Consultant - Portfolio and Program Advisory

WT (Australia); City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid professional membership

Wellbeing days

Flexible working

Award‑winning offices

Job summary

WT (Australia) in Melbourne is seeking a Consultant for the Portfolio and Program Advisory team to support advisory engagements across capital projects, programs, and portfolios. You will work with specialist advisors to improve governance, assurance, and decision‑making for major capital investments.

Contribute across governance, PMO, commercial, procurement, assurance, and delivery functions, while translating data into executive insights and developing dashboards for client decision‑making.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical capability and the ability to interpret and communicate data‑driven insights.
• Experience working with project reporting tools, dashboards, and data visualisation platforms.
• Strong stakeholder engagement, communication, and reporting skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work within a capital project environment, supporting performance improvement and project delivery initiatives.
• 3+ years' experience in advisory, PMO, project management, project controls, commercial management, procurement, or related capital project environments.

Responsibilities

• Support the delivery of consulting and advisory services that improve governance, assurance, and performance across capital projects, programs, and portfolios.
• Support clients to improve their capability, consistency, and decision‑making across key business and project functions.
• Provide support to clients across sectors including infrastructure, property, healthcare, transport, utilities, and government.
• Contribute to client proposals, capability statements, and bid submissions, including supporting client interviews and presentations where required.
• Translate complex data into clear, executive‑ready insights and recommendations. Support the development of reporting, dashboards, and visual outputs to inform client decision‑making.
• Support project controls, commercial, and governance activities across cost, schedule, risk, and performance reporting.

Skills

Analytical capability

Stakeholder management

Data visualisation

PMO experience

Capital projects

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Reporting tools

Dashboards

Job description

At WT, we empower our clients to grow, inspiring confidence through our independent cost management and advisory services. Operating for 75 years, our expertise spans the building, construction, and infrastructure sectors.

We support our clients with an award-winning team of specialists in portfolio and program advisory, quantity surveying and cost management, commercial and financial advisory, carbon and sustainability, and asset and facilities management.

With a global footprint covering Australia, New Zealand, Asia, India, Middle East, North America, Africa, the UK and Europe, our clients can tap into the collective thinking of over 2,000 of the best people in the industry, operating from over 70 offices.

Job Description

Our Portfolio and Program Advisory (PPA) team in Melbourne is looking for a Consultant to support the delivery of advisory engagements across capital projects, programs, and portfolios.

You will work alongside specialist advisors from across WT to help clients improve governance, assurance, delivery performance, and decision-making across major capital investments.

You'll enjoy variety across engagements, working with clients at different stages of the capital project lifecycle and helping solve challenges across governance, PMO, commercial, procurement, assurance, and delivery functions.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Support the delivery of consulting and advisory services that improve governance, assurance, and performance across capital projects, programs, and portfolios.
• Support clients to improve their capability, consistency, and decision‑making across key business and project functions.
• Provide support to clients across sectors including infrastructure, property, healthcare, transport, utilities, and government.
• Contribute to client proposals, capability statements, and bid submissions, including supporting client interviews and presentations where required.
• Translate complex data into clear, executive‑ready insights and recommendations. Support the development of reporting, dashboards, and visual outputs to inform client decision‑making.
• Support project controls, commercial, and governance activities across cost, schedule, risk, and performance reporting.
• Collaborate with neighbouring WT teams, including carbon advisory and digital, to provide integrated solutions for our clients.

To be considered you must have:

• Experience supporting capital projects, programs, or portfolios within advisory, PMO, project management, commercial management, or project controls environments. Strong analytical capability and the ability to interpret and communicate data‑driven insights.
• Experience working with project reporting tools, dashboards, and data visualisation platforms.
• Strong stakeholder engagement, communication, and reporting skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work within a capital project environment, supporting performance improvement and project delivery initiatives.
• 3+ years' experience in advisory, PMO, project management, project controls, commercial management, procurement, or related capital project environments.

Ideally, you can also demonstrate the following experience:

• Establishment, improvement, or operation of a PMO (Program or Project Management Office).
• Understanding of the typical capital project lifecycle.
• Consulting or advisory experience.
• Experience supporting procurement, governance, or assurance activities.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent qualification within the built environment and/or project management discipline.

At WT, you’ll be part of an independently owned international cost consultancy at the forefront of Australia's major construction and infrastructure projects.

Join a market-leading team where your expertise is valued and your growth is a priority.

Along with a competitive salary, you’ll enjoy:

• Paid professional membership
• Wellbeing days – extra time to focus on your health and community.
• Balanced way of working – flexibility to work where and how you work best.
• Award‑winning offices – modern, activity‑based spaces in prime locations with stunning views.

WT is dedicated to identifying exceptional talent that aligns with our values and behaviors, and we're committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workforce through our talent practices.

We welcome candidates from all backgrounds, including but not limited to differences in age, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, education, professional skills, life experiences, and socio‑economic status. Inclusion sets us all up for success.