Director - Enterprise Portfolio Management Office (ePMO)

Legal Aid; Brisbane; Hybrid; AUD 172,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working arrangements

Salary packaging up to $30,000

Novated leasing options

Annual rewards and recognition

Counselling services

Job summary

Legal Aid Queensland invites a strategic leader to join as Director, Enterprise Portfolio Management Office (ePMO) in Brisbane. You will shape how strategy becomes action, prioritise investment, and govern change to realise benefits while growing leadership capability across the organisation.

You will lead the ePMO, optimise cross-organisation collaboration, provide proactive reporting to senior executives and drive continuous improvements in project delivery and change management.

Responsibilities

• Lead the ePMO team in delivering core functions: Strategic Alignment, Governance, Benefit Realisation, Dependency Oversight, Reporting, PM Centre of Excellence and Change Management.
• Drive project and program delivery collaboration across the Senior Leaders Group to optimise benefits and resolve roadblocks.
• Coach LAQ executives and Senior Leaders through ePMO processes and reporting.
• Assess the quality of project, program and portfolio artifacts and advise on stage gate decisions.
• Embed and maintain the ePMO function to elevate strategic alignment of project activities.
• Provide timely reporting to the Executive Leadership Team to support decision making.
• Monitor project/program maturity and quality across LAQ and identify improvement opportunities.
• Foster a culture of continuous development and high-quality delivery in project management and change management.

Job description

# Director - Enterprise Portfolio Management Office (ePMO)**Legal Aid** (Organisation site) Brisbane## Job details| | || --- | --- || Position status | Permanent || Position type | Flexible full-time || Occupational group | Project Management || Classification | SO || Workplace Location | Brisbane Inner City || Job ad reference | QLD/705627 || Closing date | 10-Nov-2026 || Yearly salary | $171622 - $179569 || Job duration | Permanent || Contact person | Jared Norris || Contact details | [e-mail] Access the National Relay Service |### **About us**Our vision is to be a leader in a fair justice system where people are able to understand and protect their legal rights. Our purpose is to provide quality, cost effective legal services to financially disadvantaged people throughout Queensland.### **About the role**This is an exciting opportunity to help shape how Legal Aid Queensland turns strategy into action, while contributing to an organisation that makes a genuine difference for vulnerable and disadvantaged Queenslanders.As Director, Enterprise Portfolio Management Office (ePMO), you will lead the next evolution of LAQ's enterprise portfolio capability, strengthening how the organisation prioritises investment, governs change and realises benefits, while building leadership capability to successfully deliver strategic and transformation priorities.**In this role you will:*** Lead the ePMO team in the delivery of its core functions: Strategic Alignment, Project-Program-Portfolio Governance, Benefit Realisation, Dependency Oversight, Reporting, Project Management (PM) Centre of Excellence (COE) and Change Management (CM) COE.* Drive project and program delivery collaboration across the Senior Leaders Group regarding strategic objectives, prioritisation, to optimise benefit realisation and address roadblocks or issues.* Coach LAQ executives and Senior Leaders through ePMO processes and reporting.* Assess the quality of project, program, and portfolio artifacts, and make stage gate recommendations.* Embed, maintain and improve the ePMO function within LAQ to elevate the strategic alignment of project activities.* Provide up-to-date, timely and pro-active reporting to the Executive Leadership Team to facilitate decision making.* Monitor the level of project and program management maturity and quality across LAQ and identify opportunities to elevate this.* Establish a culture of continuous development and improvement for project delivery and change management.* Provide direction, guidance and leadership to staff, manage their work performance and provide appropriate feedback, to ensure that outcomes are met.### **Working for Legal Aid Queensland**We're committed to looking after you – professionally, financially and socially. Our wide range of benefits allow you to work flexibly and maintain your wellbeing while supporting you to make a positive impact on the lives of Queensland's most disadvantaged people.We offer:* 36.25 hour full-time working week* Flexible working arrangements* Generous salary packaging - up to $30,000 FBT exempt which includes your taxable income tax and increases your take home pay* Novated leasing options* Annual rewards and recognition* Commitment to cultural safety* Free confidential counselling sessions for you and your immediate familySee the attached LAQ Employee Benefits to see more benefits.**To apply please provide:*** a cover letter (maximum 2 pages) addressing how you meet the Success criteria (Knowledge, skills and experience), in line with the “Key responsibilities”.* your resume/CV that details your relevant experience, work history and qualifications; and* the details of two referees.Closes 11:59pm, Tuesday 10 November 2026