EL1 Project Officer

Government client (agency undisclosed); Canberra; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Government client (agency undisclosed) is seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead a significant transformation program. You will manage complex ICT delivery projects at the EL1 level, coordinating business teams, technical specialists and delivery partners to deliver outcomes.

You will report to an EL2 and drive planning, governance, risk management and commercial delivery across multiple streams, ensuring delivery from design through to operations with a strong emphasis on stakeholder

Qualifications

• Five to eight years’ experience establishing and managing technical ICT delivery projects.
• Experience delivering major COTS or enterprise platform implementations with integration, data migration, testing and production transition.
• Experience with governance frameworks and cross-workstream dependency management.

Responsibilities

• Develop integrated project plans with milestones and critical paths.
• Manage delivery across business, technology and vendor workstreams to meet outcomes within time and budget.
• Oversee budgets, procurement and contract management activities.
• Coordinate governance forums and produce action-oriented reporting for decisions.
• Ensure smooth transition into production and operational readiness.

Skills

Governance

Stakeholder engagement

Vendor management

Budget & procurement

Risk management

Reporting

Education

Diploma of Project Management

SAFe Agile certification

PMP or PRINCE2 certification

Job description

An opportunity is available for an experienced Project Manager to support a significant transformation program within a Federal Government agency delivering essential services to Australians. Working at the EL1 equivalent level, you will manage complex ICT implementation projects, bringing together business teams, technical specialists and delivery partners to achieve project outcomes. This role suits a confident project manager with strong governance, stakeholder engagement and commercial delivery experience.

About the role

Reporting to an EL2, you will take responsibility for detailed and sensitive projects, managing delivery from planning and design through to implementation and transition into operations.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Developing and maintaining integrated project plans, schedules, milestones, dependencies and critical paths.
• Managing delivery across business, technology and vendor workstreams to achieve agreed outcomes within time and budget.
• Supporting project design, governance arrangements and operational integration.
• Identifying and managing risks, issues and dependencies, including those relating to environments, data, integrations, testing and deployment.
• Preparing business cases, executive briefs, project reports, status updates and exception reports.
• Coordinating governance forums and maintaining clear actions, decisions and accountabilities.
• Monitoring budgets and expenditure, and overseeing procurement and contract management activities.
• Managing vendor commitments against contracts, Statements of Work, deliverables and acceptance criteria.
• Coordinating quality assurance, operational readiness and transition into production.
• Building productive relationships with senior business stakeholders, technical teams, procurement specialists and external providers.

About you

To be successful, you will demonstrate:

• Five to eight years’ experience establishing and managing technical ICT delivery projects.
• Experience delivering major commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) or enterprise platform implementations involving integration, data migration, testing and production transition.
• Strong capability in integrated planning, delivery tracking and cross-workstream dependency management.
• Proven ability to identify delivery risks, resolve blockers and escal… matters requiring senior decisions.
• Experience managing vendors and commercial delivery obligations.
• Strong written communication skills, including the ability to produce clear, decision-ready reporting for senior stakeholders.
• Recent experience applying contemporary project management and governance frameworks.
• Project management experience within Federal or State Government.
• Relevant tertiary qualifications and an industry-recognised project management qualification, such as a Diploma of Project Management or SAFe Agile certification.

Highly regarded experience

• Claims, insurance, compensation, case management or complex transaction-processing systems.
• Business change, workforce impacts, training, communications and operational readiness.
• Hybrid Agile and product delivery environments.
• Facilitating discussions across business and technical teams to achieve clear decisions and accountable outcomes.
• Accessible design and development.
• Supporting business-critical government systems.
• PMP or PRINCE2 certification.

Eligibility and engagement

Applicants must be able to obtain a Baseline security clearance. The successful candidate will be employed by the DFP Recruitment and assigned to the client through a labour hire arrangement.

Equal opportunity statement

DFP welcomes applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds and people with disability. In addition, DFP will provide reasonable adjustments for individuals with disability throughout the recruitment process. If you identify as a person with disability and require adjustments to the application, recruitment, selection and/or assessment process, please advise via [e-mail] or 1300 337 000 and indicate your preferred method of communication (email, phone, text) so we can keep in touch and meet your accessibility needs.