Assistant Secretary, Executive Project Director

Department of Finance; Canberra; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Department of Finance in Canberra seeks an Executive Project Director for the Ngurra Project. You will lead a multidisciplinary team to deliver a flagship infrastructure initiative, ensuring on-time, on-budget results with an emphasis on safety and innovation.

You will shape governance, monitor progress, manage risks and report to Finance leadership, while fostering strong relationships across government, industry and community stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Citizenship requirement: Australian citizens for APS roles unless approved otherwise in writing.
• Security clearance: eligible to obtain and maintain the required level prior to commencement.
• Contract flexibility: advertised as both ongoing and non-ongoing; term may be up to 12 months, extendable to 18 months.
• Equity statement: encouraged applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and diverse backgrounds.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor and motivate a multidisciplinary delivery team.
• Deliver a fit-for-purpose project on time, on budget and to quality with safety and innovation.
• Provide senior strategic leadership to establish and operate governance for project delivery, including monitoring and reporting against work plans.
• Represent the project in senior government forums and maintain relationships with stakeholders across government, industry and community.

Job description

We are seeking a motivated, experienced and highly skilled individual to take up the role of Executive Project Director to the Ngurra Project. The Executive Project Director will be responsible for the delivery of the Project.

ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY

We are seeking a motivated, experienced and highly skilled individual to take up the role of Executive Project Director to the Ngurra Project. The Executive Project Director will be responsible for the delivery of the Project.

The key duties of the position include:

• Leading, mentoring and motivating a multidisciplinary team to achieve high levels of performance across delivery of the Project;
• Delivering a fit-for-purpose Project, on‑time, on‑budget, to the required quality and with a safety and innovation mindset;
• Providing senior strategic project leadership to establish and operate a governance regime that ensures project delivery objectives by:
  • Working collaboratively with the Constructor/s and advisors to establish and maintain the Project’s work plans, and monitoring and reporting against work plans;
  • Ensuring the Project adheres to regulatory requirements and approvals, government policies and Australian Standards;
  • Maintaining accountability for Project outcomes, and anticipating and actively mitigating risks to Project delivery and reputation;
  • Implementing regular reviews and updates;
  • Overseeing coordination of dependencies across projects within and beyond the Program; and
  • Resolving conflicts that may arise.
• Implementing strategies for continuous improvement and professional development to enhance the capability of the project team;
• Representing the Project in a range of senior government forums as required;
• Maintaining productive working relationships with stakeholders across diverse levels and areas of government, industry and community organisations; and
• Providing direct, timely and well-judged advice and support to the Finance Executive.

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a signature outcome for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and a significant infrastructure project for the Canberra region. In addition to what you bring to the Project, you will gain:

• Central agency experience helping Finance influence how the Government’s strategic policy priorities are developed and implemented across the Commonwealth
• A sophisticated understanding of the machinery of Government, the Federal Budget and related processes
• Strategic policy and financial management/analysis skills
• An opportunity to cultivate strong working relationships with Ministers’ Offices and Commonwealth agencies to collectively deliver the Federal Budget and related outcomes
• Experience working within Finance’s leadership team.

Given the requirements of the Project, this position is Canberra-based.

This selection process will also be used to establish a merit pool that may be used to fill roles as they become available within the following 18-month period.

Eligibility

• Under section 22(8) of the Public Service Act 1999, employees must be Australian citizens to be employed in the Australian Public Service (APS) unless the Agency Head has agreed otherwise, in writing.
• Successful applicants will be required to undergo the process to obtain and maintain, or continue to hold the required security clearance level for the role as indicated in the downloadable job pack. All Finance staff are required to have a minimum baseline security clearance prior to commencement.
• This role is being advertised as both ongoing and non-ongoing. Roles may be offered as either ongoing or non-ongoing subject to operational requirements. Where a non-ongoing position is offered, the role will be filled for a specified term of up to 12 months. Specified term vacancies may be extended up to a maximum period of 18 months.
• We encourage and welcome applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with Disability, LGBTQI+ people, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and mature aged people.

Getting to know the Department of Finance

As a central agency of the Australian Government, the Department of Finance (Finance) plays an important role in assisting government across a wide range of policy areas to ensure its outcomes are met.Finance supports the government's ongoing priorities through the Budget process and fosters leading practice through the public sector resource management, governance and accountability frameworks. Finance plays a leading role in advising the government on many of its strategic priorities. We do this through our professional and considered approach to providing advice, developing policy, delivering services and engaging with our clients and stakeholders.Finance's key areas of focus are:- Budget- Business Enabling Services- Commercial- Governance and Resource Management