirements.
• Be organised and effective in the provision of support services to the wider team. Always seeking new work opportunities.
• Be confident and able to work within an embedded client role delivering projects on their behalf using their systems.
• Ability to work across multiple projects and/or clients simultaneously, managing priorities and deliverables.